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19 февраля 1983,
Patti Austin and James Ingram started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Baby Come To Me', a No.11 hit in the UK.https://www.discogs.com/Patti-Austin-Baby-Come-To-Me-Solero/release/647235

US Top 20 Singles For The Week Ending February 19, 1983

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)
1 2 BABY, COME TO ME –•– Patti Austin with James Ingram (Qwest)-23 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 DOWN UNDER –•– Men At Work (Columbia)-16 (1)
3 4 SHAME ON THE MOON –•– Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (Capitol)-10 (3)
4 9 STRAY CAT STRUT –•– The Stray Cats (EMI-America)-9 (4)
5 5 AFRICA –•– Toto (Columbia)-17 (1)
6 23 BILLIE JEAN –•– Michael Jackson (Epic)-5 (6)
7 7 YOU AND I –•– Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle (Elektra)-20 (7)
8 18 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME –•– Culture Club (Virgin)-12 (8)
9 19 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF –•– Duran Duran (Harvest)-9 (9)
10 10 YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE –•– Phil Collins (Atlantic)-16 (10)

11 11 THE OTHER GUY –•– The Little River Band (Capitol)-14 (11)
12 12 GOODY TWO SHOES –•– Adam Ant (Epic)-15 (12)
13 13 PASS THE DUTCHIE –•– Musical Youth (MCA)-11 (13)
14 14 YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY –•– Sammy Hagar (Geffen)-11 (14)
15 15 HEART TO HEART –•– Kenny Loggins (Columbia)-13 (15)
16 16 ALL RIGHT –•– Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-5 (16)
17 17 ALLENTOWN –•– Billy Joel (Columbia)-13 (17)
18 21 YOU ARE –•– Lionel Richie (Motown)-6 (18)
19 22 BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG –•– The Pretenders (Sire)-11 (19)
20 26 TWILIGHT ZONE –•– Golden Earring (21 Records)-13 (20)

19 февраля 1994,
Mariah Carey had her first UK No.1 with her version of the Peter Ham Tom Evans song 'Without You'.Nilsson also took the song to No.1 in 1972.https://www.discogs.com/Mariah-Carey-Without-You/release/1596749

Ушёл из жизни:

19 февраля 1980: Bon Scott,vocal, (AC/DC)
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82,_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD

19 февраля 1985:
After years in the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger releases his first solo album, entitled
She's The Boss .

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1945, Born on this day, Alan Hull, guitarist, singer, songwriter, with English group Lindisfarne. Hull also worked as a solo atrist. Hull died of a heart attack on 17th November 1996.

1946, Born on this day, J Geils, guitarist, with The J. Geils Band who had the 1982 US No.1 'Centerfold', which was taken from their US No.1 1981 album 'Freeze Frame.

1950, Born on this day, Walter Becker, bass, guitar, vocals, songwriter with American group Steely Dan won a Grammy in 2001 for Album of the year. Becker has produced records for Rickie Lee Jones, China Crisis and Michael Franks.

1951, Born on this day, Randy California, guitarist, singer with Spirit. He died on 2nd January 1997 when rescuing his 12 year-old son after he was sucked into a riptide in surf off Hawaii.

1967, Born on this day, Kurt Cobain, guitarist, singer, songwriter with Nirvana who had the 1991 UK No.7 and 1992 US No.6 single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', taken from their 1991 album 'Nevermind' which spent over two years on the UK chart and was a US No.1 album in 1992. During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression. He also had difficulty coping with his fame and public image. Cobain committed suicide on April 5th 1994.

1972, Born on this day, Neil Primrose, drummer with Scottish group Travis who had the 1999 UK No.1 album 'The Man Who' plus over 10 other UK Top 40 singles.

1977, Born on this day, Edwin Graham, drummer with The Darkness who had the 2003 UK No.1 album ‘Permission To Land’.

1985, Born on this day, Volkova Yulia, singer, with Russian music duo Tatu who had the 2003 UK No.1 single 'All The Things She Said' which also topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Switzerland and other European countries.

1988, Born on this day, Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty), Barbadian R&B singer who had 2007 world-wide No.1 single 'Umbrella' featuring Jay-Z. 'Umbrella' became the longest running UK No.1 in the 21st Century

20 февраля
События:

1949: A nine-year old Ricky Nelson joins the cast of his parents' NBC Radio show, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet , replacing a child actor who'd been portraying him.

1958: Bill Haley and his Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, The Everly Brothers and Jimmie Rodgers begin the "Big Gold Record Stars" tour in Florida.

1960: Jimi Hendrix makes his stage debut, playing guitar in the basement of Seattle's Temple De Hirsch synagogue. He is fired between sets for "showing off."

1962: The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, gets the group released from its earlier contract with German producer Bert Kaempfert, agreeing to let them go for a live recording during their next Hamburg tour.

1967: Having failed to procure John Lennon the old-fashioned, steam-powered organ he wanted for the track "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!," producer George Martin and assistant Geoff Emerick assemble a library of calliope and organ sounds, snip the tapes into little pieces, throw them into the air, and then splice them back together in the order which they fell.

1969: The ill-fated rockumentary Goodbye Cream , which documents the group's farewell Royal Albert Hall performance, opens in Baltimore, MD. On the same day, Ringo Starr attends the London premiere of his latest film, Candy.

1974: Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono after ten years of marriage.

1976: KISS is invited to put their feet and handprints in the famous wet cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

1977: At tonight's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Stevie Wonder cleans up with a Best Album win ( Songs In The Key Of Life ) and Best Vocal Performance ("I Wish"). Most infamous is the Best New Artist award for the Starland Vocal Band, of "Afternoon Delight" fame, which is sometimes cited as the beginning of that award's "curse" of quick anonymity.

1991: At tonight's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Bob Dylan receives the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award and gives the following puzzling speech, quoted here in its entirety: "Well, my daddy, he didn't leave me much, you know he was a very simple man, but what he did tell me was this, he did say: 'Son,' he said... (long pause) ...He say, 'You know it's possible to become so defiled in this world that your own father and mother will abandon you. And if that happens, God will always believe in your ability to mend your ways.'"

2000: The TV biopic Little Richard , directed by Robert Townshend, airs on NBC.

2004: Brian Wilson plays his aborted, reconstituted masterpiece SMiLE live for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

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1972: Elvis Presley, Elvis Now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Now

Запись

1964: The Beach Boys, "Don't Worry Baby"

1969: Elvis Presley: "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'," "Any Day Now," "If I'm A Fool"

1969: Bob Dylan, "Lay, Lady, Lay"


Чарты

1965, Gary Lewis and the Playboys started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Diamond Ring.' Lewis is the son of actor Jerry Lewis

1971, The soundtrack to 'Jesus Christ Superstar' went to No.1 on the US album chart. The album peaked at No.6 on the UK chart.

1988, The all girl group Expose went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Seasons Change', not a hit in the UK.

1988, Kylie Minogue was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Should Be So Lucky.'

1993, Buddy Holly and the Crickets went to No.1 on the UK album chart with the 'Words of Love' compilation album.

20 февраля 1945,
Born on this day, Alan Hull, guitarist, singer, songwriter, with English group Lindisfarne. Hull also worked as a solo atrist. Hull died of a heart attack on 17th November 1996.

Alan Hull, guitarist, singer, songwriter, with English group Lindisfarne.

20 февраля 1946,
Born on this day, J Geils, guitarist, with The J. Geils Band who had the 1982 US No.1 'Centerfold', which was taken from their US No.1 1981 album 'Freeze Frame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...t=AL94UKMTqg-9AdzIwdZP88REBqct7qvAcC&feature=c4-overview-vl

J. Geils Band