Sunday January 31
- The Jackson 5 receive the key to their home town of Gary, Indiana (the city must have changed the locks-- 32 years later they gave another key to Michael Jackson), 1971
- KC (Harry Wayne Casey) of KC & the Sunshine Band ("Get Down Tonight") is 59
Monday February 1
- The late Rick James (the original "Super Freak") is born in 1952
- Don Everly of the Everly Brothers ("Walk Right Back") is 73
- Elvis Presley daughter, Lisa Marie, is born (exactly 9 months to the day after the King marries Priscilla), 1968
- Gladys Knight & the Pips leave Motown Records (and its Soul label) for Buddah Records, 1973
Wednesday February 3
- "The Day The Music Died"-- Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper die in a plane crash north of Mason City, Iowa, 1959
- Dennis Edwards of the Temptations ("Cloud Nine") is 67
- Producer Phil Spector is arrested for allegedly shooting a woman to death in his
Thursday February 4
- Karen Carpenter ("Close To You") dies of a heart attack brought on by anorexia nervosa, 1983
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono separate (for about a year), 1974
Friday February 5
- Barrett Strong ("Money") is 69
- Elton John and Stevie Wonder play for U.S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House, 1998
Saturday February 6
- Natalie Cole ("This Will Be") is 60
- Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys ("God Only Knows") dies of complications from cancer, 1998
- Jesse Belvin ("Goodnight My Love") dies in an auto accident in
