FEB 3
FEBRUARY 3RD, 1959 WAS FOR MANY, “THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED”, WHEN BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER ALL DIED IN A PLANE CRASH JUST OUTSIDE MASON CITY, IOWA IN A SNOWSTORM. HOLLY WAS ONLY 22 AND VALENS WAS JUST 17.
IN 1973 ELTON JOHN’S HIT SINGLE “CROCODILE ROCK” FROM HIS ALBUM ‘DON’T SHOOT ME I’M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER’ HIT #1 IN AMERICA FOR THE FIRST OF THREE WEEKS, GIVING HIM HIS FIRST CHART-TOPPER IN THE U.S.
AND IN 1992, PEARL JAM KICKED OFF THEIR FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR WHEN THEY MADE THEIR LIVE DEBUT IN LONDON TO SUPPORT THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ‘TEN’. THE TOUR ALSO INCLUDED PERFORMANCES IN IN NORWAY, SWEDEN, HOLLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, AND ITALY.
