February 2, 1993 Bill Murray couldn't stop waking up to this act's 'I Got You Babe' in the movie Groundhog Day.
February 2, 2011 This duo split up after 6 albums. The last 3 won Grammys for Best Alternative Music Album. Rolling Stone named them 6th greatest duo of all time.
February 2, 1996 This famous dancer died at 83. He was also an accomplished singer, known for crooning the title track of Singin' In The Rain.'
February 2, 1979 This vocalist & bassist with The Sex Pistols, out on bail after being accused of killing his girlfriend, died of a heroin overdose at 21.
February 2, 1977 This singer was born in Colombia. At 13, she got a record deal. Her first Hot 100 entry was 2001's 'Whenever, Wherever.'
February 2, 1974 This artist scored her first #1 when 'The Way We Were' hit the top spot. It won the Oscar for Best Original Song & the Grammy for Song of the Year.
February 2, 1`959 The 'Winter Dance Party' tour ended for 3 headliners in Clear Lake, Iowa. The final song of the night: This ill-fated singer's 'Chantilly Lace.'
February 2, 2019 This electronic music producer & DJ performed a virtual concert inside the online game Fortnite that was seen by an estimated 10 million gamers.
February 2, 2002 & 2004 Paul Baloff, of this band with 1985 debut Bonded Blood, died at 41. Two years later the band returned with Tempo of the Damned.
February 2, 1985 'I Want To Know What Love Is' by this band began two weeks at #1.
February 2, 1976 This band released Gimme Back My Bullets. It's their 4th album, following Nuthin' Fancy.
February 2, 1968 After trying several band names, Ian Anderson's group played London's Marquee Club using this name of the inventor of the seed drill & it stuck.
February 2, 1966 Robert DeLeo, who formed this band along with his brother Dean & lead singer Scott Weiland, was born in NJ.
February 2, 1942 This tenor was born in England. After founding The Hollies in '62, he left in '68 to make more newsworthy music, which he did with a new supergroup.
February 2, 1962 This band played their 1st professional gig outside their hometown at Manchester's Oasis Club. They opened the set with 'Hippy Hippy Shake.'
February 2, 1967 Darlington, England's The Blue Pad Club promoted this musician's show: 'Don't miss this man who is Dylan, Clapton, & James Brown all in one.'
February 2, 1976 Genesis released A Trick Of The Tail, their 1st album to feature drummer Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist after this frontman's departure.
February 2, 2007 Billy Henderson, co-founder of this soul group known for 'Working My Way Back to You,' died at 67.
February 2, 2014 This group, co-founders of industrial rock, sent the US government an invoice after learning their music was used as a torture device in Guantanamo Bay.
February 2, 1948 Guitarist Alan McKay, with this 'Shining Star' band, was born in New Orleans. They've had 20 Grammy nominations.
February 2, 1963 This only artist to score 3 posthumous UK #1 albums-- '01’s Songbird; '02’s Imagine & '03’s American Tune, was born in Maryland
February 2, 1974 This artist's 'Jolene' was #1. It's the most covered of the singer's hits & was #217 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004.
February 2, 2018 This act released their final album together, Here's to You, following the death of member Troy, killed in a helicopter crash September 8, 2017.
February 2, 1992 This singer was at #1 on Billboard's Country Singles chart with 'A Jukebox With a Country Song.'
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