February 1
1952: Rick James is born
February 2
1993: Willie Nelson and the IRS settle their longstanding tax feud. The U.S. government kept $3.6 million in assets it had already seized and Nelson would have to pay $5.4 million of the $13.1 million balance
February 3
1959: Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly are killed in an Iowa plane crash
February 6
1945: Bob Marley is born Robert Nesta Marley
February 7
1964: The Beatles land at Kennedy Airport and set foot on American soil for the first time
February 9
1964: The Beatles set new records for television ratings when appearing on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
February 13
1981: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon finishes 402 consecutive weeks (more than seven years) on the Billboard charts
February 20
1996: Snoop Doggy Dogg and his bodyguard McKinley Lee are found not guilty of murder in a shooting death case
February 22
1989: Jethro Tull is selected over Metallica to win the first Hard Rock/Metal Grammy
February 26
1987: Capitol Records releases the first four Beatles albums on CD
February 28
1984: Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy Awards for his album Thriller
