February 8

Events

 * 1924 - 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago
 * 1965 - Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"

Births

 * 1586 -, German composer (d. 1651)
 * 1932 -, American composer and conductor
 * 1933 -, Dutch soprano
 * 1941 -, American singer and songwriter
 * 1942 -, American musician and record producer (d. 2004)
 * 1943 -, American actor and musician
 * 1948 -, American singer
 * 1948 -, American singer (The Temptations)
 * 1951 -, American text/sound artist (born Stefan Weisser)
 * 1956 -, American bassist (Spock's Beard)
 * 1963 -, American pianist and songwriter
 * 1968 -, Maltese singer
 * 1977 -, American musician (Linkin Park)
 * 1980 -, Australian guitarist (Jet)
 * 1983 -, American singer