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The Strokes top the U.K. album chart with their third LP, First Impressions of the Earth. X-Factor winner Shayne Ward continues to lord it over the hit parade with "That's My Goal."
The Strokes
Shayne Ward
During a visit to Venezuela, calypso star/actor Harry belafonte tells the press that President Bush is "the greatest terrorist in the world."
Harry Belafonte
Hong Kong actor/singer Andy Lau, best known in the U.S. for his role in House of Flying Daggers, wins five Jade Solid Gold awards, including Most Popular Male Singer in Hong Kong.
Rap firebrand Nas marries R&B tease Kelis ("Milkshake") in Atlanta.
Kelis
Nas
Former Spice Girl Mel C ("I Turn to You") says she will release CDs through her own label after being dropped by Virgin Records.
Spice Girls
Outkast keep their lock on the top two singles in the U.S. for a fifth week, with Andre 3000's "Hey Ya!" at No. 1 and Big Boi's "The Way You Move" at No. 2.
OutKast
Shortly after B2K announce their split, members Lil Fizz, J-Boog and Raz-B say they will continue to work together, but will no longer be associated with their management firm The Ultimate Group. Fourth member Omarion remains signed to T.U.G.
B2K
On what would have been Elvis Presley's 69th birthday, it's announced that he's the biggest selling solo artist in American history. His label RCA says Presley has sold 117.5 million albums to date.
Elvis Presley
Sheryl Crow, U2's The Edge, Alicia Keys and Ben Affleck appear at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to speak out against digital piracy.
Sheryl Crow
The Edge
U2
Alicia Keys
G-Unit rapper Tony Yayo is released from New York's Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility after serving a year on weapons possession charges.
G-Unit
A photographer is arrested on charges of stalking Barbra Streisand and James Brolin. Streisand says Wendell Wall has pursued the couple for the last five years.
Barbra Streisand
Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark, an original member of the band, dies in London after overdosing on drugs and alcohol. His fiancˇe blames herself for his death because she went to bed in a huff when he came home drunk the night before.
Def Leppard
Sara Carter, of the famed Carter Family of country singers, dies aged 79.
The Canadian government declares Rush the country's official "Ambassadors of Music." Loverboy hadn't formed yet.
Rush
Loverboy
Tickets for three Led Zeppelin concerts at Madison Square Garden go on sale. The box office has to call on other ticket outlets to help cope with demand and sells out their 60,000 tickets in four hours.
Led Zeppelin
KISS drum up some press by performing a "dress rehearsal" shortly after signing to Casablanca Records and honing their carnival-esque image. Rolling Stone's reporter says, "The group plays very heavy, loud and ultimately monotonous rock in the Black Sabbath tradition. ... A sure crowd-pleaser. The crowds of kiddies, that is."
Kiss
Black Sabbath
Watch out. Yoko's about. Yoko Ono releases Approximately Infinite Universe, a double album whose highlights include songs like "I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window." Ono explains she felt she should make a double LP because "if George Harrison can put out a triple album, then I can put out a double album."
George Harrison
Yoko Ono
ABC broadcasts the last ever episode of pop music program Shindig! The Kinks and the Who see off the twice-weekly show in explosive fashion.
The Who
The Kinks
The chart-topping single in America today is the Beatles with "We Can Work It Out." The song stays in the charts for 12 weeks. They also top the album charts with Rubber Soul.
The Beatles
Elvis Presley undergoes an army pre-induction exam in Memphis on his 22nd birthday. He passes.
Elvis Presley
"Rock Around the Clock" singer Bill Haley finally brings the rock to Newcastle, Australia, along with Lavern Baker and Joe Turner. The portly jump-jiver had been reluctant to tour Down Under as members of his band the Comets were actually afraid of flying. Which makes their name somewhat ironic.
Bill Haley
Joe Turner
The Comets
LaVern Baker
Paul King, member of King ("Love and Pride") and a European VJ, is born in Dagenham, England.
Terry Sylvester, Graham Nash's replacement in the Hollies, is born in Liverpool, England.
Graham Nash
The Hollies
Singer Cristy Lane, whose "One Day at a Time" is one of the biggest gospel hits ever, is born in Peoria, Ill., as Eleanor Johnston.
Cristy Lane
Welsh songbird Shirley Bassey, who sang the theme to Goldfinger, is born in Tiger Bay.
Shirley Bassey
 
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