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"Careless Whisper" singer George Michael is arrested at London's Hyde Park on drugs charges after being found slumped over in his car. The cannabis advocate says it's his "own stupid fault, as usual."
George Michael
Wham!
Kentucky post-rock legends Slint play their first gig together in a decade at a holiday camp in the United Kingdom.
Slint
Usher remains atop the U.S. singles chart with "Yeah!"
Usher
R. Kelly unseats 50 Cent's CD Get Rich or Die Trying from the top of the albums chart with his own Chocolate Factory disc.
R. Kelly
50 Cent
The night before the Grammys, four concerts featuring Don Henley, the Dixie Chicks, No Doubt and Beck are held around Los Angeles to benefit the Recording Artists Coalition. The RAC lobbies for artists' rights.
Don Henley
Dixie Chicks
No Doubt
Beck
Johnny Cash turns 70, and says he's feeling better since suffering pneumonia.
Johnny Cash
U2 wins three Orville H. Gibson Awards for guitarists Tuesday, including best guitar band. Pete Yorn beat Madonna for the emerging guitarist prize.
U2
Pete Yorn
Madonna
Record producer Lydia Harris sues rap mogul Suge Knight, claiming he deprived her of profits from the Death Row label and called her a "rat" in interviews.
Alani Morissette releases her third chart-topping album Under Rug Swept, featuring the single "Hands Clean."
Alanis Morissette
A woman repeatedly accused of stalking Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose is charged with violating her probation after visiting Rose's home in Malibu, Calif.
Guns N' Roses
Rapper DMX turns himself over to police in Alden, N.Y., to answer driving and drug charges.
DMX
At tonight's Brit Awards, Madonna is named best international female artist, Eminem wins best international male artist, U2 win best international group, Robbie Williams wins best male solo artist and Coldplay are best British group.
U2
Robbie Williams
Eminem
Madonna
Coldplay
Ellen DeGeneres hosts this year's Grammys. Eric Clapton wins Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Change the World." The Beatles win Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Music Video Short, and Best Music Video Long for the "reunion" travesty "Free as a Bird." Bruce Springsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad wins Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Eric Clapton
Bruce Springsteen
The Beatles
Ellen Degeneres
Bluesman Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White, who composed "Fixing to Die," does just that in Memphis at age 70.
Bukka White
The Rolling Stones release "19th Nervous Breakdown." It becomes their ninth hit single, reaching No. 2 on the American charts.
The Rolling Stones
Guitarist Jimmy Page releases his first solo single, "She Just Satisfies." The noted session musician and future Led Zeppelin genius goes on to join the Yardbirds after it fails to chart.
Led Zeppelin
The Yardbirds
Jimmy Page
Blue-eyed soul crooner and songwriter Michael Bolton is born Michael Bolotin in New Haven, Conn.
Michael Bolton
The very hirsute Canned Heat singer Bob "Bear" Hite is born in Torrance, Calif.
Canned Heat
Detroit rock godfather Mitch Ryder, who with his Detroit Wheels went to No. 4 in 1966 with "Devil With a Blue Dress On," is born William Levise Jr. in Hamtramck, Mich.
Mitch Ryder
The Man in Black, Johnny Cash, is born in Kingsland, Ark.
Johnny Cash
Master of the rolling piano Fats Domino is born in New Orleans.
Fats Domino
 
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