February 19

106.9 The Fox

Happy Birthday: 1948, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi

1974 – Kiss made their TV debut with as they appeared on ABC in Concert

1980 – Bon Scott, AC/DC’s lead singer, dies of acute alcohol poisoning in London while sleeping in a friend’s car. He was only 33 years old.

1981 – Because of his “subconscious plagiarism” between his song “My Sweet Lord” and “He’s So Fine” by the Chiffons, George Harrison was ordered to pay ABKCO Music the sum of $587,000

1982 – Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio for urinating on The Alamo. To make the circumstances even more unusual, Ozzy Osbourne was wearing a dress which belonged to his manager (later wife), Sharon.

1995 – Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee married Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancun, Mexico. They met just four days prior.