Tuesday February 9

  • Bill Haley ("Rock Around The Clock") dies of a heart attack in 1981

  • Carole King ("It's Too Late") is 69
  • Barbara Lewis ("Hello Stranger") is 67
  • Major Harris ("Love Won't Let Me Wait") is 63  
  • Tyrone Davis ("Can I Change My Mind") dies after a stroke, 2005
  • Percy Faith ("Theme From A Summer Place") dies of cancer in 1976

Wednesday February 10

  • Oprah Winfrey gets the first interview in fifteen years with Michael Jackson on her prime-time ABC-TV special, 1993
  • Roberta Flack ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face") is 71

Thursday February 11

  • Diana Ross is granted a divorce from her Norwegian bussinessman husband of 14 years, 2000
  • The late Bobby "Boris" Pickett ("Monster Mash") is born in 1940
  • Leon Haywood ("I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You") is 68
  • A gunman at an Isley Brothers concert in Los Angeles shoots three people before being fatally shot himself by police, 2000  

Saturday February 13

  • Marvin Gaye sings the national anthem at the National Baskbetball Association All-Star Game in Los Angeles, 1983
     
    • The late King Floyd ("Groove Me") is born in 1945
    • The first of Michael Jackson's children, Prince is born in 1997
    • "Al Green Day" is declared in Los Angeles, 1978