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The week in music history brought to you by  FEB 3: Sadly, 60 years ago today Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, as well as the pilot, died in a plane crash on the way to Fargo, ND. Holly rented the plane because the bus they had been using was having heating issues and had already broken down twice in freezing conditions. Shortly after the plane took off it crashed into a corn field near Mason City, Iowa. 😢 FEB 4: Happy Birthday to Alice Cooper, born today in 1948! Cooper was born Vincent Furnier and later changed his name...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 27: On this day in 1956, "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis was released by RCA Records. The song would sell 300,000 copies in its first week and would go on to sell over a million copies. It was Elvis' first Gold RIAA Award! JAN 28: Today in 2009, Billy Powell, longtime keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away from a heart attack at age 56. Powell became a roadie for the band in 1970. During a break at a 1972 show, Powell sat down at the piano and performed a piano version of...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 20: Happiest of birthdays to Paul Stanley of KISS! Stanley was born in 1952. As writer and co-writer, he has penned many of KISS' highest-charting singles.Stanley joined Gene Simmons' band Wicked Lester in the early 1970s and the rest is history, or is it KISStory? 🎉💥  JAN 21: Born on this day in 1938, DJ Wolfman Jack! He became interested in radio as a child after he received a radio from his father. In 1960, he began his career as a disc jockey. He created the Wolfman Jack persona after moving...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 13: Eric Clapton played his comeback concert today in 1973 at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Pete Townsend of The Who had helped organize the two night concert to help Clapton kick his heroin habit. Others who performed at the concert were Stevie Wonder, Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood, and others with support from The Average White Band. Clapton did later beat his drug and alcohol addictions and has played many concerts in support of organizations to help others with addiction issues.🎸  JAN 14: On this day in 1966, David Jones...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com FEB 17: On this day in 2005, a 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar once owned by Jimi Hendrix sold for over $125,000 at a London auction! Also in the auction, a poem Hendrix had written a couple weeks after he appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival ($12,000) and the first Jimi Hendrix Experience single "Hey Joe" signed by all the band members ($2500). FEB 18: On this day in 1966, Beach Boy Brian Wilson was in the process of recording "Good Vibrations". The song would be released in October and would go to #1....