February 3rd: Born on this day

1965, Nick Hawkins, guitar, Big Audio Dynamite, (1986 UK No.11 single 'E=MC2'.

1959, Lol Tolhurst, keyboards, The Cure, 1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).

1957, Tony Butler, bass, Big Country, (1983 UK No.10 single 'Fields Of Fire' plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles).

1956, Lee Ranaldo, guitar, Sonic Youth, (1993 UK No.26 single 'Sugar Kane').

1949, Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, bass The New York Dolls, died in Los Angeles on 13/7/04 aged 55. 1973 album ‘New York Dolls’.

1947, Dave Davies, guitarist, The Kinks, (1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' plus 19 other UK Top 40 singles).

1947, Melanie Safka, singer, songwriter, (1971 US No.1 & 1972 UK No.4 single 'Brand New Key').

1946, Stan Webb, guitar, vocals, Chicken Shack, (1969 UK No.14 single 'I'd Rather Go Blind').

1943, Dennis Edwards, The Temptations, (1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Just My Imagination' and re- issued 'My Girl' UK No.2 in 1992).

1943, Eric Haydock, bass, The Hollies, over 25 Top 40 singles since 1963, (1972 US No.2 single 'Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress', 1988 UK No.1 single 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', first released in 1969).

1940, Angelo D'Aleo, vocals, Dion And The Belmonts, (1961 US No.1 & UK No.11 single 'Runaround Sue').

1935, Johnny 'guitar' Watson, died 17/5/96. (1976 UK No.35 single 'I Need It').

1928, Frankie Vaughan, UK singer, died 17/9/99 aged 71. During the 50's he scored twenty UK Top 30 singles including, UK No.2 'Green Door'. Made an OBE in 1965.



February 3rd: died ~

1967, Producer Joe Meek shot his landlady Violet Shenton and then shot himself at his flat in London, Meek produced The Tornados 'Telstar' the first No.1 in the US by a British group.

1959, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valans, hired a light aircraft to take them on to the next date of a US tour, in bad weather the plane crashed in the Iowa countryside, killing all onboard.