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A man is killed and another wounded in a shooting outside a New York nightclub hosting a party for rapper Ja Rule. The incident comes one week after a man was shot at a similar Ja Rule affair in Peoria, Ill.
Ja Rule
Hank Garland, a guitarist who played with Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline among others, dies from a staph infection in Florida. He was 74. Garland enjoyed his own million-selling single with "Sugar Foot Rag" when he was 19.
Hank Garland
Elvis Presley
Roy Orbison
Patsy Cline
Britain's Daily Mirror reports that Madonna will star in her new husband Guy Ritchie's forthcoming movie The Mole.
Madonna
Bush premiere the video for "Letting the Cables Sleep" on TRL.
Bush
The pianist Hoagy Carmichael, who wrote "Stardust" and other Tin Pan Alley chestnuts, dies in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 82.
Hoagy Carmichael
In the wake of John Lennon's death, both the album Double Fantasy and the single "(Just Like) Starting Over" sit atop the American charts.
John Lennon
Chris Bell, the other end of Big Star's creative axis opposite Alex Chilton, dies after his car hits a tree in Memphis. He was 27.
Big Star
Alex Chilton
Chris Bell
Rockabilly performer Bob Luman, who almost gave up music to become a Pittsburgh Pirate, dies of pneumonia aged 41.
Bob Luman
Bob Dylan releases his long-awaited follow-up to Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding. Rolling Stone declares, "Without a doubt this is another major musical step for Bob Dylan. The predominance of country blues, white and black, from Hank Williams to Leadbelly is unprecedented in the new electric music."
Hank Williams
Bob Dylan
Leadbelly
The London Times declares that Lennon and McCartney are "The Outstanding Composers of 1963," with music critic Richard Buckle raving that they are "the greatest composers since Beethoven." That's doing Wagner something of a disservice.
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
In the British pop paper NME, Richard Green reports on rising combo the Rolling Stones. "The Rolling Stones create a sound so exciting and gripping that few other groups can come within shouting distance of it," writes Green. "When they really get worked up during a performance, an electric current seems to surge through the listener's body."
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles first single "Love Me Do" reaches its peak of No. 17 in the chart. Cynics suggest that manager Brian Epstein personally bought 10,000 copies to boost its position.
The Beatles
The Beatles play a "welcome home" gig in Liverpool after their recent residency in Hamburg, Germany. Stuart Sutcliffe does not appear with them, as he decided to spend the winter in Germany.
The Beatles
Singer Karla Bonoff, who hit No. 19 in 1982 with "Personally," is born in Los Angeles.
Karla Bonoff
Moody Blues keyboardist and singer Mike Pinder is born in Birmingham.
The Moody Blues
Scotty Moore, who played guitar with Elvis Presley on the early sessions that helped define the rock 'n' roll formula, is born in Gadsden, Tenn.
Elvis Presley
Scotty Moore
 
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