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Will Smith wins Favorite Male Artist: Pop/Rock and Sugarland win Favorite New Artist at the American Music Awards. The artists' gift bag bizarrely includes a plot of land on the moon.
Will Smith
Sugarland
American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken serves as grand marshal for his hometown Raleigh, N.C.'s Christmas parade.
Clay Aiken
Wynonna Judd marries her bodyguard D. R. Roach in a private ceremony in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee. Attendees include her mother Naomi and sister Ashley Judd.
Wynonna
The Judds
ZZ Top become the final rock band to play their hometown's legendary venue, the Houston Compaq Center. The trio first played there in November 1975.
ZZ Top
Damn! We wish we had a TV set. Sophie B. Hawkins is the guest star tonight on Party of Five.
Sophie B. Hawkins
In Brazil, Paul Simon plays the first night of his first South American tour, promoting his Latin-inflected album Rhythm of the Saints.
Paul Simon
Led Zeppelin release their outtakes album Coda. The collection goes to No. 6 in the U.S.
Led Zeppelin
Tonight at Chicago's Checker Board Lounge, blues giant Muddy Waters is joined by fans Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood for a jam onstage.
Mick Jagger
Muddy Waters
Keith Richards
Abba top the British albums chart with Super Trouper.
ABBA
Bob Dylan releases At Budokan in Japan.
Bob Dylan
George Harrison has his first session recording the soundtrack to the psychedelic film Wonderwall.
George Harrison
He wrote "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for her in the Chelsea Hotel, you know. Bob Dylan marries Sara Lowndes in Nassau County, New York. His marriage to the single mother remains a secret until the following February.
Bob Dylan
The Beatles release their second album, With the Beatles, which already has advance orders of 300,000 copies.
The Beatles
Bob Dylan finishes recording his self-titled debut in the second of two three-hour sessions.
Bob Dylan
Sun Records sells Elvis Presley's contract to RCA for $40,000. Sun boss Sam Phillips invested his portion of the money into the fledging Holiday Inn chain and went on to became a millionaire with a funny beard.
Elvis Presley
Sam Phillips
E Street Band guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth share a birthday today.
Talking Heads
Bassist Aston Barrett, who defined the instrument's role in reggae as a member of Bob Marley's band, is born in Kingston, Jamaica. Barrett also played on records by Burning Spear, Augustus Pablo, and John Denver.
Bob Marley
John Denver
Burning Spear
Drummer Floyd Sneed of Three Dog Night is born in Calgary, Alberta.
Three Dog Night
Davey Graham, who with Bert Jansch redefined the guitar's role in folk music, is born in Leicester, England.
Bert Jansch
Davey Graham
 
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