13 February

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13 FEBRUARY

In Music History

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1954 Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used To Do" hits #1 R&B.

1952 Ed Gagliardi (original bass player for Foreigner) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1951 Singer/actor David Naughton is born in West Hartford, Connecticut.

1950 Peter Gabriel (original lead singer for Genesis) is born in Chobham, Surrey, England.

1945 Soul singer King Floyd, known for the 1970 hit "Groove Me," is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1945 Roy Dyke (drummer for Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) is born in Liverpool, England.

1944 Rebop Kwaku Baah (percussionist for Traffic, Wings) is born in Konongo, Ghana.

1944 Broadway/film actress Stockard Channing, who plays Betty Rizzo in Grease (1978), is born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard in New York City.

1942 Peter Tork (of The Monkees) is born Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington, D.C.

1940 Earl "Fatha" Hines and His Orchestra record "Boogie Woogie on the St. Louis Blues."

1930 Dorothy McGuire of The McGuire Sisters is born in Middletown, Ohio.

1927 Jim McReynolds (of the bluegrass duo Jim and Jesse) is born in Coeburn, Virginia.

1923 Gene Ames (of The Ames Brothers) is born in Malden, Massachusetts.

1920 Radio and opera singer Eileen Farrell is born in Willimantic, Connecticut.

1920 Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant is born in Shellman, Georgia. Co-wrote hit songs with wife Felice Bryant, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love" for The Everly Brothers.

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Marvin Gaye Popularizes The Expressive Anthem

1983

Marvin Gaye performs a very memorable national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles, doing a sultry version with a beat.

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