February 22

Births

1938: Bobby Hendricks (Singer in The Drifters)

1968: Bradley Nowell (Lead Singer & Guitar for Sublime)

1973: Scott Phillips (Drummer for Creed & Alter Bridge)

1974: James Blunt (Singer / Songwriter)

Events

1968: Johnny Cash proposes to June Carter when they perform in London, Ontario. She says yes.

1969: In Britain's Oz Magazine, reviewer Felix Dennis says, of Led Zeppelin's debut album: "Very occasionally a long-playing record is released that defies immediate classification or description, simply because it's so obviously a turning point in rock music that only time proves capable of shifting it into eventual perspective."

1969: Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs make their final public appearance on the Grand Ole Opry before a nasty split.

1976: Florence Ballard (The Supremes) died of cardiac arrest caused by a blood clot in one of her coronary arteries.  She was 32.

1978: The Police appeared in a Wrigley's Chewing Gum commercial for US TV, the band dyed their hair blonde for the appearance.

1978: Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were arrested in New York and charged with drug possession.

1986: A Fine Young Cannibals concert in Boston was delayed until 2AM because somebody had thrown tear gas into the club.

1987: Andy Warhol died from cardiac arrhythmia after a gall bladder operation at age 58.

1989: A category for Heavy Metal was included at the Grammy Awards for the first time. Metallica performed on stage, but the award went to Jethro Tull. Many audience members booed.  Also, the same year Milli Vanilli won the best new artist award.

1993: Radiohead's first album, "Pablo Honey", was released.

2000: The recently departed soul legend Curtis Mayfield is honored at a First African Methodist Episcopal Church service in Los Angeles, featuring performances from Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and, spontaneously, Lauryn Hill.

2008: After much controversy and debate over whether or not to honor recently deceased musician and Mississippi native Ike Turner, the state legislature compromises and passes a resolution that honors his musical achievements only.

2010: Johnny Marr was said to be "ecstatic" after getting back one of his guitars which had been stolen in 2000 after a gig at the Scala nightclub in Kings Cross, London. Smiths fan Stephen White told a London court he was "disgusted" with himself for taking the cherry red 1964 Gibson SG when he went backstage after the gig at The Scala.