February 28th - Born on this day Willie Bobo (1934), 'Sam the Sham' Domingo Samudio (1937), Marty Sanders - Jay and the Americans (1941), Brian Jones - The Rolling Stones (1942), Joe South (1940), Donnie Iris - Wild Cherry, Jaggerz (1943), Barbara Acklin (1943), Ronnie Rosman - Tommy James & The Shondells (1945), Bernadette Peters (1948), Arthur "T-Boy" Ross (1949), Eddie Manion - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1952), Randy Jackson-Zebra (1955) Cindy Wilson - B-52's (1957), Ian Stanley - Tears for Fears (1957), Phil Gould - Level 42 (1957), Elisa Fiorillo (1969), Patrick Monaha - Train (1969), Nigel Godrich - producer (1971), Jason Aldean (1977), Alex Tanas - Magic (1986), Jake Bugg (1994)
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Chart News
1968 Esther and Abi Ofarim at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Cinderella Rockefella'
1970 Simon and Garfunkel at No.1 on on the US singles chart with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', also No.1 in the UK in March the same year.
1972 Melanie at No.1 in Australia with ‘Brand New Key’
1976 Rhythm Heritage at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Theme From SWAT'
1981 Eddie Rabbitt at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Love A Rainy Night'
1998 Cornershop at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Brimful Of Asha'
1999 Britney Spears at No.1 in Australia with ‘…Baby One More Time’
2002 Will Young at No.1 with 'Anything Is Possible / Evergreen'
2006 Madonna at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Sorry'
2010 Jason Derulo at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘In My Head’
2015 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Uptown Funk'
2016 Adele was at No.1 on the UK and US album chart with her third studio album ‘25’
2019 Ariana Grande at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '7 Rings'
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Gig News
1964 The Yardbirds played at the Rhythm and Blues Festival at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England
1970 Led Zeppelin played a gig in Copenhagen as The Nobs after Eva Von Zeppelin a relative of the airship designer threatened to sue if the family name was used in Denmark.
1970 David Bowie's New Electric Band played at the Basildon Arts Lab experimental music club at the Basildon Arts Centre in Essex, England. Also on the bill were High Tide, Overson and Iron Butterfly.
1986 Ozzy Osbourne supported by Ratt were at Newcastle Mayfair
1987 The Style Council played at Glasgow Scottish Exhibition Centre on the last night of The Style Council General Election Tour
1994 Eric Clapton played his 100th performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, in aid of the 'Children In Crisis' charity
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Music News
1974 Bobby Bloom died
1986 George Michael announced that Wham! would officially split during the summer
2005 Chris Curtis, drummer with The Searchers died aged 63 after a long illness
2019 Andre Previn died