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Janet Jackson is dropped from the line-up of the Grammy Awards after her Super Bowl breast-baring incident.
Janet Jackson
Oasis' Noel Gallagher is questioned by U.K. police after a photograph is published showing the "Wonderwall" songwriter trespassing on a railway line.
Oasis
Noel Gallagher
R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband agree to attend rehab after being arrested on drug possession charges in January.
Faith Evans
Twista, once clocked as the world's fastest rapper, tops the American album charts with his major label debut Kamikaze.
Twista
Art Garfunkel pleads guilty to marijuana possession in Hurley, N.Y. He is fined $200. The singer was charged after police pulled his limousine over for speeding in January.
Art Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Jimmy Buffett is thrown out of a New York Knicks-Miami Heat after verbally abusing at a referee.
Jimmy Buffett
Milli Vanilli's Rob Pilatus is hit over the head with a baseball bat after trying to steal a car in Hollywood. He is rushed to the hospital.
Milli Vanilli
Camp entertainer Liberace dies of something called "watermelon disease." Instrumental pop loses its most glamorous pianist.
Liberace
Glam rocker Alex Harvey of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band dies after suffering a heart attack in Zeebruggen, Belgium. He was 47.
Alex Harvey
The great jump-jive bandleader Louis Jordan dies in Los Angeles at age 62 of a heart attack. His hilarious, fast-paced numbers were a precursor to R&B and rock 'n' roll.
Louis Jordan
In a memo to Attorney General John Mitchell, South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond suggests that John Lennon be deported.
John Lennon
In a bizarre incident, John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a bag of their cut hair to a person named Michael X; in turn, he gives them a pair of Muhammad Ali's boxing shorts.
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
Muhammad Ali
The Beatles record John Lennon's "Across the Universe" at Abbey Road. Paul McCartney invites some fans to contribute harmonies - the only time the Beatles used their fans on record.
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
The Rolling Stones' Between the Buttons enters the U.K. chart at No. 3.
The Rolling Stones
Johnny Burnette, riding high on the charts with "You're Sixteen," is rushed to a Hollywood hospital for an emergency appendectomy.
Johnny Burnette
James Dunn of Philadelphia vocal group the Stylistics ("You Make Me Feel Brand New") is born.
The Stylistics
 
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