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Yesterday a new Super Bowl champion was crowned, and I would like to offer a big congrats to this year's winner. The only team to have 6.....my team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.  There was so much screaming going on in my house throughout the entire game.  And when you watch your team go from having the toughest schedule in the league to winning the whole thing, it makes you proud to part of the Steeler Nation and proud of that group of men, that Band of Brothers.  If you did not see the game, I would have to say that you missed THE game of the year.  Not only that, Bruce Springsteen did a great job with the half time show, and for me to say that is a big thing since I'm always left disappointed.

Today on this day in rock we see a variety of interesting facts spanning over the years.  Starting with a fact that spans back to 1949.  That year on this day in rock, the world was introduced to the very first 45 RPM record.

10 years later in 1959 the single Charlie Brown by the Coasters was released.  Hahaha you started singing it, didn't you??

Hailing from Pasadena, California Van Halen exploded on to the music scene and in 1978 was signed by Warner Brothers Records.

Sid Vicious, who's given name was John Ritchie was the nasty and violent bass guitarist for the punk band The Sex Pistols.  Vicious was a drug addict with a flair for self-mutilation who through his spastic onstage dancing birthed what came to be known as "slam dancing". After moving to New York upon the demise of the band, in a heroin induced frenzy with his girlfriend Nancy Spungeon, he awoke to find her dead.  Although he was arrested, he did manage to escape and made an attempt on his life by slitting his wrists.  He was sent to a psychiatric ward but freed on bail, only to overdose and die on this day in rock at the age of 21 in 1979.

On this day in rock in 2001, after the mayor of Detroit found out some of Ted Nugent's more controversial views from the city elders, refused to give the guitarist the key to the city.  Nugent however did not hold a grudge and said, "I have no negative feelings whatsoever.  He's got to do what he's got to do, and I've got to do what I've got to do."

Not only are musicians known for their talents and theatrical styles, but they are often also known by their charitable works. On this day in 2005,  Linkin Park's Chester Bennington showed just this when he visited southern Thailand after the 2004 tsunami, assessing damages, visiting two elementary schools and even helping repaint a house during the course of his visit.

And finally, there is a  song that says that breaking up is hard to do.  And after 11 years of marriage on this day in rock Richie Sambora, guitarist for Bon Jovi and Heather Locklear announced they were splitting up.

Hope your February 2nd is beautiful in spite of the groundhog's prediction that winter will continue.  Live today as a champion.