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The U.S. Supreme Court throws out a lawsuit by Vinnie Vincent against his former bandmates in KISS. Vincent alleged he was owed royalties from the 1983 album Lick It Up.
Kiss
Vinnie Vincent
Brazilian singer Emilinha Borba dies from a heart attack aged 82. From the 1930s to 1960s, Borba sang carnival anthems and was dubbed "the queen of Brazil's golden age of radio."
Emilinha Borba
Joss Stone enters the U.K. album chart at No. 1 with her second album, Mind Body & Soul. The No. 1 single remains DJ Eric Prydz with "Call On Me" for a third straight week.
Joss Stone
James Brown and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs sing "Happy Birthday" to Rev. Al Sharpton during his 50th birthday celebration at Harlem's Apollo Theater.
James Brown
Diddy
Dido's Life for Rent becomes the fastest-selling British album in over six years in the U.K. after it shifts 250,000 copies in five days.
Dido
At the first of two New York shows, R.E.M. cover Interpol's "NYC." Singer Michael Stipe is a fan of the smooth Gotham rockers.
R.E.M.
Interpol
Michael Stipe
Complaining about how sex is marketed to teens at a conference on domestic violence, the wife of Maryland's Governor Robert Ehrlich says, "if I had an opportunity to shoot Britney Spears, I think I would."
Britney Spears
School of Rock, starring Tenacious D's Jack Black, opens in theatres around the country. Black plays a would-be rock god who tries to make a living as a substitute teacher. Sort of like To Sir With Love crossed with The Song Remains the Same.
Jack Black
Tenacious D
The Cars' Ben Orr dies after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The bassist sang lead on the band's hits "Just What I Needed" and "Drive."
The Cars
Green Day release their sixth album, Warning. Rolling Stone says the record "invites the question: Who wants to listen to songs of faith, hope and social commentary from what used to be snot-core's biggest-selling band?"
Green Day
The Rolling Stones
New York corrections officials deny Mark Chapman's application for parole after interviewing John Lennon's killer and considering a letter from Yoko Ono.
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
In Montreal, Eric Clapton begins his latest tour, dominated by his beloved blues material.
Eric Clapton
Topping the British albums chart today is the Abba hits collection Gold - Greatest Hits. By the end of the year the album will have sold 3 million copies.
ABBA
David Bowie releases his Grammy-winning box set Sound + Vision. The box is packed with rarities, but no "Laughing Gnome."
David Bowie
The documentary Imagine: John Lennon, compiled from more than 240 hours of unreleased footage, premieres in Hollywood. Leonard Maltin says, "Not exactly a puff job, but a bit discomforting given the obvious calculation that went into the project."
John Lennon
Whitney Houston has the No. 1 single in America with "Didn't We Almost Have It All." At No. 7 are Heart with "Who Will You Run To."
Heart
Whitney Houston
Today's chart looks something like this Holding strong at No. 1 are Diana Ross and Lionel Richie with "Endless Love." Journey's "Who's Crying Now" is at No. 4, and ELO round out the top 10 with "Hold On Tight."
Journey
Lionel Richie
Diana Ross
The Kinks play Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Kinks
An inauspicious start to the latest Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band tour in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Boss forgets the words to "Born to Run." Bob Seger later joins him on "Thunder Road."
Bob Seger
Bruce Springsteen
The world's first sculpted sleeve is utilized for Squeeze's "Goodbye Girl" single.
Squeeze
Victoria Spivey dies at age 69 in New York. The singer gave Bob Dylan one of his first jobs when she asked him to perform on her 1962 album And Her Blues.
Bob Dylan
Victoria Spivey
Led Zeppelin play their second night at Tokyo's Budokan Hall during a tour of Japan.
Led Zeppelin
Janis Joplin listens to a playback of the instrumental "Buried Alive in the Blues," for which she intends to cut a vocal for her album Pearl. She dies the next day.
Janis Joplin
John Lennon records "Don't Worry Kyoko" with the Plastic Ono Band at Lansdowne Recording Studios in Britain. The song later appears on Lennon and Ono's Wedding Album.
Yoko Ono
The Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
Keith Richards gets a local priest to bless his guard dogs.
Keith Richards
Woody Guthrie dies at age 52. He was suffering from Huntington's disease and had spent almost 10 years in the hospital.
Woody Guthrie
At London's Granville Theatre, the Beatles film a performance for the American TV show Shindig!
The Beatles
Ike and an eight months' pregnant Tina Turner appear on American Bandstand to perform their hit single "A Fool in Love."
Ike and Tina Turner
Melrose Place thesp Jack Wagner, who had a 1984 No. 2 hit with "All I Need," is born in Washington, Mo.
Jack Wagner
Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, widely ranked up there with Hendrix, is born in Dallas.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Contemporary blues slide guitarist Keb' Mo' is born in Los Angeles. His real name is the less exotic Kevin Moore.
Keb' Mo'
Elvis Presley makes his first public performance. The 10-year-old wins $5 for singing "Old Shep" at the Mississippi-Alabama Dairy Show talent contest.
Elvis Presley
Chubby Checker, who extraordinarily had 22 top 40 hits other than "The Twist," is born in Philadelphia as Ernest Evans.
Chubby Checker
Lenny Waronker, who has produced albums by Arlo Guthrie and his friend Randy Newman and became president of Warner/Reprise in 1989, is born.
Randy Newman
Arlo Guthrie
Rock 'n' roll teen chronicler Eddie Cochran ("Summertime Blues") is born in Oklahoma City.
Eddie Cochran
Texas blues guitar titan Albert Collins is born in Leona.
Albert Collins
 
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