February 5

Births

1941: Barrett Strong (R&B Singer)

1942: Cory Wells (Lead Singer for Three Dog Night)

1948: Nigel Tufnel (Lead Guitar for Spinal Tap)

1962: Tommy Skeoch (Guitar for Tesla)

1964: Duff McKagan (Bass for Guns ‘N’ Roses)

1968: Chris Barron (Singer for The Spin Doctors)

1969: Bobby Brown (Singer in New Edition & Solo)

1971: Sara Evans (Country Singer)

Events

1940: Glenn Miller and his band recorded "Tuxedo Junction."

1957: 5,000 fans greeted Bill Haley when he arrived from New York on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, for his debut UK concert tour. Haley was the first American rock artist to tour the UK.

1967: The British tabloid News of the World, owned by Rupert Murdoch, publishes an article called "Pop Stars and Drugs -- Facts that Will Shock You." In it, everyone from the Moody Blues to Pete Townshend is labeled as an LSD user. The tabloid is slapped with a defamation lawsuit that very day by the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, whom the article alleges to be hooked on Benzedrine and hashish; apparently the reporter in question had overheard the Stones' Brian Jones admitting to these things and mistook him for Jagger. The suit ignites a feud between the tabloid and the band that would lead directly to Stones' guitarist Keith Richard's infamous drug bust five days later.

1998: Elton John and Stevie Wonder perform at the White House for US President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

1998: Guitarist Tim Kelly (Slaughter) died after a being injured in an auto accident in Arizona at the age of 34.

2004: Janet Jackson's right breast became the most searched-for image in net history, Jackson's breast was seen by millions on TV after Justin Timberlake pulled at her bodice during a duet. Search engines reported a big jump in searches for Janet Jackson and Super Bowl, as people turned to the web for images of the event.