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1957, 5,000 fans greeted Bill Haley when he arrived from New York on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, for his debut UK concert tour. Haley was the first American rock artist to tour the UK.

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1962, The Beatles played two shows, one at the Cavern Club at lunchtime and in the evening at the Kingsway Club in Southport. This was the first time Ringo Starr appeared live with the group after drummer Pete Best became ill.

1966, Petula Clark had her second No.1 in the US singles chart with 'My Love', (it made No. 4 in the UK).

1967, The Beatles filmed part of the promo clip for 'Penny Lane' around the Royal Theatre, Stratford, London and walking up and down Angel Lane.

1967, The News Of The World reported that Mick Jagger had taken LSD at the Moody Blues' home in the UK. Jagger sued the paper for libel in an on-going feud between the News Of The World and The Stones.

1969, The Move were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Blackberry Way', the group's only UK No.1.

1970, David Bowie recorded four songs at the BBC Paris Cinema, London, for the John Peel Sunday Concert radio show. This was guitarists Mick Ronson's first appearance with Bowie.

1971, Black Sabbath started recording what would be their third album, 'Master Of Reality' at Island Studios in London, England. Released in July of this year, it is sometimes noted as the first stoner rock album. Guitarist Tony Iommi, decided to down tune his guitar down three semi-tones, Geezer Butler also down tuned his bass guitar to match Iommi. The result was a noticeably 'darker' sound that almost two decades later would prove hugely influential on at least three of the biggest grunge acts, namely Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, and Nirvana.

1972, T Rex were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Telegram Sam', the group's third UK No.1 and taken from their album The Slider.

1976, American saxophonist Rudy Pompilli died of lung cancer aged 52. Although not a smoker himself, it is believed he contracted the disease through second hand smoke. With Bill Haley and his Comets, he had the 1955 UK & US No.1 single with 'Rock Around The Clock', Pompilli released one solo album, Rudy's Rock: The Sax That Changed the World.

1983, Def Leppard's album 'Pyromania', started a 92 week run on the US charts, it never reached No.1 but sold over 6 million copies in the US alone.

1983, Toto went to No.1 on the US singles with 'Africa'; a No.3 hit in the UK.

1991, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty of KLF were arrested in Battersea, London after painting a logo on a Sunday Times billboard ad.

1992, Touring Australia and New Zealand for the first and only time Nirvana appeared at the ANU Bar in Canberra, Australia.

2001, Juliet Peters appeared in a London court accused of making death threats to singer Billie Piper. Peter's had made threatening telephone calls to the singer threatening to decapitate her and burn her body. The court listened to tapes of the 13 calls she has made to the singers record company.

2003, Courtney Love blamed her bad language for the alleged air rage incident that led to her arrest at London's Heathrow Airport. As she left Heathrow's police station the singer said: "I cussed at a lady-my daughter always said I had a potty mouth." When asked what it had been like inside the police station, the singer said: "It was fine. They were wonderful in there. It was like being on Prime Suspect." Read the full story

2004, Janet Jackson's right breast became the most searched-for image in net history, Jackson's breast was seen by millions on TV after Justin Timberlake pulled at her bodice during a duet. Search engines reported a big jump in searches for Janet Jackson and Super Bowl, as people turned to the web for images of the event.

2006, The Rolling Stones played three songs during the half-time show of The Super Bowl in Detroit. After the event, the Stones expressed their displeasure over having Mick Jagger's microphone turned down during the song "Start Me Up". The line "you make a dead man come" was cut short and a barnyard reference to "cocks" in the new song "Rough Justice" also disappeared.

2007, Producer Phil Spector won $900,000 (£459,000) after settling an embezzlement claim. Spector said former assistant Michelle Blaine removed $425,000 (£216,000) from his pension and did not repay a $635,000 (£324,000) loan. Ms Blaine claimed the loan was a gift, and the pension funds were for a film aimed at improving Spector's image. As part of the settlement, she dropped a counter-claim of sexual harassment.

2008, Amy Winehouse was questioned by police in connection with a video apparently showing her smoking a crack-cocaine pipe. The singer, who was not arrested, was interviewed under caution after the video was posted online by the Sun newspaper.

February 5th: Born on this day

1929, Born on this day, Hal Blaine, American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and the 5th Dimension. Blaine has played on 50 No.1 hits, over 150 top ten hits and has recorded, by his own admission, on over 35,000 pieces of music over four decades of work.

1935, Born on this day, Alex Harvey, vocals, guitar, with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band who had the 1975 UK No.7 single 'Delilah, and the 1975 album 'Next'. Harvey died on February 4th 1982.

1941, Born on this day, Barrett Strong, US songwriter who was the first artist to record a hit for Motown records. Wrote many Motown hits with Norman Whitfield including, 'Money', 'War', 'Ball Of Confusion', and 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone'.

1942, Born on this day, Corey Wells, vocals, with American group Three Dog Night who had the 1970 UK No.3 & US No.1 single 'Mama Told Me Not To Come'.

1943, Born on this day, Chuck Winfield, trumpet, Blood Sweat & Tears, who had the 1969 USNo.2 & UK No.35 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'.

1944, Born on this day, Al Kooper, The Royal Teens, who in 1958 had the US No.3 single 'Shorts Shorts'. As a member of Blood Sweat & Tears, had the 1969 US No.12 & UK No.35 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'). Kooper played organ on Bob Dylan track 'Like A Rolling Stone.'

1944, Born on this day, J.R. Cobb, from Atlanta Rhythm Section who had the 1979 UK No.48 single 'Spooky'.

1948, Born on this day, David Denny, guitarist with the Steve Miller Band who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single 'The Joker'.

1948, Born on this day, Nigel Tufnell, guitarist with the parody heavy metal band Spinal Tap, who made the 1984 film 'This Is Spinal Tap'.

1960, Born on this day, Paul Jones, bassist with Catatonia who had the 1998 UK No.3 single 'Mulder And Scully'.

1964, Born on this day, Duff McKagan, bassist with Guns N' Roses who had the 1998 US No.1 & 1989 UK No.6 single 'Sweet Child O' Mine'. Also a member of Velvet Revolver who had the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.11 album 'Contraband'.

1968, Born on this day, Chris Barron, singer with American group The Spin Doctors who had the 1993 UK No.3 & US No.7 single 'Two Princes'.

1969, Born on this day, Bobby Brown, singer, who was a member of boy group New Edition who had the 1983 UK No.1 & US No.46 single 'Candy Girl'. as a solo artist had the 1988 UK No.6 & 1989 US No.1 single 'My Prerogative'. Brown married Whitney Houston 18th July 1992.