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At the Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, Andy Lau is named the most popular male singer in China, Joey Yung wins the best female pop singer and the most popular in China prizes, and Eason Chan wins so many awards, they give him a special award for award-winning!
Andy Lau
Eason Chan
Bez, one-time dancer/maraca player for Manchester's Happy Mondays, wins the UK reality TV show, Celebrity Big Brother. He beats out Brigitte Nielsen and ex-Blazin' Squad member Kenzie for the $85,000 cash prize.
Happy Mondays
Blazin' Squad
R&B singer Ciara tops the UK singles chart with "Goodies," while the Killers hold onto the No. 1 album spot with their debut Hot Fuss.
Ciara
The Killers
David Palmer, former keyboardist for prog rockers Jethro Tull, announces he has had a sex change and is now known as "Dee".
Jethro Tull
The Los Angeles Times reports that the Recording Industry Association of America and the FBI have reached an agreement whereby CDs will carry labels with the FBI logo warning against illegal file-sharing.
The Hives premiere their new song "Walk Idiot Walk" at a radio awards show in Gothenberg, Sweden. It's the Scandinavian garage rocker's first new material since 2000.
The Hives
Former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland, 55, is found guilty by an English court of attempting to rape a learning-disabled teenager he was giving drum lessons. A Priest spokesperson says the band are "shocked and stunned" at the news.
Judas Priest
Beatles producer George Martin breaks ground on a new cultural center on the Caribbean island of Monserrat.
The Beatles
George Martin
Los Angeles radio station KROQ plays a tape of Britney Spears using the "f"-word several times backstage at this month's Rock in Rio festival.
Britney Spears
At the Golden Globe Awards, Courtney Love tries to make Phil Collins say "please" before giving him the gong for best original song, motion picture for his work on Disney's Tarzan.
Courtney Love
Phil Collins
Nancy Wilson of Heart gives birth to twins. The proud father is former rock scribe and Almost Famous director Cameron Crowe.
Heart
Nancy Wilson
The Associates' singer Billy MacKenzie commits suicide in Scotland aged 39.
The Associates
Richard Berry, who wrote the frat classic "Louie Louie" and never saw a dime for it, dies in South Central Los Angeles.
Richard Berry
The city council of Johnson City, Tenn., revokes their permission for White Zombie to play there after hearing testimony that the band preached devil worship.
White Zombie
Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey, who wrote such classics as "Peace in the Valley" and is credited with being the father of gospel music, dies in Chicago aged 93.
Thomas A. Dorsey
Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins dies in Jacksonville, Fla., of complications from pneumonia. The 37-year-old had been paralyzed from the waist down since 1986 after crashing his car and killing his girlfriend.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first batch of stars. Honored at the New York dinner are Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry lee Lewis, Little Richard, DJ Alan Freed and Sun Records boss Sam Phillips.
James Brown
Sam Phillips
Chuck Berry
Buddy Holly
Alan Freed
Ray Charles
Fats Domino
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Sam Cooke
The Everly Brothers
Never pretend to shoot yourself with an empty pistol. Because the gun might actually be loaded. Chicago guitarist and singer Terry Kath learned this lesson to his cost today. He was 32.
Terry Kath
Singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson dies in Philadelphia. In 1928 he recorded the definitive version of "Ol' Man River."
Paul Robeson
Neil Young is handed a piece of paper onstage in New York and reads out the message that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. The audience goes crazy for ten minutes. Neil then plays "Southern Man."
Neil Young
R&B singer Mabel Louise Smith, known to her fans as Big Maybelle, dies in Cleveland aged 51.
Big Maybelle
Alan Parsons makes his debut as the Beatles' engineer as they record "Get Back" during the Let It Be sessions.
The Beatles
Having wrapped up their first American tour, the Rolling Stones fly back to Britain.
The Rolling Stones
Janis Joplin hitchhikes to San Francisco with her friend Chet Helms.
Janis Joplin
The Crickets release "Maybe Baby" on the Brunswick Record label. It becomes their fourth charting single, peaking at No. 17.
The Crickets
The film Don't Knock the Rock premieres in Australia. Bill Haley & the Comets, who appear in the film and are touring Down Under, attend the show. Other stars in the film include Little Richard, the Treniers and Where Are They Now file residents Dave Appell & his Applejacks.
The Treniers
Bill Haley
Little Richard
The Comets
UB40 bass player Earl Falconer is born in Birmingham, England.
UB40
The E Street Band's keyboardist Danny Federici is born.
Danny Federici
Box Tops bassist Bill Cunningham is born in Memphis.
The Box Tops
Jerry Lawson, vocalist with the soul group the Persuasions, is born in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The Persuasions
The great jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt is born Jean Baptiste Reinhardt in Liverchies, Belgium.
Django Reinhardt
 
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