Rock and Metal History, a day like today February 15
1944: Mick Avory (drummer for The Kinks) is born in Surrey, England.
1947: David Brown (bassist for Santana) is born in Daly City, California.
1954: Big Joe Turner records one of the first Rock songs, "Shake, Rattle And Roll," at Atlantic Records studios in New York.
1959: Ali Campbell (lead singer of UB40) is born in Birmingham, England, to Scottish folk singer Ian Campbell.
1960: Mikey Craig (bassist for Culture Club) is born in England.
1964: Beatles fever had hit big-time. The group had just appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and their first album in the United States, Meet the Beatles, was now the #1 album after only three weeks.
1965: The Beatles released the single "Eight Days a Week".The same day, record "Ticket To Ride," "Another Girl," and "I Need You.""I Want To Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles was the #1 song for a third week.
1967: The band Chicago formed.
1971: The Who debut a new rock opera called Lifehouse at the Young Vic Theatre in London. The project is shelved after a short run of shows, but some of the songs, including "Bab O' Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Behind Blue Eyes, become Who standards after being included on the album Who's Next.
1974: Tomi Petteri Putaansuu, better known as Mr. Lordi, the lead vocalist of Lordi, is born in Rovaniemi, Finland.
1974: Deep Purple release Burn, their first album with the Mark III lineup of the band, featuring David Coverdale as lead singer.
1975: Rush released the album "Fly By Night." It is their second album, following 1974's Rush, but is the first with new drummer/lyricist Neil Peart.
1976: Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd is born in Van Nuys, California.
1977: Sid Vicious joined the Sex Pistols replacing bassist Glen Matlock.
1984: Blues guitarist Gary Clark, Jr. is born in Austin, Texas.
1995: Metallica began recording their sixth album "Load."
2003: With war in Iraq imminent, millions march for peace around the world, including System Of A Down, who shoot the video for their song "Boom" at the protests with Michael Moore directing.
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