February 1st

2000: C.C. DeVille announced that he left Poison due to Bret Michaels’ refusal to let DeVille’s other band Samantha 7 open for Poison on their scheduled summer tour. DeVille rejoined the band 18 days later.

1995: Rush’s self-titled debut album was certified gold by the RIAA twenty-one years after its initial release.

1992: Elton John topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me re-recorded as a duet with George Michael. It topped the singles chart for one week. When it was initially released by John in 1974, it peaked at number two.

1988: The Cars announced via a press release that after recording six albums together, they were splitting up.

1985: The Eagles’ Glenn Frey made his acting debut with a guest appearance on Miami Vice where he played drug dealer Jimmy Cole.

1968: Elvis Presley’s only child, daughter Lisa Marie was born in Memphis exactly nine months after Elvis married Priscilla.

The Doors announced that Universal Pictures offered them $500,000 to star in a future film. Other announcements made included a television special, a group humor book & a book of poetry by Jim Morrison. Only Morrison’s poetry book was eventually released.

1964: I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of seven weeks.

1963: Neil Young made his on-stage debut with his then-group The Squires at the Riverview Community Club in Winnipeg.

Birthdays:
Don Everly-singer & guitarist for The Everly Brothers born in 1937
Ray Sawyer-singer & guitarist for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show born in 1937
Jimmy Carl Black-drummer for The Mothers of Invention born in 1938
Mike Campbell-guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers born in 1950