Afternoon Scoop

February 24th 1963 The Rolling Stones started a Sunday night residency at The Station Hotel in Surrey. They were paid $41 for the gig. 1965 - The Beatles The first full day of filming took place for The Beatles movie Help! ' with the group riding bicycles on location near London Airport, England. 1969 - Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their last ever-British performance when they appeared at the Royal Albert Hall. 1973 - Byrds The Byrds made their final live appearance when they played  in Passaic, New Jersey. 1975 - Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti.John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band during recording to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England 1976 - Eagles The Eagles 'Greatest Hits' became the first album to be certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. 1992 - Kurt Cobain Kurt Cobain married Courtney Love in Waikiki, Hawaii. 2000 - Carlos Santana Carlos Santana won eigh...

1959 - Jimi Hendrix 16 year old Jimi Hendrix made his stage debut  at  a synagogue in Seattle 1963 - The Beatles The Beatles drove through the night from Liverpool to London to appear on the live lunchtime BBC radio program "Parade of the Pops." They did  'Love Me Do' and 'Please Please Me". There total airtime on the show? Just over 4 minutes 1977 - Stevie Wonder Winners at this years Grammy Awards included Stevie Wonder for Best album with 'Songs In The Key Of Life', 1980 - Bon Scott AC/DC singer Bon Scott was pronounced dead on arrival at a London hospital after a heavy night's drinking.  The report said he drank himself to death. 1988 - Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue was at No.1  with 'I Should Be So Lucky.' Minogue had been and actress on an  Australian soap opera. 1991 - Bob Dylan Bob Dylan was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 33rd annual Grammy' Awards. 2003 - Today is the 17th anniversary of the tragi...

This Day in Music 2/18 1990 - Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury made his final public appearance on stage  to accept the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music along side his Queen bandmates. 2004 - Dido Dido was named on of the top 10 highest grossing musicians of 2003($26.9 million) 2005 - Britney Spears  After US Magazine printed 5 pages of pictures from her honeymoon with K-Fed, Britney Spears lashed out  at the publishers and contributors.   US addressed her concern by saying: "Britney should start her own magazine if she'd like to dictate her own coverage."