Today in rock history 4th February

1948 – Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier) is born in Detroit, the son of a minister.

1951 – Born on this day, Phil Ehart, Kansas.

1963 – Born on this day, Keith Wasserman, guitar, The Offspring.

1967 – The Rolling Stones’ Between the Buttons enters the U.K. chart at No. 3.

1968 – The Beatles record John Lennon’s “Across the Universe” at Abbey Road. Paul McCartney invites some fans to contribute harmonies – the only time the Beatles used their fans on record.

1970 – In a bizarre incident, John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a bag of their cut hair to a person named Michael X; in turn, he gives them a pair of Muhammad Ali’s boxing shorts.

1972 – In a memo to Attorney General John Mitchell, South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond suggests that John Lennon be deported.

1977 – Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” is released. The album shoots to the top of Chart Toppers’s chart staying there for 31 weeks. More than 17 million copies have been sold.

1982 – Glam rocker Alex Harvey of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band dies after suffering a heart attack in Zeebruggen, Belgium. He was 47.

1989 -  Guns N’ Roses became the first act in 15 years to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 Album Chart. Appetite for Destruction was at number two & the EP G N’ R Lies was at number five.

2001 – Jimmy Buffett is thrown out of a New York Knicks-Miami Heat after verbally abusing a referee.

2003 – Courtney Love is arrested upon arrival at London’s Heathrow Airport for alleged threatening and abusive behavior on a Virgin Atlantic flight from L.A.

2003 -  Doors drummer John Densmore filed an injunction against guitarist Robbie Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, Police drummer Stewart Copeland & The Cult singer Ian Astbury for touring as The Doors of the 21st Century.

2013 – ‘Wild Thing’ singer Reg Presley dies of cancer.

2016 - Signe Anderson, the original female vocalist for Jefferson Airplane passed away at the age of 74. Signe sang on the band's 1966 debut album, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off", before leaving to care for her newborn baby, a decision she would later say that she never regretted.

2017 - Black Sabbath played the final show of their nearly fifty year career with a two hour send-off in their home town of Birmingham, England. Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, and bassist Geezer Butler played a fifteen song set, ending with their first hit, "Paranoid". As ticker tape and balloons fell, Ozzy thanked the fans and waved goodbye.