1. February | RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949 |
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2. February | Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 1942 |
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3. February | The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959 |
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7. February | Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964 |
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7. February | Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979 |
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9. February | Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 1941 |
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12. February | The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964 |
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17. February | Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982 |
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18. February | Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933 |
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19. February | Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in Britain, 1972 |
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19. February | William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940 |
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20. February | J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946 |
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20. February | Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974 |
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23. February | Handel born, 1685 |
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23. February | Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944 |
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29. February | Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904 |
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