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Eminem's Curtain Call best of stays atop the U.K. albums chart, while X-Factor winner Shayne Ward's "That's My Goal" is the No. 1 single.
Eminem
Shayne Ward
Eminem's Curtain Call best of stays atop the U.K. albums chart, while X-Factor winner Shayne Ward's "That's My Goal" is the No. 1 single.
Eminem
Shayne Ward
Singer-guitarist Bryan Harvey of '80s duo House of Freaks is found dead with his family in his Richmond, Va., home. Bandmate Johnny Hott summoned police after arriving for a New Year's party and discovering their house was on fire.
House of Freaks
Norwegian singer Kurt Nilsen wins the World Idol crown in a televised final after singing U2's "Beautiful Day." Among the contestants was American Idol champ Kelly Clarkson.
Kelly Clarkson
Singer, actor, and all-around Gallic hero Charles Aznavour ("Yesterday When I Was Young") is named a commander of the French Legion of Honour.
Charles Aznavour
Newcomer Alicia Keys wins awards in five of the six Grammy categories she's been nominated for. Her debut disc, Songs In A Minor dominates the annual affair.
Alicia Keys
Bush leader Gavin Rossdale proposes to his longtime girlfriend Gwen Stefani of No Doubt. She says “Yes.”
Bush
No Doubt
Gavin Rossdale
George Harrison leaves hospital following a knife attack at his English mansion by a crazed fan. Doctors tell him that he will be able to play the guitar again, despite suffering a hand wound.
George Harrison
Street musician turned genuine blues hero Ted Hawkins dies of a stroke in Los Angeles.
Ted Hawkins
Buck Ram, who produced records by the Penguins and the Platters, dies aged 73 in Las Vegas. He also wrote the Platters' great hit "Only You."
Buck Ram
The Platters
The Penguins
The ABBA back catalog is sold to Polygram International.
ABBA
ABBA make their final live appearance at a Stockholm concert.
ABBA
Singer Cliff Richard ("Devil Woman") becomes only the third British rock act to receive an MBE from the Queen of England. The other two are the Beatles and Elton John.
The Beatles
Elton John
Cliff Richard
Former gay disco the Roxy opens again as a punk club in London. The Clash headline.
The Clash
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant walks unassisted for the first time since his August 1975 car accident in Greece. "I'm going to need physiotherapy so I should think it'll be the beginning of the next soccer season before I'm running about again," Plant tells reporters.
Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin
The Grateful Dead and Big Brother & the Holding Company perform at the New Year's Wail/Whale in San Francisco. Hell's Angels hosts the bash to thank Haight-Ashbury hippies for bailing Angel Chocolate George from jail.
The Grateful Dead
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Amelia Fletcher, vocalist with Talulah Gosh, Heavenly and Welsh pop pranksters the Pooh Sticks, is born.
Pooh Sticks
Talulah Gosh
The New Musical Express reports that the Nashville Teens, the Zombies and the Hullabaloos have all been denied work visas that would permit them to perform in the United States. Unfortunately, the English groups have already entered the country to start a tour.
The Nashville Teens
The Beatles
The Zombies
The Beatles kick off a five date Scottish tour to promote their debut single "Love Me Do." Somewhere a Decca A&R man starts kicking himself.
The Beatles
The Beatles perform their first audition for Decca Records in London. However, the company's A&R man is unimpressed by their 15-song set of standards and originals. He passes on them, and signs the Tremeloes instead.
The Tremeloes
The Beatles
Country's greatest songwriter Hank Williams dies in the back seat of a Cadillac en route to a concert in West Virginia. He was 29. Thanks to drink and drugs, he looked a lot older.
Hank Williams
Reggae singer Alpha Blondy is born in Dimbokora, Cote d'Ivoire.
Alpha Blondy
San Francisco psychedelic rocker Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, Calif.
Country Joe McDonald
 
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