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Speaker 1: This month in music history.

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Speaker 2: I'm buzz Night, the host of Taking a Walk, Music

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Speaker 2: History on Foot and taking a look at February and

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Speaker 2: music history.

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Speaker 1: February first.

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Speaker 2: Back in nineteen ninety four, Green Day releases their major

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Speaker 2: label debut album, and it was quite an album. Dookie

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Speaker 2: Peak number two on the charts, won the Grammy for

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Speaker 2: Best Alternative Album. So many great songs on that one, Longview,

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Speaker 2: when I Come Around, basket Case, Welcome to Paradise, and

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Speaker 2: look for Green Day coming out on the road. Later

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Speaker 2: this year, February first, eighty three brought us journeys album Frontiers,

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Speaker 2: made it the number two on the chart. Included on

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Speaker 2: that one Separate Ways. Also February first, nineteen seventy four,

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Speaker 2: the Doobie Brothers released the album What Were One's Vices

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Speaker 2: Are Now Habits. We were fortunate on a previous episode

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Speaker 2: of the Taking a Walk podcast to have the great

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Speaker 2: Jeff Skunk Baxter as a guest to check that one out.

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Speaker 2: February first, seventy two brought us Neil Young's great album Harvest,

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Speaker 2: and also February first, nineteen sixty seven, the Jefferson Airplane

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Speaker 2: album Surrealistic Pillow. By the Way, another great past guest,

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Speaker 2: actually a two time guest was your Macalcaton from the

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Speaker 2: Jefferson Airplane. February second, nineteen seventy six brought us Leonard

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Speaker 2: Skinnyard and the album Give Me Back My Bullets. February second,

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Speaker 2: nineteen seventy three, NBC debuted the midnight special The Rock

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Speaker 2: Variety Show, and if you want to have some fun,

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Speaker 2: go back and look at some of those midnight specials

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Speaker 2: that are being released on YouTube. A lot of fun performances,

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Speaker 2: everybody from Steely Dan to Gladys Knight in the Pips. Okay,

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Speaker 2: let's go back to February third, two thousand and two.

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Speaker 2: U two performs at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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Speaker 2: Also February third, nineteen ninety eight, Pearl Jam releases the

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Speaker 2: album Yield. February fourth, twenty sixteen, Maurice White, founder and

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Speaker 2: co lead singer Earth Wind and Fire, died at the

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Speaker 2: age of seventy four from Parkinson's disease. February fourth, nineteen

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Speaker 2: ninety two also brought us Alice in Chains and the

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Speaker 2: release of their EP called SAP. February fourth, nineteen seventy

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Speaker 2: seven gave us Fleetwood Mac and the release of rumors

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Speaker 2: and you know all the songs on that one. You've

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Speaker 2: heard him a ton for sure. February fourth, nineteen forty eight.

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Speaker 2: The Great Alice Cooper born in Detroit, born Vincent Vernier,

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Speaker 2: he sold over fifty million records over his career. February fifth,

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Speaker 2: two thousand and six. Back to the super Bowl. When

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Speaker 2: the Rolling Stones performed at the Super Bowl in Detroit,

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Speaker 2: they played three songs start Me Up, Rough, Justice, and Satisfaction.

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Speaker 1: February sixth, nineteen eighty two.

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Speaker 2: The number one album Freeze Frame by the Jay Giles Band,

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Speaker 2: where it stayed for four weeks. Let's go to February

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Speaker 2: the seventh, nineteen seventy the number one song Venus by

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Speaker 2: the band's Shocking Blue stayed there for a big one week,

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Speaker 2: but the song still lives on. Okay, a lot of Beatles'

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Speaker 2: happenings in February, this is one of them. February seventh,

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Speaker 2: nineteen sixty four. The Beatles came to the US for

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Speaker 2: the first time, two days before.

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Speaker 1: Their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. February ninth, twenty

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Speaker 2: Doesn't commemorate anything in music history, but it does commemorate

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Speaker 2: National Pizza day, which we have to own always highlight

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Speaker 2: as a lover of pizza, what's your favorite pizza? February ninth,

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Speaker 2: nineteen sixty four, Here come the Beatles, roaring back on

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Speaker 2: another mentioned in music history more than a mentioned the

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Speaker 2: Beatles appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, with seventy three

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Speaker 2: million people watching that one. February ninth, nineteen forty two.

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Speaker 2: The great Carol King born in New York City. She's

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Speaker 2: written or co written one hundred and eighteen songs that

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Speaker 2: have made it to the Billboard Hot one hundred. February eleventh,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Another one of those days, not a

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Speaker 2: music history one, but one we've got to commemorate.

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Speaker 1: National Guitar Day, February eleventh.

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Speaker 2: February eleventh, nineteen eighty five, The Firm releases their self

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Speaker 2: titled debut album Now The Firm was led by Jimmy

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Speaker 2: Page and Bad Companies Paul Rodgers and if you want

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Speaker 2: to check out a really fun episode of Take in

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Speaker 2: a Walk, go back to the Paul Rodgers episode Loved

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Speaker 2: having him. On February twelfth, nineteen eighty one, Rush releases

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Speaker 2: the album Movie Pictures went on to become Russia's best

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Speaker 2: selling album two of their biggest songs ever, Tom Sawyer

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Speaker 2: and Limelight. February twelfth, nineteen seventy two brings us to

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Speaker 2: Almond Brothers releasing the album Eat a Peach, including it

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Speaker 2: on that one A couple of my favorites Melissa blue

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Speaker 2: Sky February twelfth, nineteen fifty Another previous guest of the

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Speaker 2: Taking O Walk podcast, Steve Hackett, guitarist with Genesis, was

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Speaker 2: born in London back in nineteen fifty February twelfth of

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Speaker 2: that year. February thirteenth, nineteen eighty one, Phil Collins releases

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Speaker 2: his debut solo album called Face Value, and on that

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Speaker 2: one included I Missed Again and the classic in the

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Speaker 1: February fourteenth, nineteen eighty seven.

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Speaker 2: The number one song was Living on a Prayer by

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Speaker 2: bon Jovi, where it stayed for four weeks. And we'll

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Speaker 2: go back and promote another pass Taking a Walk episode

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Speaker 2: with the great Desmond Child, a great writer, great producer

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Speaker 2: who wrote Living on a Prayer.

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Speaker 1: Check out that episode with Desmond Child. February fourteenth, nineteen

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Speaker 2: John Lennon and Yoko Ono began co hosting an entire

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Speaker 2: week of the Mike Douglas Show.

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Speaker 1: Really cool stuff to go back and check that out.

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Speaker 2: Now, it might have been an accident, but two weeks

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Speaker 2: that you should discover if you already haven't. Gary Clark

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Speaker 2: Junior was born on that day in Austin, Texas. February fifteenth,

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Speaker 2: nineteen seventy five. Another great moment in Rush history. In

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Speaker 2: Rush history, say that three times fast. They released the

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Speaker 2: album fly by Night. It was their second release. February eighteenth,

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Speaker 2: nineteen seventy four. Kiss releases their self titled debut album. Now,

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Speaker 2: this did not do that well on the charts, but

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Speaker 2: it produced a bunch of Kiss classics, including Strutter, Pole, Gin,

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Speaker 2: and Deuce. On February eighteenth, nineteen sixty eight, David Gilmour

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Speaker 2: is when we lost Bond Scott, frontman for the band

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Speaker 2: ac DC. February nineteenth, nineteen seventy one, Yes releases the

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Speaker 2: Yes Album and proudly we've had John Anderson on pass

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Speaker 2: taking a walks and also Steve Howe from the band Yes.

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Speaker 2: February nineteenth, nineteen forty. Motown singer Smokey Robinson was born

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Speaker 2: in Detroit. On this February twentieth, nineteen seventy four, Steely

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Speaker 2: Dan releases the album Pretzol Logic. On February twentieth, nineteen

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Speaker 2: fifty nine, Jimmy Hendrix made a stage debut at a

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Speaker 2: temple synagogue in Seattle at the age of sixteen. February

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Speaker 2: twenty second, nineteen ninety three is when Radiohead released their

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Speaker 2: debut album called Pablo Honey. February twenty second, nineteen eighty nine,

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Speaker 2: the first Grammy for heavy metal.

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Speaker 1: This one blew everybody away when it happened.

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Speaker 2: Went to Jethro Tell They beat out Metallica, among others,

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Speaker 2: and that was mocked then and still mocked now. February

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Speaker 2: twenty second, nineteen seventy five. The number one song pick

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Speaker 2: Up the Pieces by the Average White Band Great Tune

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Speaker 2: February twenty third, nineteen eighty The number one song was

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Speaker 2: Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queenbruary twenty.

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Speaker 1: Third, nineteen fifty two.

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Speaker 2: Brad Whitford, guitarist with the band Aerosmith born just up

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Speaker 2: twenty fourth, nineteen ninety two is when Kurt Cobain married

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Speaker 2: Courtney Love.

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Speaker 1: February twenty fourth, nineteen seventy five.

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Speaker 2: Led Zeppelin releases the double album Physical Graffiti. February twenty fifth,

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Speaker 2: nineteen eighty five, Tears for Fears releases the album called

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Speaker 2: Songs from the Big Chair Reach Number One. Some big

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Speaker 2: songs on that one shout everybody wants to Rule the world.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of ruling the world February twenty fifth, nineteen eighty four,

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Speaker 2: Van Halen ruled the world. The number one song was

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Speaker 2: jumped by Van Halen stayed there for about five weeks.

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Speaker 2: Back to Alice Cooper. February twenty fifth, nineteen seventy three.

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Speaker 2: Alice releases the album Billion Dollar Babies with No More

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Speaker 2: mister nice Guy, Hello, Hooray, and Elected.

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Speaker 2: Another Beatles moment February twenty sixth, nineteen seventy when they

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Speaker 1: February twenty sixth, nineteen thirty two.

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Speaker 2: The Man in Black Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas,

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Speaker 2: February twenty seventh, nineteen seventy one, the number one album

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Speaker 2: c DZ releases their album called Stiff Upper Lip, and

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Speaker 2: February twenty eighth, nineteen eighty three is when U two

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Speaker 2: releases the album War and then finally to close out

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Speaker 1: Twenty eighth, nineteen forty two.

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Speaker 2: Ryan Jones, founder original leader of the Rolling Stones, was

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Speaker 2: born on that day. Well thanks for listening to the

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