February 6

1945: Bob Marley is born Robert Nesta Marley

1962: Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses is born William Bruce Rose Jr.

February 7

1964: The Beatles land at Kennedy Airport and set foot on American soil for the first time

1979: Stephen Stills becomes the first performer to record on digital equipment in L.A.’s Record Plant Studio

February 8

1960: The House of Representatives Special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight opens hearings on disc jockey “payola”

1999: Universal Music, Warner Music, BMG, Sony Music and EMI officially unveil Project Madison, a system developed by IBM to permit fast, secure distribution of full-length, CD-quality albums on the internet

February 9

1964: The Beatles set new records for television ratings when appearing on “The Ed Sullivan Show”

February 11

1972: David Bowie debuts his alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, at a concert in Tollworth, England

February 12

2001: The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals orders Napster to stop its users from trading copyrighted material without charge

February 13

1972: Led Zeppelin is forced to cancel a concert in Singapore when officials wouldn’t let them off the plane because of their long hair

1981: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon finishes 402 consecutive weeks (more than seven years) on the Billboard charts