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Jay-Z and R. Kelly's Best of Both Worlds tour falls apart after Kelly is pepper-sprayed by a member of Jay-Z's entourage at New York's Madison Square Garden. Kelly refused to take the stage because he said he saw guns in the audience.
Jay-Z
R. Kelly
A new Nielsen survey finds that Beatles fans are getting younger rather than older. Nearly one-third of the people who bought their 1 compilation were aged 18-24.
The Beatles
Puddle of Mudd announce a sweepstakes in which the winner will join the Florida grunge clones as a fifth member for a week on tour.
Puddle Of Mudd
Joan Jett appears on TV's Crossing Over With John Edward. The "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" singer serves as a psychic conduit for friends to hear from their daughter, who recently passed away.
Joan Jett
No Doubt's Gwen Stefani unveils her new L.A.M.B. clothing line, which includes bikini tops, low-slung pants and bum flaps.
No Doubt
Clay Aiken tops the album charts for a second week with his debut Measure of a Man. The highest new entry is Rod Stewart at No. 2 with As Time Goes By ... Great American Songbook: Vol. II.
Clay Aiken
Rod Stewart
The Strokes are joined by support act Regina Spektor in a performance of an untitled duet on the New York date of their Room on Fire tour.
The Strokes
Steve O'Rourke, Pink Floyd's manager from 1968 onwards, dies of a stroke in London. He was 63.
Pink Floyd
Margo Sylvia, lead singer with the Tune Weavers, dies of a heart attack in San Diego. The Tune Weavers scored a No. 5 hit in 1957 with the immortal "Happy Happy Birthday Baby."
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon has been on the Billboard albums chart for 491 weeks, establishing a new record for longest-listed album.
Pink Floyd
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue play their first night at Memorial Auditorium in Plymouth, Mass.
Bob Dylan
"Cracklin' Rosie" is such a damn good record that, although the fact that Neil Diamond receives a gold record for it today for is pretty trivial, we still include it in the Rock Clock.
Neil Diamond
In today's Rat Magazine, one journalist gathers together all the evidence that Paul McCartney is indeed dead. The film Give My Regards to Broad Street isn't one of the exhibits, as it wouldn't happen for another decade or so.
Paul McCartney
During an American promotional tour, Pink Floyd appear on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. They lip-sync their single "See Emily Play," but singer Syd Barrett keeps his mouth shut throughout the "performance."
Pink Floyd
Syd Barrett
In Battersea, England, the Beatles shoot more sequences for their film The Magical Mystery Tour, including the scene in which Ringo and his Aunt Jessie go up the street to the tour bus.
The Beatles
Ringo Starr
Peter Timmins, drummer with the Cowboy Junkies, is born.
Cowboy Junkies
It's the second day of filming of The T.A.M.I. Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The performances of the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Jan & Dean, the Supremes, Lesley Gore, and the Barbarians are captured in kinescope. Hands up, who remembers the Barbarians? Now hands up, who was actually in the Barbarians?
Lesley Gore
Gerry & the Pacemakers
The Barbarians
The Rolling Stones
The Beach Boys
The Supremes
James Brown
Miracles
Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas
Jan & Dean
Bob Dylan performs on the radio show Folksong Festival.
Bob Dylan
Randy Jackson of the Jacksons is born in Gary, Ind.
The Jacksons
Buddy Holly releases "Oh Boy!," with "Not Fade Away" on the B-side. The song becomes his third top 10 single.
Buddy Holly
Today Billboard casts its critical eye on the new release "Tutti Frutti" from Little Richard. "Cleverly styled novelty with nonsense words, rapid-fire delivery," it decides.
Little Richard
Quiet Riot vocalist Kevin Dubrow is born in Los Angeles.
Quiet Riot
Vocalist Melba Moore is born in New York. Her biggest R&B hits were "A Little Bit More" with Freddie Jackson and her solo smash "Falling."
Melba Moore
Freddie Jackson
Country legend Hank Snow - who went on to manage Elvis Presley for a time - records his first songs, "Lonesome Blue Yodel" and "Prisoned Cowboy."
Elvis Presley
Hank Snow
 
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