February 5th

2006: The Rolling Stones performed the halftime show of Super Bowl XL in Detroit. The NFL imposed a five-second delay & censored lyrics considered too explicit. The Stones had agreed to the censoring.

1998: Elton John & Stevie Wonder performed at a White House dinner for President Bill Clinton & U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair.

1983: Def Leppard’s third album Pyromania entered the Billboard 200 album chart at number 69. The album would peak at number 2, spend 116 weeks on the chart & sell ten million records in the U.S. alone.

Toto reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first and only time with Africa, which spent one week on top.

1981: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau inducted Joni Mitchell into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the twelfth Juno Awards at the O’Keefe Centre in Toronto.

1972: Paul Simon released his first single without Art Garfunkel, Mother and Child Reunion which later peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

1957: Bill Haley & His Comets arrived in the U.K. to begin their tour of the U.K. Haley was the first American rock star to tour the U.K.

Birthdays:
Hal Blaine-drummer for The Wrecking Crew born in 1929
Corey Wells-singer for Three Dog Night born in 1942
Al Kooper born in 1944
Christopher Guest-Nigel Tufnel, guitarist for Spinal Tap born in 1948
Duff McKagan-bassist for Guns N’ Roses & Velvet Revolver born in 1964