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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013

This Day in Music History: February 6th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1958: George Harrison makes his Quarrymen debut in a show at Wilson Hall in Liverpool.

1981: George Harrison is joined by fellow ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr as he starts recording "All These Years Ago."

1981: Yoko Ono releases "Walking on Thin Ice - For John." Lennon was mixing the song right before his death.

1990: Bob Marley's birthday is proclaimed a national holiday in Jamaica.

1990: Billy Idol breaks several bones in a serious motorcycle accident after finishing an album called Charmed Life. As a result, he's forced to bow out of a role in Oliver Stone's Doors movie.

2002: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young kick off a North American tour just outside Detroit.

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