insert_link Music This Day in Music History – February 4th 1954 - The Drifters recorded "White Christmas." 1955 - James Brown recorded "Please Please Please." 1959 - Frankie Avalon and Jimmy Clanton took over headlining the Winter Dance Party after the death of Buddy Holly. 1961 - Johnny Burnette was rushed to a hospital in Hollywood for an emergency appendectomy. 1966 - The Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" was released in the U.K. 1969 - "Carl Perkins Day" was celebrated […] todayFebruary 4, 2021