This Day in Music History – February 14th

1958 – On CBS television Walter Cronkite reported that the Iranian government has banned rock & roll becausee it is against the concepts of Islam and also a hazard to health.

1964 – Chad & Jeremy were guests on the “Patty Duke Show.”

1967 – Aretha Franklin recorded her song “Respect” in New York.

1970 – The Who taped a concert at Leeds University in Leeds, England, for their forthcoming album, “Live at Leeds.”

1972 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a weeklong stay as co-hosts on “The Mike Douglas Show.”

1972 – “Steppenwolf Day” was declared in Los Angeles as they announced their break-up.

1972 – “Grease” opened off-Broadway, where it ran for the next decade for a total of 3,388 performances.

1973 – David Bowie collapsed at the end of his Valentines Day Show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall reportedly due to total exhaustion.

1974 – The Captain and Tennille were married.

1974 – Rolling Stone reported that David Bowie had turned down a Gay Liberation group who asked him to compose the “world’s first Gay National Anthem.”

1977 – The B52s’s perform their first concert together in Athens, GA.

1977 – Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” was released.

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