Rock and Metal History, a day like today February 18
1934: American singer, songwriter, bassist, Skip Battin, from The Byrds,was born in Gallipolis, Ohio;.Battin died on 6 July 2003.
1947: American singer, songwriter Dennis Deyoung, from Styx who had the 1979 US No.1 & 1980 UK No.6 single 'Babe',was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1948: Keith Knudsen, songwriter and drummer of the Doobie Brothers, was born in LeMars, Iowa; died February 8, 2005 of pneumonia.
1965: The Beatles record "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" and "Tell Me What You See."
1968: Pink Floyd fired frontman Syd Barrett. After being released from a psychiatric hospital, Barrett went into seclusion. Gilmour had already joined the band in December, 1967 as a fifth member.
1972: Neil Young's album Harvest is certified Gold.
1974: KISS released their first album "KISS."This album features such KISS classics: Strutter, Firehouse, Cold Gin, Deuce, 100,000 Years and Black Diamond.
1980: Bob Seger released the single "Fire Lake".
1990: Freddie Mercury made his final public appearance on stage when he joined the rest of Queen to collect the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, held at the Dominion Theatre, London, England.
2006: The Rolling Stones gave a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil before one million people.
2011: The King of Limbs was self-released on 18 February 2011 as a download, followed by a physical release on 28 March through XL Recordings internationally and TBD Records in North America. It is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead.
2012: Otis "Damon" Harris, who joined the Temptations in 1971 at age 21 when original lead singer Eddie Kendricks left, died of prostate cancer at the age of 62 in a Baltimore hospice.
