Celebrating 1 February
Birthdays
1934 – Bob Shane, guitarist, The Kingston Trio
1937 – Don Everley, The Everley Brothers
1937 – Ray Sawyer, singer, Dr Hook
1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian pop star
1950 – Mike Campbell, guitarist, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, singer
1969 – Patrick Wilson, drummer, Weezer
1971 – Ron Welty, drummer, The Offspring
1975 – Big Boi, rapper
1985 – Shellback (Johan Schuster), Swedish record producer
1990 – Laura Marling, folk singer/songwriter
1994 – Harry Styles, singer, One Direction
Died on this day
1986 – Dick James, music publisher (born 1920)
1989 – Paul Robi, singer, The Platters (born 1931)
1995 – (?) Richey Edwards, Manic Street Preachers (born 1967)
2012 – Don Cornelius, presenter, Soul Train (born 1936)
2013 – Cecil Womack, singer, Womack & Womack (born 1947)
2018 – Dennis Edwards, singer, The Temptations (born 1943)
And on this day in...
1949 – The first ever 45 rpm single was issued by RCA (the first release of a song on it was two months later, 31 March)