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Nickelback's Ryan Vikedal, drummer with the Vancouver rockers since 1996, leaves the band.
Nickelback
Jim Capaldi, drummer with U.K. folk-prog legends Traffic, dies of stomach cancer. He was 60.
Jim Capaldi
Traffic
R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband Todd Russaw, a record executive, are arrested and charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana in Hapeville, Ga.
Faith Evans
Cash Money rapper Turk is arrested in Memphis and officially charged with attempted murder. Turk was alleged to be involved in an incident which left two policemen injured. His manager says, "This is another case of a good person being in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Turk
Godfather of Soul James Brown is arrested and charged with domestic violence after allegedly pushing his wife to the floor during an argument at the couple's South Carolina home.
James Brown
Jay-Z announces at a New York bash for record exec Lyor Cohen that he plans on marrying his girlfriend Beyonce Knowles.
Jay-Z
Beyoncé
Chris Isaak guests on tonight's episode of Friends.
Chris Isaak
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page turns up at a Black Crowes show in London. Page plays with the band in Paris on February 4 and in 1999 they both embark on a world tour that ends when Page puts out his back.
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin
The Black Crowes
That great act Roxette are joined onstage in Zurich by ABBA's Frida Lyngstad for a performance of "Money Money Money."
ABBA
Roxette
To promote the latest leg of their Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, Pink Floyd float a giant inflatable bed down the Thames.
Pink Floyd
The greatest British rock 'n' roller ever, Billy Fury, dies in a London hospital after collapsing at his home. He had suffered from heart trouble.
Billy Fury
Jackson Browne and Lynne Sweeney have their first child, Ryan Daniel Browne.
Jackson Browne
A fan asks Ted Nugent to sign his arm. With a Bowie knife. Nugent obliges. Controversy ensues.
Ted Nugent
After the Beatles cut versions of "Get Back" and "Don't Let Me Down" for single release, John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Allen Klein for the first time at London's Dorchester Hotel.
The Beatles
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
The Supremes appear on British TV's Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Tom Jones and Des O'Connor.
The Supremes
Tom Jones
Architect of the Cypress Hill sound, DJ Muggs is born Lawrence Muggerud.
Muggs
Cypress Hill
The Cavern Club in Liverpool closes, having run up debts of 10,000 pounds. The club became world famous as one of the Beatles' earliest venues.
The Beatles
The Who appear on the British TV show Ready Steady Go! for the first time. An enthusiastic response for their performance of "I Can't Explain" is assured, as managers Kit Lambert and Pete Stamp have packed the audience with their hardcore mod following.
The Who
The Alarm's guitarist Dave Sharp is born in Salford, England.
Dave Sharp
Jerry Lee Lewis and Ronald J. Hargrave file a copyright for their song, "High School Confidential."
Jerry Lee Lewis
Peter Schilling, who scored a one-off '80s hit with "Major Tom (Coming Home)," is born in Stuttgart, Germany. Now he really couldn't last.
Peter Schilling
Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on national TV. He's a guest on Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey's Stage Show. It's the first of four weekly slots for the rising star, who earns $1250 per appearance. He performs "Shake Rattle and Roll," "Flip, Flop and Fly" and "I Got a Woman," leaving comedian and Stage Show producer Jackie Gleason to remark, "He can't last. I tell you flatly, he can't last."
Jimmy Dorsey
Elvis Presley
Tommy Dorsey
Playmate Barbi Benton is born in Sacramento, Calif. Her 1974 album Barbi Doll is a collector's item among the insane.
Barbi Benton
Drummer Eddie Bayers, who has played with Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, is born.
Bob Seger
Corky Laing, drummer with Mountain, is born.
Mountain
Marty Fried, drummer with the '60s pop group the Cyrkle ("Red Rubber Ball") is born in Neptune, N.J.
Cyrkle
Drummer Brian Keenan of the soul-psychedelic band the Chambers Brothers is born in New York.
The Chambers Brothers
Guitarist Dick Taylor is born in Dartford, England. As well as playing with some early incarnations of the Rolling Stones, he also led one of Britain's great '60s rock acts, The Pretty Things.
The Pretty Things
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd's keyboardist Rick Wright is born in London.
Pink Floyd
Trad jazz figurehead "Mr." Acker Bilk, who scored a No. 1 in 1962 with "Stranger on the Shore," is born Bernard Bilk in Pensford, England.
Acker Bilk
 
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