Celebrating 1 February
Birthdays
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1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian pop star
1950 – Mike Campbell, guitarist, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
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
1994 – Hester Chambers, guitarist, Wet Leg
1997 – Jihyo, singer, Twice
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Died on this day
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1986 – Dick James, music publisher (born 1920)
1989 – Paul Robi, singer, The Platters (born 1931)
1995 – (?) Richey Edwards, Manic Street Preachers (born 1967)
1999 – Julius Wechter, songwriter, marimba player (born 1935)
2012 – Don Cornelius, presenter, Soul Train (born 1936)
2013 – Cecil Womack, singer, Womack & Womack (born 1947)
2018 – Dennis Edwards, singer, The Temptations (born 1943)
2020 – Andy Gill, guitarist, gang of Four (born 1956)
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And on this day in...
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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)
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Page last updated 30 January 2026