This Day in Music History – February 4th

1954 – The Drifters recorded “White Christmas.”

1955 – James Brown recorded “Please Please Please.”

1959 – Frankie Avalon and Jimmy Clanton took over headlining the Winter Dance Party after the death of Buddy Holly.

1961 – Johnny Burnette was rushed to a hospital in Hollywood for an emergency appendectomy.

1966 – The Rolling Stones’ “19th Nervous Breakdown” was released in the U.K.

1969 – “Carl Perkins Day” was celebrated in Jackson, TN.


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