“Yakety” Sax Man King Curtis, who played with The Coasters, Ruth Brown, Sam Cooke, Herbie Mann, Sunnyland Slim, Roosevelt Sykes, Aretha Franklin, Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Andy Williams, Nat Adderley, and more.
Music history and highlights that have happened on February 7th… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll.
Garth Brooks.
1941: Frank Sinatra and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record “Everything Happens to Me”.
1944: Bing Crosby records “Swinging on a Star” for Decca Records in Los Angeles.
1964: The Beatles land at JFK Airport in New York City for their fist U.S. tour.
1979: Pink Floyd premieres their live version of “The Wall” in Los Angeles.
1962: Garth Brooks born in Tulsa.
1934: “Yackety” saxophonist King Curtis (The Coasters, Beatles and a lot more) born in Ft. Worth, Texas.
1959: Greenwood, Mississippi blues guitarist Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) passes on (“The Things That I Used to Do”).
Daft Punk’s Guy Man.
1959: Buddy Holly buried in Lubbock, Texas.
1974: Daft Punk electronic musician Guy Man (Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
1975: Bob Dylan hits No. 1 on U.S. album charts with “Blood on the Tracks”.
1981: R.E.M. records for first time ever at Bombay Studios in Smyrna, Georgia (“Gardening at Night”, “Radio Free Europe” and “Don’t Go Back to Rockville”).
1984: Michael Jackson a 4-ft-high platinum record by Columbia Records.
Singer, actress and producer Whitney Houston.
1994: Whitney Houston wins big at 21st American Music Awards.
1995: Bluegrass and country star Alison Krauss releases her hit album “Now that I’v Found You”.
1995: Country singer Shania Twain realeases “The Woman in Me” album which becomes the 1996 Billboard Album of the Year.
2000: Raper Big Pun passes away.
2001: The Roy Rogers Show’s Dale Evans leaves the building.