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Join Rockin Ron for a tribute to Donna Summer today at 1pm eastern.
Ron will be mixing in her music with his 80s tunes, it’s sure to be awesome!

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Singer/songwriter and producer Brian Eno is born. (1948)

Mercury Records signs the Del-Vikings, whose “Come and Go With Me,” was a hit for the small independent label. (1957)

The winners of the fifth annual Grammy Awards are announced. Record of the Year is Tony Bennett’s “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Peter, Paul and Mary’s “If I Had a Hammer” wins both Best Performance by a Vocal Group and Best Folk Recording. (1963)

The Byrds enter the Hot 100 for the first time with an electric version of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tamborine Man.” It will peak at Number One after 13 weeks on the charts. The song’s success prompts Dylan to go electric as well. (1965)

Paul McCartney meets future wife, Linda Eastman, at the Bag O’ Nails club in London. McCartney was there to see Georgie Fame perform. (1967)

Pink Floyd play at the Crystal Palace Bowl in London. Performing in front of a large lake, a number of fish are killed by the loud music. (1970)

Two John Lennon and Yoko Ono films are screened at the Cannes Film Festival. The first is “Apotheosis,” an 18-minute camera shot of a snowy countryside. Ono’s “Fly” is a graphic exploration of a nude women’s body by a fly. (1971)

The Rolling Stones’ 1972 U.S. tour encounters its first problem three weeks before it starts. A computer designed to handle ticket distribution of the San Francisco show over loads. It leaves thousands of fans waiting. Because of the foul-up it took twelve minutes to process each order. (1972)

Bill Wyman, the quiet Rolling Stone, releases his first solo album, “Monkey Grip.” It’s the first solo LP by a member of the group. (1974)

Frank Zappa and his wife announce the birth of their third child, a boy named Ahmet Rodan. He is named after the Japanese movie monster who lived mostly on a diet of 707 jets. (1974)

Just before the beginning of the “Born in the U.S.A.” world tour, guitarist Nils Lofgren joins Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Lofgren replaced “Miami” Steve Van Zandt. (1984)

Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland is arrested after trying to buy drugs in a motel parking lot in Pasadena. (1995)

Bob Dylan and violinist Isacc Stern each receive about $110,000 in Sweden as part of the Polar Music Prize for their contribution to music. (2000)

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Ian McLagan, keyboardist for Small Faces, is born. (1946)

Steve Winwood, vocalist with Blind Faith, the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic, is born. (1948)

Billy Squier is born. (1950)

Frank Sinatra’s “Timex Spectacular” is broadcast on ABC-TV. Sinatra and Elvis Presley trade hits, Elvis singing “Witchcraft” and Sinatra belting out “Love Me Tender.” (1960)

Billboard reports last year’s most-played jukebox disc was country star Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John.” One vote behind was Chubby Checker’s “The Twist.” (1962)

Bob Dylan walks out of dress rehearsals for “The Ed Sullivan Show” when CBS censors tell him he cannot perform his “Talking John Birch Society Blues.” When told the tune may be libelous, Dylan refuses to appear on the show. (1963)

The winners at the sixth annual Grammy Awards are announced. Henry Mancini’s “The Days of Wine and Roses” is Record and Song of the Year. Album of the year is “The Barbra Streisand Album.” (1964)

The Rolling Stones begin two days of recording at Chess Studios in Chicago. They put down the original tracks for “Satisfacation,” which they work on again two days later at RCA’s Hollywood Studio, where they also record tracks for the album “Out of Your Heads.” (1965)

The Rolling Stones perform at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert in London — their first appearance in almost two years. (1968)

Jimi Hendrix is arrested for possession of hashish and heroin as he crosses the Canadian border for a concert in Toronto. He claims the drugs were planted and he is later exonerated. (1968)

Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias in St. Tropez, France. The guest list is full of rock & roll luminaries. It includes the other members of the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills. (1971)

The Jefferson Starship give a concert in New York’s Central Park for 60,000 fans. The band flies into town specifically for the performance, which is free. The starship and concert sponsor, WNEW-FM pay $14,000 for clean-up and damage done to the park. (1975)

Steely Dan earns its third gold record for “Katy Lied.” It contains the singles “Black Friday” and “Dr. Wu.” (1975)

“Look Out for #1,” the Brothers Johnson’s debut LP, is certified gold. The album features two Top Ten soul hits, “I’ll Be Good to You” and “Get the Funk Out of My Face.” The album goes platinum three months later. (1976)

At free concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the new Jefferson Starship lineup, featuring lead singer Mickey Thomas, makes its debut. (1979)

Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush and Steve Harley play a benefit concert in London’s Hammersmith Odeon for the family of their lighting director, Bill Duffy, who perished in an accident at a Bush concert April 20th. The highlight of the show is Gabriel’s rendition of “Let It Be.” (1979)

Linda Ronstadt receive a gold album for “Mad Love,” her new wave experiment. It includes three Elvis Costello tunes and back from L.A.’s Cretones. (1980)

The Who’s first album without Keith Moon, “Face Dances,” goes gold. It is considered a disappointment even to the band itself. The record makes it to #4 but offers just one hit, “You Better You Bet” (#18). (1981)

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Ricky Nelson is born Eric Hillard Nelson in Teaneck, N.J. (1940)

Paul Samwell-Smith, bass player for the Yarbirds, is born. (1943)

Gary Glitter is born. (1944)

Chris Frantz, drummer with the Talking Heads, is born. (1951)

Alex Van Halen, drummer for Van Halen, is born. (1953)

Keyboardist and singer Billy Preston becomes the first rock performer to headline at Radio City Music Hall. Others to soon follow will include David Bowie and Mountain. (1972)

“Straight Shooter,” the second album by British hard rock band Bad Company, goes gold. The band’s first album, called “Bad Company” went gold a year earlier. (1975)

Bob Dylan and his entourage return to Houston, the city where the not so good Benefit II for Rubin “Hurricane” Carter has held just five months earlier. For the concert, Dylan requests Willie Nelson to join him and the two croon “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” Meanwhile backstage, Nelson is given a subpoena for an upcoming grand jury investigation on drug trafficking. (1976)

The Steve Miller Band’s “Take The Money And Run” is released. (1976)

Olivia Newton-John makes her New York City debut with a concert at the Metropolitan Opera House. (1977)

Supertramp’s LP, “Breakfast in America,” turns platinum and eventually goes to Number One. The group has three Top Fifteen singles: “The Logical Song,” “Goodbye Stranger” and “Take the Long Way Home.” (1979)

Loverboy earns a gold record for their debut album. (1981)

Sheena Easton, a singer from Scotland, hits gold the first time out with “Morning Train.” It’s a Number One smash and she has three more before the year is out. (1981)

Veteran record executive Neil Bogart, a big mover of the disco era with his Casablanca Records, dies of cancer. He got the careers of Donna Summer, Kiss and Joan Jett going. He was 39 years old. (1982)

Tom Waits wins $2.5 million when a Los Angeles court rules that Frito-Lay unlawfully used a Waits sound alike in its Doritos ads. (1990)

A Los Angeles judge rules against drummer Tommy Lee and wife Pamela Anderson Lee in their bid to keep Penthouse magazine from publishing still photos from an X-rated home movie that was stolen from their home. (1996)

A British court rules in favor of the former Beatles and Yoko Ono to stop the release of another “Star-Club Tape” recording. The judge orders all copies of the new recording and the original tape be rewarded to the Beatles. The Fab Four are also awarded damages and legal costs. (1998)

The Elton John and Tim Rice musical for Disney, Aida, receives four Tony nominations including one for best original score. (2000)

Elton John is the main feature in the world’s largest photo unveiled at the Selfridges department store in London. The photo, entitled “XV Seconds,” includes images of other celebrities, and is used to cover scaffolding surrounding the store during remodeling. (2000)

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9am-1pm Matt Knight
1pm-3pm Rockin Ron
3pm-6pm Beachey Repeat from Feb 24
6pm-9pm Catt from California
9pm-11pm George Cannon

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