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R&B legend Isaac Hayes is hospitalized in Memphis suffering from exhaustion.
Isaac Hayes
Rapper/actor Saigon is stabbed during a publicity stunt - sorry, that should read "assault" - outside a New York diner. He says the incident refocussed his attention on the debut album The Greatest Story Never Told, in stores soon.
Saigon
Queens of the Stone Age's flame-haired frontman Josh Homme and The Distillers' curvy loudmouth Brody Dalle become the proud parents of Camille Homme, weighing in at 6 lb., 15 oz.
Queens of the Stone Age
The Distillers
British indie rockers Ikara Colt split after two albums. Singer Paul Resende says, "From the start we were always going to break up after 5 years... that 5 years is now up."
Ikara Colt
Brit rockers Oasis ("Wonderwall") announce via their Web site that they've asked drummer Alan White to leave the band.
Oasis
Beck offers his pet rabbit Rocket up for adoption to the fan who can best justify why they should be the owner in an essay.
Beck
Art Garfunkel is arrested in Hurley, NY, for pot possession after cops pull him over for speeding and subsequently smell marijuana wafting from his limousine.
Art Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Eric Clapton, 57, and his wife Melia McEnery, 26, become the proud parents of Ella May Clapton.
Eric Clapton
Police in Chile say thieves broke in Sting's hotel room there and robbed him of a bag that included his recently received Human Rights Award.
Sting
Jury selection begins in the gun possession and bribery trial of rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs. The charges stem from a December 1999 shooting incident at Club New York. Puff Daddy is also sued today by talent agent Judith Fontaine, who claims he erroneously gave manager Ken Burns credit for discovering Dream, when in fact it was she who found the hit girl group.
Dream
On Arsenio Hall tonight, you can see Emilio Estevez rave about his fiancˇe Paula Abdul. "[She's] the most beautiful, talented, sexiest woman I've ever met," says the Freejack star.
Paula Abdul
Memphis soul singer/songwriter Tommy Tucker dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning. He inhaled the stuff while finishing the floors at his home in New Jersey. Among Tucker's hits was 1964's "Hi-Heel Sneakers."
Tommy Tucker
Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton announce they will record an album together, however the project never gets off the ground. The threesome finally release Trio in 1987.
Emmylou Harris
Dolly Parton
Linda Ronstadt
Bob Dylan releases Blood on the Tracks, arguably his most important album of the '70s.
Bob Dylan
Dean Martin's son Dino is busted for possession and sale of two machine guns. He is later released on $5000 bail.
Dean Martin
In Memphis, Highway 51 South is renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard.
Elvis Presley
The Doors perform the first of two nights at New York's Felt Forum. The dates are recorded for their live album Absolutely Live.
The Doors
The great trilling soul singer Billy Stewart ("Summertime") dies in Neuse River, N.C. after his car swerves off a bridge into the river below. Three of his band members also die.
Billy Stewart
Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut is released in the United States.
Led Zeppelin
In an interview, John Lennon warns that Apple will soon tank due to its enormous financial losses.
John Lennon
George Harrison returns to London from India, where he has been recording the Wonderwall soundtrack.
George Harrison
An article appears in today's Daily Mail about the "holes in our roads." The snippet gives John Lennon an idea for a lyric in his song "A Day in the Life."
John Lennon
Ragga star Shabba "Mr. Lover Man" Ranks is born in Sturgetown, Jamaica, as Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon. Altogether now ... Shabba!
Shabba Ranks
The Rolling Stones record "The Last Time" and "Play With Fire" while staying in Hollywood.
The Rolling Stones
Berlin's bassist and founding member John Crawford is born.
Berlin
Blue-eyed British soul boy Paul Young ("Everytime You Go Away") is born in Luton.
Paul Young
Steve Earle is born Fort Monroe, Va. The country outlaw went from "Copperhead Road" to working as a guard at a crack house to resurrecting his career with 1995's Train A Comin'.
Steve Earle
The Delfonics' singer William Hart is born in Washington, D.C. The soul group's biggest hit was 1968's "La - La - Means I Love You."
The Delfonics
Chris Montez, who went from Ritchie Valens follower to a hit-maker in his own right with "Let's Dance," is born in Los Angeles as Christopher Montanez.
Chris Montez
Ritchie Valens
Cat woman Eartha Kitt, whose raspy-voiced delivery made VH1 dub her one of the 100 Greatest Women in Rock, is born in North, S.C.
Eartha Kitt
 
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