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Actor-turned-singer Jamie Foxx ascends to the No. 1 place in the U.S. albums chart with his Unpredictable disc. The highest new entry is ATL rap duo Ying Yang Twins, whose USA Still United bows at No. 45.
Jamie Foxx
Ying Yang Twins
The body of 1970s teen idol Barry Cowsill is discovered in a New Orleans morgue. The Cowsills bassist, who performed on the family act's hits like "Hair," is believed to have died when Hurricane Katrina struck the city in 2005.
Barry Cowsill
The Cowsills
Adorable pop sprite Ashlee Simpson is booed offstage during her performance of "La La" at the Orange Bowl.
Ashlee Simpson
Gary Jules' cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World" remains atop the British singles chart for a third week. Will Young's Friday's Child is the week's top-selling album.
Gary Jules
Tears for Fears
Ray Davies of the Kinks is shot in the leg in New Orleans. The "Waterloo Sunset" songwriter was pursuing two men who stole his lady companion's purse.
The Kinks
Ray Davies
Police raid a record store in Glasgow, Scotland and confiscate T-shirts promoting the Goth metal band Cradle of Filth. The Lord Provost of Glasgow took offence to the T-shirt's legend "Jesus is a c*nt," accompanied by a picture of a nun masturbating with a crucifix.
Cradle of Filth
Oasis declare they will release their fourth album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants on their own label, Big Brother, as the famed Creation imprint disintegrates.
Oasis
Puff Daddy testifies before a grand jury about the December nightclub shooting that led to his arrest on possession charges. Jennifer Lopez attends the hearing.
Jennifer Lopez
Thin Lizzy's bassist-singer Phil Lynott dies aged 35 in the intensive care unit of Salisbury Infirmary in England. His kidneys, liver and heart failed due to blood poisoning and multiple internal abscesses caused by drug abuse.
Thin Lizzy
Phil Lynott
Hamburg's Star Club re-opens. The German venue is best known as one of the early haunts of the Beatles in their pre-stardom days.
The Beatles
Beatles road manager Mal Evans comes to a bizarre end in Los Angeles. He's shot by LAPD marksmen after threatening them with a rifle at his girlfriend's apartment.
The Beatles
Australia announces that they have placed an "entry ban" on an un-named member of the Rolling Stones. The Immigration Ministry lifts the ban five days later, but the Stone's identity is never revealed.
The Rolling Stones
At London's Abbey Road studios, Pink Floyd begin sessions for Meddle, the follow-up to their 1970 album Atom Heart Mother. The same month director Stanley Kubrick asks the band if he can use Atom Heart Mother as the soundtrack for his revelatory A Clockwork Orange. The band say no.
Pink Floyd
George Harrison records the second guitar solo for "Let It Be." It's the last Beatles recording session to feature Harrison, Paul McCartney and George Martin, as well as the last recording session of the Beatles as a band.
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
George Martin
The Beatles
Benjamin Darvill, harmonica player with the Crash Test Dummies, is born.
Crash Test Dummies
Today's issue of Billboard assesses the new Beatles single "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." The writer says, "This is the hot British group that has struck gold overseas. Side A is a driving rocker with surf-on-the-Thames sound and strong vocal work from the group."
The Beatles
In London, Bob Dylan spends his second day shooting the TV play Madhouse in Castle Street.
Bob Dylan
In a sign of their burgeoning local popularity, the as-yet-unsigned Beatles top Mersey Beat's poll for best group.
The Beatles
Tonight on The Steve Allen Show, boxer Joe Louis introduces soul singer Solomon Burke, who performs one of Louis' own compositions "You Can Run, But You Can't Hide."
Solomon Burke
Fats Domino records "I'm Walkin'." The tune will become his sixth top 10 hit.
Fats Domino
Joy Division guitarist Bernard Sumner, who moved to vocals for the band's second coming as New Order, is born in Manchester, England.
Joy Division
New Order
Progressive rock drummer Chris Cutler, who has played with Pere Ubu and the Residents, is born in Washington, D.C.
Pere Ubu
Bonkers
The Residents
Vocalist Arthur Conley is born in Atlanta. The Otis Redding protégé scored a 1967 No. 2 with "Sweet Soul Music."
Arthur Conley
Otis Redding
All-around entertainer Bob Hope ("Thanks for the Memories") makes his first network radio appearance.
Bob Hope
 
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