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February, 13

  • 2000 Pop singer and songwriter Richard Marx makes a surprise appearance at the 2000 edition of Joe Diffie’s annual “Country Steps in for First Steps,” concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Marx performs his hit “Don’t Mean Nothing.”
  • 1998 Country music industry veteran Buddy Lee dies of respiratory failure in Houston, where he had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer. He is 65.
  • 1998 Country music industry veteran Buddy Lee dies of respiratory failure in Houston, where he had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer. He is 65.
  • 1997 All hail the Prince of Pop! Michael Jackson and wife Debbie become proud parents for the first time. The baby boy is born at Cedars-Sinai hospital.
  • 1993 Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” from the soundtrack to “The Bodyguard” tops Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for the 13th week. That ties “End of the Road” from Boyz II Men as the longest-running No. 1 song of the rock era. The song holds the top spot one additional week before being displaced by “A Whole New World” from the movie “Aladdin.” In 1995, Boyz II Men ties Houston’s 14-week record with “I’ll Make Love to You.”
  • 1992 Motley Crue announces Vince Neil is leaving the heavy metal group.
  • 1988 “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by the California Raisins peaks at No. 84 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The song is recorded by studio musicians based on Claymation characters featured in a TV ad.
  • 1982 A 300-pound marble slab marking the grave of Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd is stolen.
  • 1968 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Love Is Blue,” Paul Mauriat. The song is the only American No. 1 single to originate in France.
  • 1958 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Don’t/I Beg of You,” Elvis Presley. The song is Presley’s last No. 1 song before being inducted into the Army.
  • 1950 Peter Gabriel is born in Surrey, England. He is the lead singer for Genesis from 1966-75. He hits No. 1 as a solo artist in 1986 with “Sledgehammer.”
  • 1919 Balladeer Tennessee Ernie Ford is born in Bristol, Tenn.