February 6

Births

1943: Fabian (Fabiano Anthony Forte) (Singer)

1945: Bob Marley (Reggae Singer)

1950: Natalie Cole (Singer)

1950: Punky Meadows (Guitarist for Angel)

1962: Axl Rose (William Bruce Rose) (Singer with Guns N' Roses)

1966: Rick Astley (Singer)

Events

1939: Elvis Presley's father Vernon is released from Parchment Penitentiary in McComb MS, after serving eight months of a 14-month sentence for check forgery.

1943: Having left his position as singer in the Tommy Dorsey Band four months earlier, Frank Sinatra makes his debut as vocalist on radio's Your Hit Parade.

1971: Richard Thompson leaves Fairport Convention for a solo career that would also include several highly-regarded duet albums with wife Linda.

1962: Decca Records rejects the Beatles.

1982: The J Geils Band started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Centrefold', the bands only US No.1. The bands album 'Freeze- Frame' started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart on the same day.

1989: Jamaican sound engineer, and producer King Tubby died after being shot in the street outside his home.

1990: Billy Idol suffered serious injuries when he failed to pull up at a stop sign and crashed from his Harley-Davidson motorbike into a car.

1990: Over 200 women filed court actions against Chuck Berry after it was alleged that he had been secretly filming them in the toilets of the restaurant he owned.

1998: Carl Wilson (Vocals & Guitar for Beach Boys) died from brain and lung cancer at age 51.

1998: Austrian singer Falco (Johann Holzel) was killed in a road accident after his car collided with a bus. He scored the 1986 No.1 single 'Rock Me Amadeus' making him the first-ever Austrian act to score a US No.1 hit single.

2001: Guitarist Don Felder was fired from The Eagles. He would later launch a $50 million law suit against drummer Don Henley and guitarist Glen Frey, alleging wrongful termination and breach of implied-in-fact contract. Henley and Frey then countersued Felder for breach of contract, alleging that Felder had written and attempted to sell the rights to a "tell-all" book. Both parties settled out-of-court for an undisclosed amount.

2003: ABC's 20/20 airs the British documentary Living With Michael Jackson which raises some "disturbing" questions about the singer.