February 23

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

 

Howard Jones is 67 today

 

The late Johnny Winter was born today in 1944

 

Rusty Young of Poco is 76 today

 

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