This Day in Rock & Roll History for February 4

Alice Cooper is born. (1948)

Johnny Burnette is rushed to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood for an emergency appendectomy. The Nashville rocker, whose "You're Sixteen" is in the Top Forty, is forced to cancel $10,000 worth of engagements. He also had to postpone a 28-date tour of the British Isles that was to begin in three days. (1961)

Paul McCartney hires the law firm of Eastman & Eastman, Linda Eastman's father's law firm, as general legal counsel for Apple. This was Paul's response to the hiring of Allen Klein the day before and the beginning of the end for the Fab Four. (1969)

The Osmonds, vocal group of five brothers fronted by 13 year old Donny, receives its first gold record for $1 million worth of sales of "One Bad Apple." The song, which many believe is a clear imitation of the Jackson 5, is the Osmonds' debut for Mike Curb's MGM Records. (1971)

"American Bandstand" celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary with an ABC-TV special hosted by Dick Clark. An incredible "all-star band" made up by Chuck Berry, Seals & Crofts, Gregg Allman, Junior Walker, Johnny Rivers, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels, Doc Severenson, Les McCann, Donald Byrd, Chuck Mangione and three quarters of Booker T and the MGs. They join and jam together for a rendition of "Roll Over Beethoven." (1977)

Karen Carpenter dies of heart failure brought on by annorexia nervosa. She teamed up with her brother Richard to form The Carpenters. Karen was 32 years old. (1983)

Former Milli-Vanilli member Rob Pilatus is hospitalized when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood. Pilatus was attempting to steal the man's car. (1996)

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