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Birthdays:
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Joel and Benji Madden - Good Charlotte (31), Lisa Loeb (42), Bruce Watson - Big Country (49), Mike Percy - Dead Or Alive (49), Cheryl Lynn (53), Nina Hagen (55), Bobby McFerrin (60), George Kooymans - Golden Earring (62) |
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2004.
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A judge rules that digital photographs allegedly showing R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl cannot be used to try the "Ignition" R&B singer. The judge agreed with Kelly's lawyers that there had not been enough evidence to justify a search and seizure of his property.
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2004.
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Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott kick off their Ladiest First Tour in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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2003.
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The late Notorious B.I.G., his rival Tupac, Jam Master Jay, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Big L, Big Punisher and Aaliyah are honored at the fifth annual B.I.G. Night Out. Jay-Z and Al Sharpton are in attendance at the New York charity bash.
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2003.
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To celebrate their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, AC/DC play a one-off show at New York's Roseland Ballroom.
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2002.
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Britney Spears tells MTV Italy that she has not split up with Justin Timberlake. To the frustration of logicians everywhere, this leads many to believe that they have indeed ended their relationship.
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1992.
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Eric Clapton records an episode of MTV Unplugged. The subsequent record becomes one of the best-selling of his career.
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1991.
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Janet Jackson switches record labels, announcing that she is leaving A&M for Virgin. Virgin reportedly pays $40 million for her to deliver three albums.
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1989.
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The Replacements top the modern rock singles chart with "I'll Be You."
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1977.
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Billy Idol's Generation X play a concert at Leicester University in England that ends in violence when a glass is broken over bassist Bob Andrews' head.
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1977.
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All-girl punk band the Slits make their live debut supporting the Clash in London.
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1975.
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Mick Jagger stops by Los Angeles' Record Plant studios and ends up getting involved in a jam session with Wings and Ron Wood.
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1974.
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Rhino record retailers offer their customers a nickel to take home a copy of Danny Bonaduce's self-titled solo disc.
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1974.
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An insurance company pays out $112,000 on Janis Joplin's life insurance policy following her accidental overdose in 1970.
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1970.
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The world's greatest rock 'n' roll movie, Jean-Luc Godard's One Plus One, starring the Rolling Stones, opens in the U.S. The obtuse film features Godard's trademark Marxist lecturing interspersed with scenes of the Stones composing "Sympathy for the Devil." The producers later recut the footage to include more Mick and redub the movie Sympathy for the Devil. Critics remain baffled.
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1970.
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At the Grammys, the Fifth Dimension's "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" wins Record of the Year. Phew! What a long way we've come. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are named Best New Artist. The group releases its Deja Vu album the same day. CSN&Y record their second record as a quartet in 1988.
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1969.
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The Jackson 5 sign with Motown.
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1967.
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Beatles music publisher Dick James announces that "Yesterday" is the most covered song of all time, with 446 versions.
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1957.
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Singer Cheryl Lynn is born in Los Angeles. After performing on TV's Gong Show, she signed with Columbia and went on to have several hits, including 1979's "Got to Be Real."
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1955.
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German punk rocker Nina Hagen is born in Berlin. Her 1980 album was called Unbehagen. Nice.
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1950.
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Don't worry, be happy. And celebrate the arrival of virtuoso vocalist Bobby McFerrin, who is born today in New York.
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1945.
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Harvey Mandel, guitarist for Canned Heat, John Mayall, the Rolling Stones, and Barry Goldberg, is born in Detroit.
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1903.
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Lawrence Welk, the Odin of easy listening, is born in Strasburg, N.D.
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