1943 – This day was commonly thought to be George Harrison’s birthday. In 1992, Harrison was reported to have said, “I only learned recently after all these years that the date and time of my own birth have always been off by one calendar day and about a half hour on the clock.” His birthday is actually February 24.

1952 – The first musical choreography score was copyrighted. It was Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate”.

1953 – The musical “Wonderful Town” opened. It ran for 559 performances.

1957 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded “That’ll Be The Day.” The song would be their first hit. A previously recorded version, on July 22, 1956, was produced poorly and the vocals were performed differently.

1959 – Duke Ellington records “The Queen’s Suite” (of which only one copy is made and given to the Queen of England.)

1963 – The Beatles released their first U.S. single “Please Please Me.”

1964 – Reedman Eric Dolphy records “Out to Lunch.”

1978 – Jefferson Starship declared “Earth Day” for the release of their new album, “Earth”. It was premiered 2 days later.

1987 – Frank Sinatra guest starred on CBS-TV’s “Magnum P.I.”

1992 – James Brown received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

1998 – Bo Diddley and Roy Orbison received Lifetime Achievement Grammy awards.

1999 – Prince filed a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit against nine Web sites, with allegations that included selling bootlegged recordings and offering unauthorized song downloads.