Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Feb12,1903 | Todd Duncan | #BTD Feb12,1903 #ToddDuncan (Robert Todd Duncan) RIP singer, actor. #GeorgeGershwin's personal choice to performer as Porgy in the 1935 play "Porgy and Bess" 1945 1st black person to sing with a major opera company. 1st to sing "Unchained Melody" for the 1955 film "Unchained" | |
| BTD Feb12,1907 | Joseph Kearns | #BTD Feb12,1907 #JosephKearns actor RIP, films such as his debut 1951 "Hard, Fast and Beautiful, 1951 the voice of the Doorknob in Disney's animation Alice in Wonderland. He is best remembered as George Wilson (Mr Wilson) in the TV series "Dennis the Menace" | |
| BTD Feb12,1914 | Tex Beneke | #BTD Feb12,1914 #TexBeneke (Gordon Lee Beneke) RIP saxophonist, singer, leader of the #GlennMiller Orchestra after Miller's death on Dec15,1944. Beneke continued to perform under his own name with no connection to Miller. He enjoyed less success in the early 1950s | |
| BTD Feb12,1915 | Lorne Greene | #BTD Feb12,1915 #LorneGreene (Lyon Green) RIP #Canadian singer, actor TV roles include Ben Cartwright on the western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the original science fiction TV series Battlestar Galactica. Singer 1964 US #1 & UK #22 single "Ringo" and 1965 CAN #3 "The Man" | |
| BTD Feb12,1919 | Forrest Tucker | #BTD Feb12,1919 #ForrestTucker actor film and TV RIP , over 100 action films in 1940s & 50s such as his 1st 1940 The Westerner as Wade Harper; many TV shows such as playing Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke on the TV series "F-Troop" | |
| BTD Feb12,1935 | Gene McDaniels | #BTD Feb12,1935 #GeneMcDaniels RIP singer, songwriter 1961 US #3 & US R&B #11 "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay", +5 US Top40 singles & wrote the 1974 #1 "Feel Like Makin' Love" originally recorded by #RobertaFlack | |
| BTD Feb12,1939 | Ray Manzarek | #BTD Feb12,1939 #RayManzarek (Raymond Manczarek Jr) RIP keyboards, founding member The #Doors 1967 US #1 & UK #9 "Light My Fire", 1968 US #1 & UK #15, "Hello, I Love You", 1971 US #14 "Riders On The Storm", +5 US Top40s. 1993 inducted in @rockhall of Fame as a member of the Doors | |
| BTD Feb12,1945 | Joe Schermie | #BTD Feb12,1945 #JoeSchermie (Joseph Schermetzler) RIP original bassist for #ThreeDogNight (left in 1973) and played on most of the group's 21 hits. Three US #1s 1970 "Mama Told Me Not To Come", 1971 "Joy to the World", 1972 "Black and White", +18 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Feb12,1949 | Stanley Knight | #BTD Feb12,1949 #StanleyKnight RIP lead guitarist, organ, vocals The Knowbody Else then called #BlackOakArkansas 1970's US #1 radio hit single "Jim Dandy To The Rescue" | |
| BTD Feb12,1950 | Steve Hackett | #BTD Feb12,1950 #SteveHackett songwriter, singer, producer, guitarist with #Genesis from 1971 to 1977 & co-founded #GTR 1986 US #14 "When the Heart Rules the Mind" 2010 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of #Genesis #HBday @HackettOfficial | |
| BTD Feb12,1952 | Michael McDonald | #BTD Feb12,1952 #MichaelMcDonald singer, songwriter, keyboardist The #DoobieBrothers 1975-1982, 1987, 2019-present US #1 "Black Water", 1979 US #1 "What a Fool Believes", +13 Top40s; played with #SteelyDan and solo 1986 US #1 "On My Own" (with #PattiLabelle), +3 Top40 singles | |
| BTD Feb12,1956 | Brian Robertson | #BTD Feb12,1956 #BrianRobertson also known as Robbo, guitarist #ThinLizzy 1976 US #12 "The Boys Are Back in Town" a contributing member to five studio albums & a member of #Motorhead from 1982–1983, 1983 UK #46 "I Got Mine" & 1983 UK #59 "Shine" | |
| OTD Feb12,1940 | Superman | #OTD Feb12,1940 Radio play for the Adventures of #Superman began airing on the Mutual network #BudCollyer as “The Man of Steel" Superman and Clark Kent | |
| OTD Feb12,1961 | Miracles | #OTD Feb12,1961 “Shop Around” by The #Miracles became the first million-seller for on Motown Records #Tamla subsidiary label. The song was written by lead singer #SmokeyRobinson & Motown Records founder #BerryGordy and produced by Gordy @motown | |
| OTD Feb12,1961 | Shirelles | #OTD Feb12,1961 The #Shirelles are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Feb12,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Feb12,1962 #Beatles at Broadcasting House Manchester, #BrianEpstein arranged audition for radio show. #PeterPilbeam hears 4 songs, #PaulMcCartney sings Till There Was You & Like Dreamers Do, #JohnLennon sings Memphis & Hello Little Girl. They book BBC show Teenager's Turn | |
| OTD Feb12,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Feb12,1964 The #Beatles perform their 2nd US concert & 1st in #NYC at Carnegie Hall, New York, which is attended by 2000 fans | |
| OTD Feb12,1965 | Donovan | #OTD Feb12,1965 #Donovan (DonovanLeitch) is signed to #PyeRecords; Pye announces they have signed the British #BobDylan to their label. Eventually successfully collaborated with independent record producer #MickieMost (Michael Hayes) @donovanofficial | |
| OTD Feb12,1966 | Dean Martin | #OTD Feb12,1966 #DeanMartin enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #88 with “Somewhere There’s A Someone" Dino will peak at #32 on Mar19,1966 @kingofcool | |
| OTD Feb12,1966 | Petula Clark | #OTD Feb12,1966 #PetulaClark is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "My Love" for the 2nd and last week of a 2wk run at #1 @PetulaClarkHQ | |
| OTD Feb12,1966 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Feb12,1966 The #RollingStones release the single "19th Nervous Breakdown" in the US written by #MickJagger and #KeithRichards. The Rolling Stones will enter the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart at #46 Feb26 and peak at #2 for 2wks on Mar19 @RollingStones | |
| OTD Feb12,1968 | Jimi Hendrix | #OTD Feb12,1968 #JimiHendrix during 2nd American tour, plays for students of Garfield High School. The same school where he dropped out of | |
| OTD Feb12,1968 | Monkees | #OTD Feb12,1968 The #Monkees TV series S2 E21 "The Monkees Race Again" (aka"Leave the Driving to Us") #DavyJones drives the Monkeemobile in an auto race when the British entry is sabotaged by Baron Von Klutz and his Klutzmobile @TheMonkees | |
| OTD Feb12,1969 | Amen Corner | #OTD Feb12,1969 #AmenCorner starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" originally written by Italian #LucioBattist then translated to English by #JackFishman & recorded by Amen Corner as their debut single for new label #Immediate Records | |
| OTD Feb12,1970 | John Lennon | #OTD Feb12,1970 #JohnLennon performs "Instant Karma!" on #BBC TVs "Top Of The Pops" 1st member from the #Beatles to appear on the show since 1966 | |
| OTD Feb12,1972 | Al Green | #OTD Feb12,1972 #AlGreen is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Let's Stay Together" written by Al Green, #WillieMitchell & #AlJackson Jr. Produced by Green & Mitchell. Green's only billboard chart topper, the song was also a R&B #1 for 9wks on Jan8,1972 @algreen | |
| OTD Feb12,1977 | Blondie | #OTD Feb12,1977 #Blondie with special guest #TomPetty & The Heartbreakers playing at the Whisky a Go Go in #LosAngeles CA for the last night of a 4 night run @BlondieOfficial | |
| OTD Feb12,1977 | Mary MacGregor | #OTD Feb12,1977 #MaryMacGregor is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Torn Between Two Lovers" for the 2nd and last week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Feb12,1978 | ABBA | #OTD Feb12,1978 #ABBA starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Take A Chance On Me" written and produced by #BennyAndersson and #BjörnUlvaeus, the group's seventh #1 | |
| OTD Feb12,1983 | Men A Work | #OTD Feb12,1983 #MenAtWork are back to #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Down Under" The single fell to #2 last week Feb5 but returns to #1 for an additional 1wk. #MenAtWork will spend a total of 4wks at #1 | |
| OTD Feb12,2000 | Jay Hawkins | #OTD Feb12,2000 Screamin’ #JayHawkins dies at the age of 80. His most famous song was “I Put a Spell on You" He ended his show being carried off in flaming coffin, an early pioneer of shock rock | |
| OTD Feb12,2001 | U.S. Supreme Court | #OTD Feb12,2001 The U.S. Supreme Court #SCOTUS rules that #Napster must act to stop the massive trade in copyrighted music @USSupremeCourt | |
| OTD Feb12,2017 | Al Jarreau | #OTD Feb12,2017 #AlJarreau (Alwin Lopez Jarreau) dies at the age of 76. Pop, R&B singer, musician 1981 US #15 & R&B #6 "We're in This Love Together", +10 R&B Top40 singles, 7 #Grammy Awards and best known for his 1981 album "Breakin' Away" |