This Day in Music History – February 2nd

1956 – The Coasters signed with Atlantic Records.

1957 – Fats Domino sang “Blueberry Hill” and “Blue Monday” on the “Perry Como Show” on television.

1959 – Frankie Avalon’s “Venus” was released.

1959 – The Coasters song “Charlie Brown” was released.

1963 – The Beatles began their first British tour supporting Helen Shapiro.

1973 – NBC-TV debuted “Midnight Special.”

1973 – Keith Emerson injures his hands when a rigged piano prematurely explodes during a concert in San Francisco.

1978 – Van Halen signed with Warner Brothers Records.

1979 – At the age of 21, ex-Sex Pistol bass player Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in the New York City apartment of his present girlfriend, Michelle Robinson.

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