February 19

Births

1940: Smokey Robinson (R&B Singer)

1943: Lou Christie (Singer)

1948: Mark Andes (Bass for Spirit)

1948: Tony Iommi (Guitar for Black Sabbath)

1954: Francis Buchholz (Bass for The Scorpions)

1956: Dave Wakeling (Singer & Guitar for The English Beat & General Public)

1957: Falco (Johann (Hans) Hölzel ) (Singer)

1963: Seal (Singer)

1964: Doug Aldrich (Guitar for Whitesnake & Dio)

1968: Prince Markie D (Rapper in The Fat Boys)

Events

1878: Inventor Thomas Alva Edison patents his latest (and personal favorite) creation, the phonograph. Beginning life as a telegraph repeater, the device was actually completed by an assistant working from Edison's sketches.

1965: Rod Stewart plays his first major gig in a Harrow, England club, singing with his band, The Soul Agents.

1972: Sammy Davis Jr. makes his notorious guest appearance on CBS' All In The Family, giving the show's main character, white bigot Archie Bunker, a big kiss.

1974: The First Annual American Music Awards, Dick Clark's answer to the Grammys, is broadcast on ABC. Hosts include Smokey Robinson, Helen Reddy and Roger Miller.

1974: KISS make their television debut on an episode of ABC's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.

1976: Rich Stevens of the soul group Tower of Power is arrested in San Jose, CA, for a drug-related triple homicide that had taken place the night before. He will be found guilty in November.

1980: Bon Scott, the lead singer of AC/DC, died in London at the age of 33. He died as a result of choking on his own vomit after drinking heavily.

1982: Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio, Texas for urinating on the Alamo. Osbourne was wearing a dress at the time of his arrest, (due to his wife Sharon hiding all his clothes so he couldn't go outside). Osbourne who apparently thought he was relieving himself on a pile of rubble was banned from ever playing in San Antonio, Texas again, (a ban which was lifted in 1992).

1995: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a Cancun beach, Mexico, the bride wore a white bikini. Anderson and Lee who married only four days after meeting had videotaped their sexual activities while on vacation which was later stolen and released on the Internet. After suing the video company who released the tape, the Lees entered into a confidential settlement agreement. The couple divorced in 1998.

1995: Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea give birth to son Jesse James Louis.

1997: Miles Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1998: Eighties rockabilly revivalists the Stray Cats reunite for a charity show at Los Angeles' House of Blues. The show benefited the Carl Perkins Center For The Prevention Of Child Abuse.

1999: Spice Girl Melanie B gave birth to a baby daughter and named her Phoenix Chi.

2003: In West Warwick, RI, 99 people were killed when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by Great White. Ty Longley, guitarist for Great White, was one of the victims in the fire.