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1948 R&B performer Rick James is born James Ambrose Johnson Jr. in Buffalo, New York.
1947 Israeli singer Mike Brant is born Moshé Michaël Brand in Famagusta, Cyprus.
1944 Tommy Duffy (bass guitarist for Lindisfarne) is born in England.
1940 Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra records "Too Romantic" and "The Sky Fell Down."
1939 Jazz pianist Joe Sample (of The Crusaders) is born in Houston, Texas.
1939 Bluegrass musician Del McCoury is born in York, Pennsylvania.
1938 Jimmy Carl Black (drummer, vocalist for Mothers of Invention) is born James Carl Inkanish, Jr. in El Paso, Texas.
1937 Ray "Eye Patch" Sawyer (of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) is born in Chickasaw, Alabama.
1937 Don Everly of The Everly Brothers is born Isaac Donald Everly in Brownie, Kentucky. Two years later, brother Phil is born.
1934 Bob Shane (of The Kingston Trio) is born Robert Castle Schoen in Hilo, Hawaii.
1825 Francis Child, publisher of The Child Ballads, is born in Boston.
Janet Jackson's Wardrobe Malfunctions At Super Bowl
2004Justin Timberlake punctuates the Super Bowl halftime show by tearing away part of Janet Jackson's costume, revealing her right breast to a massive audience that quickly reaches for their TiVos for a replay. Both artists blame it on a "wardrobe malfunction," but while Jackson gets blacklisted, Timberlake is welcomed back by the music industry and the NFL after a series of apologies.
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