Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Feb28,1903 | Vincente Minnelli | #BTD Feb28,1903 #VincenteMinnelli (Lester Anthony Minnelli) RIP Director of many movies and stage shows, such as 1944 Meet Me in St. Louis, 1951 An American in Paris, 1958 Gigi the last two won #Academy Award for Best Picture; husband of #JudyGarland; father of #LizaMinnelli | |
| BTD Feb28,1915 | Zero Mostel | #BTD Feb28,1915 #ZeroMostel (Samuel Joel Mostel) actor, comedian RIP. Many stage, film, TV credits such as stage Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye, original film version of Mel Brooks 1967 The Producers, 1972 TV series The Electric Company; #Obie Award and 3 time #Tony Award winner | |
| BTD Feb28,1923 | Charles Durning | #BTD Feb28,1923 #CharlesDurning actor RIP One of Hollywood’s best character actors movies such as 1973 The Sting, 1975 Dog Day Afternoon, 1982 Tootsie, 1990 Dick Tracy. Jun6,1944 1st wave of troops landing at Omaha Beach & only survivor of his unit to arrived in France on D-Day | |
| BTD Feb28,1931 | Gavin MacLeod | #BTD Feb28,1931 #GavinMacLeod (Allan George See) actor many film and TV credits such as Joseph "Happy" Haines on "McHale's Navy" from 1962–1964; Murray Slaughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" from 1970–1977; Captain Merrill Stubing on "The Love Boat" from 1977–1986 | |
| BTD Feb28,1941 | Marty Sanders | #BTD Feb28,1941 #MartySanders (Marty Kupersmith) guitarist, vocals Jay and the Americans 1962 US #5 "She Cried", 1965 US #5 "Cara Mia", 1969 US #6 "This Magic Moment", +7 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Feb28,1942 | Brian Jones | #BTD Feb28,1942 #BrianJones (Lewis Brian Jones) RIP guitarist, original leader of #RollingStones Placed an ad in #JazzNews May2,1962 inviting auditions for an R&B group. Created Rollin' Stones the original name of @RollingStones. June 1969 asked to leave; Jones died |
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| BTD Feb28,1942 | Frank Bonner | #BTD Feb28,1942 #FrankBonner (Frank Woodrow Boers Jr.) actor, director; many roles such as 1978–1982 "WKRP in Cincinnati" as Herb Tarlek; 1988–1990 "Just the Ten of Us" as Father Robert Hargis; director such as 1997–2001 "City Guys" TV series 105 episodes | |
| BTD Feb28,1942 | Joe South | #BTD Feb28,1942 #JoeSouth (Joseph Souter) RIP singer, songwriter 1969 US #12 & UK #6 "Games People Play", 1970 US #12 "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (with The #Believers). Worked with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin & others. Many songwriting credits such as 1972 for "Rose Garden" | |
| BTD Feb28,1943 | Donnie Iris | #BTD Feb28,1943 #DonnieIris (Dominic Ierace) guitarist worked with #Jaggerz 1970 US #2 "The Rapper" & #WildCherry during 1970s. Then solo 1980s with his band the #Cruisers 1980 US #29 "Ah! Leah!" #HBday @donnieiris | |
| BTD Feb28,1945 | Ronnie Rosman | #BTD Feb28,1945 #RonnieRosman keyboards #Raconteurs then Apr1966 #TommyJames recruited that band to be the #Shondels. Tommy James and the Shondells 1966 US #1 & UK #38 "Hanky Panky", 1968 US #3 & UK #1 "Mony Mony", 1968 US #1 "Crimson and Clover", +11 Top40 singles @TJShondells | |
| BTD Feb28,1948 | Bernadette Peters | #BTD Feb28,1948 #BernadettePeters (Bernadette Lazzara) actress, singer won 2 Tony awards on Broadway, in TV & movies such as "The Jerk" Reached #32 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Gee Whiz" on May31,1980 #HBday @OfficialBPeters | |
| BTD Feb28,1952 | Ed Manion | #BTD Feb28,1952 #EdManion (Eddie "Kingfish" Manion) saxophonist Southside Johnny & the Ashbury Jukes 1978 LP "Hearts Of Stone", original member of The Miami Horns; Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. Toured with many bands such as Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, #HBday @eddiemanion | |
| OTD Feb28,1930 | Ted Lewis | #OTD Feb28,1930 #TedLewis and his band record the song "On the Sunny Side of the Street" written by #JimmyMcHugh with lyrics by #DorothyFields and vocals by Ted Lewis | |
| OTD Feb28,1942 | Glenn Miller | #OTD Feb28,1942 #GlennMiller & His Orchestra start a 10wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Moonlight Cocktail" written by #LuckeyRoberts with lyrics by #KimGannon and vocal refrain by #RayEberle & The #Modernaires | |
| OTD Feb28,1958 | Perry Como | #OTD Feb28,1958 #PerryComo starts an 8wk run at #1 on UK singles chart with "Magic Moments" written by #BurtBacharach with lyrics by #HalDavid; one of the 1st compositions by the duo | |
| OTD Feb28,1959 | Cash Box | #OTD Feb28,1959 #CashBox Charts began using a red bullet on their charts to indicate a records strongest upward movement | |
| OTD Feb28,1960 | Everly Brothers | #OTD Feb28,1960 The #EverlyBrothers peak at #7 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Let It Be Me" orchestra conducted by #ArchieBleyer. The song was originally written in French in 1955 by Gilbert Bécaud, Manny Curtis, Pierre Delanoë and called "Je t'appartiens" | |
| OTD Feb28,1964 | Tony Sheridan and The Beatles | #OTD Feb28,1964 The UK release of #TonySheridan and The #Beatles single "Why" and "Cry for a Shadow" on #Polydor records. An instrumental rock song by #GeorgeHarrison and #JohnLennon @polydorrecords | |
| OTD Feb28,1965 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Feb28,1965 #RollingStones album "Rolling Stones No.2" restarts a run at #1 on the UK LP charts. The first time on Jan28 for 3wks than today for 6wks and again on Apr18 for an additional 1wk for a total of 10 weeks at #1 | |
| OTD Feb28,1966 | Cavern Club | #OTD Feb28,1966 #CavernClub a Liverpool nightspot where The #Beatles began their climb to fame, closes because of debts; the Cavern Club would reopen on Jul23 @cavernliverpool | |
| OTD Feb28,1966 | Cavern Club | #OTD Feb28,1966 Police are called after over 100 music fans barricade themselves inside Liverpool's #CavernClub to protest the clubs closure @cavernliverpool | |
| OTD Feb28,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Feb28,1967 The #Beatles rehearse the #JohnLennon song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" Title and idea for the song came from 3yo #JulianLennon's painting of a girl @JulianLennon | |
| OTD Feb28,1970 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Feb28,1970 #LedZeppelin has to perform as the #Nobs at a concert in Denmark, because the family of Ferdinand von Zeppelin threaten a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin for the use of their name @ledzeppelin | |
| OTD Feb28,1970 | Simon and Garfunkel | #OTD Feb28,1970 #SimonandGarfunkel; #PaulSimon and #ArtGarfunkel start a 6wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Bridge Over Troubled Water" written by Paul Simon but sung by Art Garfunkel. The single will become the 1970 song of the year in the US | |
| OTD Feb28,1970 | David Bowie | #OTD Feb28,1970 Billed as #DavidBowie's New Electric Band play at the Basildon Arts Lab Arts Centre in Essex. Also playing #HighTide with Overson and #IronMaiden | |
| OTD Feb28,1970 | Mr Ed | #OTD Feb28,1970 Mister Ed #MrEd (Bamboo Harvester) the talking horse, dies. 1968 2yrs after the cancellation of Mister Ed, at the age of 19, Bamboo began to suffer from a variety of age related ailments, including kidney problems and arthritis. He was euthanized | |
| OTD Feb28,1974 | Bobby Bloom | #OTD Feb28,1974 Singer, songwriter #BobbyBloom dies at the age of 28. 1970 US #8 & UK #3 "Montego Bay" Apparently shot himself while cleaning his gun | |
| OTD Feb28,1976 | Eddie Rabbitt | #OTD Feb28,1976 #EddieRabbitt starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "I Love a Rainy Night" written by Rabbitt, #EvenStevens and #DavidMalloy | |
| OTD Feb28,1976 | Rhythm Heritage | #OTD Feb28,1976 #RhythmHeritage are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with an instrumental song titled "Theme from S.W.A.T." written by #BarryDeVorzon | |
| OTD Feb28,1977 | KISS | #OTD Feb28,1977 The 3rd album from #KISS "Dressed to Kill" is certified gold by the @RIAA The Kiss album peaks at #32 on the #Billboard 200 album chart in the US @kiss | |
| OTD Feb28,1987 | Bon Jovi | #OTD Feb28,1987 #BonJovi is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Livin' On A Prayer" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 @BonJovi |