*****Music History for February 18***** 1939 - Composer Marlos Nobre was born. 1959 - Elvis Presley appeared after hours at the Lido Club in Paris while on leave from the U.S. Army. 1959 - Ray Charles recorded Whatd I Say. 1968 - David Gilmour replaces Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd . Barrett had gone checked himself into a psychiatric hospital and then gone into seclusion. 1969 - Lulu and Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) were married in England. 1974 - KISS released their first album KISS. KISS Merchandise 1974 - Yes played their first show at Madison Square Garden. 1987 - The song Sign O The Times was released by Prince. 1992 - Vince Neil quit as lead singer of Motley Crue. After 11 years with the group he says he wants to spend more time on his career as a race car driver. The band reunited on the American Music Awards 5 years later. Motley Crue Merchandise 1998 - Rob Smith (Cure) did battle with the forces of musical evil (Barbara Streisand) on the TV show South Park. 2006 - In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, the Rolling Stones gave a free concert before a crowd of over 1 million people at Copacabana Beach.
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