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Tomboyish pop star Pink ("Let's Get the Party Started") marries motocross racer and Surreal Life star Carey Hart in Costa Rica.
P!nk
Missy Elliott tells her Web site that she decided to lose weight after being diagnosed with hypertension. "I had to drop the pounds," she says. "Look at Big Pun and Luther Vandross, I did not want to end up like them."
Missy Elliott
Apple say they have sold more than 2 million units of their iPod MP3 player.
An attorney representing the family of the boy allegedly molested by Michael Jackson files a formal complaint about the leak of a confidential child welfare agency memo. The memo said Jackson was cleared of misconduct after an investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Michael Jackson
OutKast remain atop the U.S. album charts with Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Alicia Keys is at No. 2 with The Diary of Alicia Keys.
OutKast
Alicia Keys
Madonna endorses Democratic presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark on her Web site, saying, "I want my children to grow up with the same opportunities that I had – to know and understand what's going on in the world and to travel that world safely and with pride."
Madonna
The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson becomes a dad when his wife, actress Kate Hudson, gives birth to a boy in Los Angeles. Ryder Russell Robinson weighs in 8 pounds, 11 ounces.
The Black Crowes
Chris Robinson
Still on the mend from a near-fatal ATV crash, Ozzy Osbourne cancels his forthcoming UK tour, which was due to kick off in February.
Ozzy Osbourne
Rock wildman Ozzy Osbourne renews his vows with wife Sharon at the Beverly Hills Hotel. During the ceremony, a $15,000 diamond necklace the couple were due to raffle off is pilfered by talent agent Renee Tab.
Ozzy Osbourne
Soul singer James Carr, who recorded the greatest version of "Dark End of the Street," dies of cancer in Memphis. Despite a spine-chilling voice, his career was blighted by mental illness.
James Carr
Rod Stewart tells German tabloid Bild am Sonntag his partying days are over. "I don't think I can take it any more,'' he said. "The wild times are over for me."
Rod Stewart
An exhibition of Paul McCartney's stepdaughter Heather's house-ware designs opens in Atlanta, Ga. The Walrus himself is on hand to drum up some publicity.
Paul McCartney
According to the London Times, two brass busts have been stolen from the grounds of George Harrison's mansion in Oxfordshire, England.
George Harrison
Owen Bradley, who introduced slick instrumentation to the country genre in his productions for Patsy Cline and Brenda Lee and helped establish Nashville as the center of C&W, dies at the age of 82. His last work was on k d lang's album Shadowland.
Brenda Lee
k.d. lang
Owen Bradley
Patsy Cline
Early rock 'n' roll star Larry Williams is found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in his Los Angeles home. The "Bony Maronie" singer drifted into crime during the '60s, and although his death is ruled a suicide, many believe he was murdered.
Larry Williams
The Rivingtons' Carl White dies in Los Angeles, aged 48. The West Coast doo-wop group made their mark on the pop culture with the two nonsense singles "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word."
The Rivingtons
Linda Ronstadt holds it down at No. 1 in the album charts with Simple Dreams.
Linda Ronstadt
Record company executive Kenneth Moss is sentenced to 120 days in jail after pleading guilty to the involuntary manslaughter of Robbie McIntosh, drummer with the Average White Band. McIntosh overdosed on drugs in 1974.
The Average White Band
James Taylor and Carly Simon become the proud parents of their second child, Sarah Martin.
Carly Simon
James Taylor
San Francisco's underground FM station KMPX holds a ballot among its listeners to find out who would be the best candidate on a pro-grass ticket. The people say they want Bob Dylan for president, Paul Butterfield for vice-president, George Harrison as U.N. ambassador, Jefferson Airplane as the Secretary of Transportation (duh), and the Grateful Dead as attorney general. They had to make do with Nixon.
Jefferson Airplane
The Grateful Dead
Bob Dylan
George Harrison
Paul Butterfield
The Beatles record a session for the BBC Saturday Club program, during which they make their only known recording of the Chuck Berry song "Johnnie B. Goode."
The Beatles
Chuck Berry
Twister-in-chief Chubby Checker is sued by soul singer Gary "U.S." Bonds, who alleges that Checker's "Dancin' Party" is a theft of Bonds' own song "Quarter to Three." They later settle out of court.
Gary "U.S." Bonds
Chubby Checker
The Go-Go's bassist Kathy Valentine is born.
The Go-Go's
Eighties soundtrack king Kenny Loggins is born in Everette, Wash. He's since gone from "Caddyshack" to recording albums for children.
Kenny Loggins
Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner is born in New York.
British novelty act Mike McGear ("Lily the Pink") - who was really Paul McCartney's brother - is born.
Paul McCartney
Mike McGear
Leona Williams, who became Merle Haggard's duet partner and was married to the country legend for a while, is born in Vienna, Mo.
Merle Haggard
Guitarist Jimmy West, who turns up on a lot of "Weird" Al Yankovic albums, is born.
Weird Al Yankovic
Paul Revere, who with his Raiders enjoyed big hits with "Kicks" and "Just Like Me," is born in Harvard, Neb.
Paul Revere & the Raiders
 
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