Rock and Metal History, a day like today February 13
1942: Peter Tork (of The Monkees) is born Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington, D.C.
1950: Peter Gabriel (original lead singer for Genesis) is born in Chobham, Surrey, England.
1952: Ed Gagliardi (original bass player for Foreigner) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1956: Peter Hook (bassist for New Order) is born Peter Woodhead in Broughton, Salford, England.
1961: Les Warner (drummer for The Cult) is born in London, England.
1965: The Rolling Stones release their third American studio album, The Rolling Stones, Now!, including the hit "Heart Of Stone."
1967: The Beatles release "Strawberry Fields Forever" as a single in the US, with "Penny Lane" on the flip side.
1969: The Doors' "Touch Me" and Sly And The Family Stone's "Everyday People" are awarded Gold records.
- Bob Dylan recorded versions of 'Lay, Lady, Lay', at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
1970: Black Sabbath released their debut self-titled studio album on Vertigo records in the UK. Peaking at No.8 on the charts, the album has been recognised as the first main album to be credited with the development of the heavy metal genre.
1971: Cat Stevens debuted on the chart with his first single--"Wild World".
1972: Robert Todd Harrell, bassist of 3 Doors Down, was born in Escatawpa, Mississippi.
1974: Robbie Williams is born in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
1978: Dire Straits began recording their first album at Basing Street Studios, London. The whole project cost £12,500 ($21,250) to produce. The album which featured the group's breakthrough single 'Sultans of Swing' went on to enjoy a 132 week run on the UK chart.
1981: Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd passed Highlights from "The Phantom of the Opera" for third place in the longest-running albums of the Rock Era with 402 weeks on the Album chart.
1984: Phil Collins released the single "Against All Odds".
1987: Metallica conclude their breakthrough - yet tragic - Damage Inc. tour at Frolundaborg in Gothenburg, Sweden. They drew huge crowds throughout the tour but lost bass player Cliff Burton, who was killed when their tour bus slid off the road during an earlier stop in Sweden.
1993: The Cult had the #1 album in the U.K. with Pure Cult.
1999: Blondie tops the UK chart with "Maria", giving them a British number one single in the '70s, '80s and '90s.
2001: Peter Frampton is recognized in the guitar community with the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award.
2002: 64 year old Waylon Jennings died of complications from diabetes. At 21, he was a member of Buddy Holly's band who gave up his plane seat to the Big Bopper just before the doomed flight took off on February 3rd, 1959.
2004: Led Zeppelin received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys. Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham (John's son) were on hand to receive the honor. Lead singer Robert Plant was on tour promoting his current solo album.
2010: Dale Hawkins ("Susie-Q" from 1957) died of colon cancer at the age of 73 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
2016: All four members of English indie rock group Viola Beach, Kris Leonard (guitar and vocals), River Reeves (guitar), Tomas Lowe (bass guitar), and Jack Dakin (drums) along with their manager Craig Tarry, died in a car crash in Södertälje, Sweden.
