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Events on this day for #Music 1940s-90s, +Football, TV, Film, Entertainment. Football Coach 40yrs; 21 as HC 8 rings with 5 State Championships
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BTD Feb12,1956 #BrianRobertson known as Robbo, guitarist Thin Lizzy 1976 US #12 The Boys Are Back in Town, +contributing to 5 studio albums. Motörhead 1982–83, 1983 UK #46 I Got Mine, 1983 UK #59 Shine. Worked with Wild Horses, Pat Travers, Eric Burdon, Steve Ellis
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BTD Feb12,1952 #MichaelMcDonald singer, songwriter, keyboardist The Doobie Brothers 974 US #1 Black Water, 1979 US #1 What a Fool Believes, +13 Top40s. Steely Dan 1973–74. Solo 1986 US #1 On My Own (with Patti LaBelle), +6 Top40s. 2020 inducted Rock Hall with The Doobie Brothers
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BTD Feb12,1950 #SteveHackett songwriter, singer, producer, guitarist Genesis 1971-1977; 1974 UK #21 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe). 1986 co-founded GTR US #14 When the Heart Rules the Mind. 2010 inducted Rock Hall of Fame with Genesis
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BTD Feb12,1949 #StanleyKnight RIP guitarist, organ, singer The Knowbody Else (later called Black Oak Arkansas) 1970's US #1 radio hit single Jim Dandy To The Rescue. Knight died Feb16,2013 at 64 from complications due to cancer
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BTD Feb12,1945 #JoeSchermie (Joseph Schermetzler) RIP original bassist Three Dog Night (left 1973) on most of the groups 21 hits. 3 US #1s 1970 Mama Told Me Not To Come, 1971 Joy to the World, 1972 Black and White, +18 US Top40s. Schermie died Mar26,2002 at 56 from heart attack
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BTD Feb12,1939 #RayManzarek (Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr) RIP keyboards, founding member The Doors 1967 US #1 & UK #9 Light My Fire, 1968 US #1 & UK #15, Hello, I Love You, +6 US Top40s. 1993 inducted Rock Hall of Fame with the Doors. Manzarek died May20,2013 at 74 from a rare cancer called cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer)
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BTD Feb12,1935 #GeneMcDaniels (Eugene Booker McDaniels) RIP singer, songwriter 1961 US #3 & US R&B #11 A Hundred Pounds Of Clay, +5 US Top40s. Wrote the 1974 #1 Feel Like Makin' Love originally recorded by Roberta Flack. McDaniels died Jul29,2011 at 76
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BTD Feb12,1919 #ForrestTucker RIP actor film/TV; over 100 movies such as 1940 The Westerner, 1949 Hellfire, 1955 Rage at Dawn, 1958 Fort Massacre, 1970 Chisum, 1986 Thunder Run; TV 1965-67 F Troop as Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke, 1973-74 Dusty's Trail as Mr Callahan. Tucker died Oct25,1986 at 67 from lung cancer
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BTD Feb12,1915 #LorneGreene (Lyon Himan Green) RIP Canadian singer, actor film/TV. 1964 US #1 & UK #22 Ringo, 1965 CAN #3 The Man; movies such as 1941 Churchill's Island; TV 1959–73 Bonanza as Ben Cartwright, 1973–74 Griff, 1978–1979 Battlestar Galactica. Greene died Sep11,1987 at 72 from complications due to pneumonia, following ulcer surgery
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BTD Feb12,1914 #TexBeneke (Gordon Lee Beneke) RIP saxophonist, singer, leader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death Dec15,1944. Beneke continued to perform under his own name but enjoying less success in the early 1950s. Beneke died May30,2000 at 86
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BTD Feb12,1907 #JosephKearns RIP actor film/TV movies ie 1951 Hard, Fast and Beautiful, 1951 Alice the Doorknob voice; TV 1957-59 How to Marry a Millionaire as Augustus P. Tobey, 1959-62 Dennis the Menace as George Wilson (Mr Wilson). Kearns died Feb17,1962 at 55 from a stroke
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BTD Feb12,1903 #ToddDuncan (Robert Todd Duncan) RIP singer, actor. George Gershwin's choice for 1935 play Porgy and Bess as Porgy. 1945 1st black person to sing with a major opera company. 1st to sing "Unchained Melody" for the 1955 film Unchained. Duncan died Feb28,1998 at 95
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Feb11,1964 The Beatles first American concert in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. “All My Loving” written by Paul McCartney credited to Lennon–McCartney; produced by George Martin
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Feb11,1964 The Beatles first American concert in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. “I Saw Her Standing There” written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon; produced by George Martin
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Feb11,1964 The Beatles first American concert in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. “Till There Was You written by Meredith Willson; produced by George Martin. Sung by Paul McCartney, accompanied by George Harrison and John Lennon on dueling acoustic, classical guitars played in a Spanish style over a bolero bongo beat played by Ringo Starr
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Feb11,1964 The Beatles first American concert in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Feb1,1964 The Beatles started a 7wk run at #1 on the billboard Hot100 Singles Chart
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Feb11,2022 #ChetMcCracken (Chester Eugene McCracken) RIP dies at 75. Drummer The Doobie Brothers 1979–82, 1987, 1995; 1979 US #1 What A Fool Believes; Rare Earth 1975–76
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Feb11,2018 #VicDamone (Vito Farinola) RIP dies at 89. Singer 1949 US #1 You're Breaking My Heart, 1958 UK #1 & US #4 On The Street Where You Live, +39 Top40s. 1947 Damone won the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, later signing a contract with Mercury Records
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