February 23

Today in 1978, The Police sign with A&M Records

 

Howard Jones is 62 today

The late Johnny Winter was born today in 1944

Today in 2003, Howie Epstein, bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 

died of a suspected drug overdose

Otis Redding’s posthumous album “The Dock of the Bay” was released today in 1968