February 19th

1997: A judge in New York dismissed a $7 million lawsuit against Motley Crue for hearing loss that a fan suffered at one of their concerts. The judge ruled that the fan knew the concert would be loud when he purchased the ticket.

1995: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancun, Mexico.

Jon Bon Jovi’s wife Dorothea gave birth to their second child, a son named Jesse James Louis.

1993: Lynyrd Skynyrd celebrated their twentieth anniversary with a Lynyrd Skynyrd & Friends LYVE performance from Atlanta’s Fox Theatre that aired live on pay-per-view. Special guests included Peter Frampton, Charlie Daniels, Zakk Wylde, Poison singer Bret Michaels & Cinderella singer Tom Kiefer.

1982: Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio for urinating on The Alamo. At the time of his arrest, he was wearing a dress which belonged to his manager (later wife), Sharon Arden.

1980: AC/DC singer Bon Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning in London while sleeping in a friend’s car. He was 33 years old.

1974: Kiss made their television debut on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert.

The first American Music Awards ceremony aired on ABC. The AMA’s were created by Dick Clark to compete with the Grammys.

Birthdays:
Smokey Robinson born in 1940
Paul Dean-guitarist for Loverboy born in 1946
Tony Iommi-guitarist for Black Sabbath born in 1948
Francis Buchholz-bassist for Scorpions born in 1954