Rock and Metal History, February 5
1929: Hal Blaine, legendary session drummer for Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, the Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel, the 5th Dimension, the Ronettes and many others, was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
1941: Barrett Strong, who teams with producer Norman Whitfield to write a number of Motown hits, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," is born in West Point, Mississippi.
1948: David Denny, guitarist with the Steve Miller Band, was born in Berkeley, California.
1964: Duff McKagan, bassist of Guns N' Roses, was born in Seattle, Washington.
1966: The Beatles dominated the Album chart for a fifth week with Rubber Soul.
1971: Black Sabbath began recording their third album Master of Reality at Island Studios in London.
1972: Glam Rock/Hard Rock SLADE had their single, Look Wot You Dun, ranked at #1 in the UK
1976: Elvis Presley records "For the Heart," "Hurt," and "Danny Boy."
1977: The Eagles returned to #1 on the Album chart with Hotel California.
1979: The Police re-released their single "Roxanne". The song had originally been released on April 7, 1978 but failed to chart.
1980: Boys Don’t Cry, the first compilation album by English band the Cure, was
released in the UK. Later in August, it became the band’s debut release in the US as an altered version .
1983: Def Leppard ’s album Pyromania began a 92-week run on the charts. While it never reached number one, it wound up selling over six-million copies in the US alone.
1993: R.E.M. released “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite,” the third single from their eighth studio album, Automatic for the People.
1998: Tim Kelly (guitarist Slaughter) dies in a car accident in Arizona at age 35.
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