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Incubus top the U.S. album charts for the first time with Light Grenades. The second highest new entry was rap group's Clipse's Hell hath No Fury, in with a bullet at No. 14.
Incubus
Clipse
It's like Love Story but with chainsaws. Eminem tells Detroit radio station WKQI-FM that he has reunited with estranged ex-wife Kim Mathers and that they plans to remarry.
Eminem
Hawaiian one-hit wonder - we mean, "superstar" - Don Ho has stem cells injected into his heart in an operation to help strengthen his ailing organ. Which has to be the greatest thing to happen to him since "Tiny Bubbles."
Don Ho
Former One Day at a Time actress Valerie Bertinelli files for divorce from her lookalike husband, guitar god Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
One of the worst kept secrets in rock becomes a secret no longer when Motley Crue announce they are reforming for their first tour in five years.
It's all about the Bushes as P. Diddy gets a tour of the White House from the president and the First Lady. A master of understatement, Diddy tells them they have a "nice house."
Diddy
R&B star Peabo Bryson sells his two Grammy award for "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World" in an auction to pay off a $1.2 million tax bill.
Peabo Bryson
Pearl Jam release their third album, the stripped-down and punky Vitalogy. It peaks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Pearl Jam
Ringo Starr agrees to become a spokesman for a wine cooler company, becoming the first Beatle to get into advertising.
Ringo Starr
The Beatles
Michael Dempsy, the manager of new wave group the Adverts falls off a chair while changing a light bulb. He's found the next day, but dies in the hospital from a punctured liver and internal bleeding.
The Adverts
In the studio, John Lennon mixes "Walking on Thin Ice." He's also interviewed by British DJ Andy Peebles. Mark David Chapman arrives in New York after flying there from Honolulu. He checks into a YMCA nine blocks from John Lennon's apartment.
John Lennon
Out on bail after a prison stint on Riker's Island, Sid Vicious decides to spend the evening at New York's Hurrah club. There he gets into a fight with Patti Smith's brother and ends up smashing a glass in his face.
Patti Smith
Sid Vicious
Gimme Shelter, the documentary commemorating the Rolling Stones' ill-fated Altamont concert, premieres. Leonard Maltin reasons, "Chilling, beautifully handled, with the Stones performing their best songs of the period."
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones perform a free concert at California's Altamont Speedway supported by Jefferson Airplane. The Grateful Dead refuse to perform after hearing stories of violence at the gig, including a Hell's Angel "security guard" beating up the Airplane's Marty Balin. While the Stones perform "Under My Thumb" in pitch darkness, another Hell's Angel kills a concertgoer by stabbing him in the back. Cultural commentators decide the '60s are over.
Marty Balin
The Grateful Dead
The Rolling Stones
Jefferson Airplane
Ringo Starr appears on The David Frost Show.
Ringo Starr
In Britain, the double-A-sided "Something"/"Come Together" becomes the first Beatles single since "Love Me Do" not to peak at either No. 1 or No. 2. Instead, the band has to make do with the No. 4 position.
The Grateful Dead
The Beatles
President-elect Richard Nixon sends out 66,000 letters to supporters who could hold office in his administration, including one to Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley
Apple Records releases James Taylor's self-titled debut. Rolling Stone's critic-in-chief Jon Landau declares, "This album is the coolest breath of fresh air I've inhaled in a good long while. It knocks me out!"
James Taylor
The Beatles open their Apple Boutique on London's Baker Street.
The Beatles
The Beatles perform two takes of "When I'm 64," marking the first Abbey Road session for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones go into RCA's Hollywood Studios to record "Mother's Little Helper" and "19th Nervous Breakdown."
The Rolling Stones
In the NME year-end poll, the Rolling Stones are voted No. 1 U.K. R&B Group and Best New Group. Mick Jagger is named Best New Disc or TV Singer.
Mick Jagger
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles' first Christmas record is delivered to their Artist Pages.
The Beatles
Randy Rhoads, a guitar god of a different stripe with Ozzy Osbourne's band, is born in Santa Monica, Calif.
Ozzy Osbourne
Randy Rhoads
The Jam drummer Rick Buckler is born.
The Jam
Singer/songwriter Chris Stamey, who made his biggest impact as a member of the Sneakers and the dB's, is born in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Chris Stamey
The dB's
The Sneakers
Legendary folk/blues balladeer Leadbelly dies in New York from Huntington's disease. He was 61. Two years later, the Weavers' successful cover of his song "Goodnight Irene" would help kick-start the folk revival.
Leadbelly
The Weavers
Guitarist Kim Simmonds, who rode the British blues boom with his group Savoy Brown, is born in Newbridge, Wales.
Savoy Brown
Kim Simmonds
Frankie Beverly is born in Philadelphia with the first name Howard. He adopted the name Frankie to show his appreciation of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. Beverly later brought the funk in a series of bands from the Butlers to Raw Soul to Maze.
Maze
Frankie Beverly
Frankie Lymon
English pop impresario Jonathan King, who guided the careers of Genesis and 10cc, is born in London.
100 C
Genesis
Jonathan King
Steve Alaimo, a minor New York rocker who found fame as host of the '60s music TV show Where the Action Is, is born in Rochester.
Steve Alaimo
Famed jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, who became a household name thanks to his instrumental hit "Take Five," is born in Concord, Calif.
Dave Brubeck
 
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