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Two people are shot and injured outside of a Lil' Flip concert at the Quest nightclub in downtown Minneapolis.
Lil' Flip
Eminem's greatest hits collection Curtain Call tops the U.K. album chart. The No. 1 British single is The Pussycat Dolls' dyslexic "Stickwitchu".
Eminem
Pussycat Dolls
Foxy Brown's lawyer reveals that his 24-year-old client his "pretty much totally deaf" during a hearing on a 2004 assault charge. The judge wanted to know why the rapper and her lawyer were communicating using notes.
Foxy Brown
One-time American Idol finalist Julia DeMato is arrested for DUI and possessing marijuana and cocaine in Brookfield, Conn.
Julia DeMato
Alan Jackson ("It's Five O'Clock Somewhere") is named favorite entertainer in Country Weekly magazine's 2003 Fan Favorite Awards.
Alan Jackson
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge rules that two pictures of Barbra Streisand's Malibu estate posted on a Web site devoted to the California coastline do not constitute a violation of the "People" singer's privacy.
Barbra Streisand
Radiohead wrap up their world tour in support of Hail to the Thief at Dublin's The Point.
Radiohead
Courtney Love takes a break from rehab to go nightclubbing in Los Angeles. She's seen performing with local band Let's Go Sailing.
Courtney Love
A host of stars gathers for a Bob Marley tribute concert in Jamaica, including Lauryn Hill, the Black Crowes, and Jimmy Cliff. Their musical performances are taped for a television program.
Lauryn Hill
Bob Marley
The Black Crowes
Jimmy Cliff
Frank Zappa dies at age 52 in Los Angeles. The avant-garde rocker had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Frank Zappa
Van Halen perform a free concert in Dallas to make up for a show back in 1988 when singer Sammy Hagar lost his voice mid-set.
Van Halen
Sammy Hagar
The Supreme Court declares that Prince did not utilize lyrics by his sister Lorna Nelson for "U Got the Look."
Prince
Roy Orbison performs in Akron, Ohio. It's his last concert.
Roy Orbison
Led Zeppelin declare that they will not re-form following the death of drummer John Bonham, although Jimmy Page and Robert Plant later tour together in the '90s. Their statement reads, "We wish it to be known that the loss of our dear friend, and the deep respect we have for his family, together with the sense of undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not continue as we were."
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin
Robert Plant
The Deep Purple curse continues. Guitarist Tommy Bolin, who was Ritchie Blackmore's replacement in the band and briefly played with the James Gang, is discovered dead in a Miami hotel room from a drug overdose.
James Gang
Ritchie Blackmore
Deep Purple
Tommy Bolin
Tragedy strikes Deep Purple in Jakarta, Indonesia, after their bodyguard Patsy Collins falls six floors down an elevator shaft in their hotel. Rumors persist that Collins had gotten into a fight with local promoters who owed the heavy-metal band money. Collins was still conscious after his fall and got into a taxi demanding to be taken to the hospital, but he died en route. Mysteriously, his body is never recovered.
Deep Purple
In a New York Times article, a Soviet music critic declares that the Beatles "have become rich idols of the Philistines."
The Beatles
The Beatles Fan Club in Britain announces it has 65,000 members.
The Beatles
Gene Chandler releases his single "The Duke of Earl," which later goes to No. 1.
Gene Chandler
After Elvis Presley's Christmas album is banned from several radio stations, DJ Allen Brooks of Ontario's CKWS holds a poll to see what the public thinks of the salacious rocker singing carols. The results: 744 people approve of his new disc, while 56 other callers to the station don't.
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash meet up at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis. Someone keeps a tape recorder running as the foursome mess around on some gospel standards, and the session is later released under the title The Million Dollar Quartet.
Elvis Presley
Carl Perkins
Jerry Lee Lewis
Johnny Cash
Guitarist and drummer Gary Rossington, one of the founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, is born in Jacksonville, Fla.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Johnny Lyon, who garnered fame as the titular Southside Johnny of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes and a pal of Bruce Springsteen, is born in Neptune, N.J.
Bruce Springsteen
Southside Johnny
Bob Mosley, bassist with Moby Grape, is born in Paradise Valley, Calif.
Moby Grape
Early rock 'n' roller Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, whose unhinged contributions to the genre include the 1959 hit "Tallahassee Lassie," is born in Lynn, Mass.
Freddy Cannon
Game-show host Wink Martindale, who went to No. 7 in 1959 with the extraordinary novelty hit "Deck of Cards," is born in Jackson, Tenn.
Alex North, an American composer who made a name for himself with the soundtracks to Spartacus and 2001: A Space Odyssey, is born in Chester, Pa. He also wrote the tune to "Unchained Melody," a hit for the Righteous Brothers.
The Righteous Brothers
Alex North
 
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