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Trillville rap group member Don P is arrested on suspicion of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party in suburban Atlanta.
Trillville
Babyshambles' lead crackhead Pete Doherty is released from jail following a six-night stay for alleged assault after positing 150,000 pounds in bail. Doherty, who was thrown out of Britrock hopes The Libertines, is taken straight to rehab.
The Libertines
The Hives win Artist Of The Year, Rock Group Of The Year, Best Video, and Album Of The Year for Tyrannosaurus Hives at the Swedish Grammy Awards.
The Hives
Following Wall of Sound producer Phil Spector's arrest for murder, UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph prints an interview in which he says, ""I have not been well...I have devils inside that fight me. ... Insane is a hard word. I wasn't insane, but I wasn't well enough to function as a regular part of society, so I didn't. I chose not to."
Phil Spector
A court rules that the Bruce Springsteen Club can keep the domain name BruceSpringsteen.com, much to the Boss' chagrin. He wanted the name for his own Web site.
Bruce Springsteen
Puff Daddy arranges for Luther Vandross to serenade Jennifer Lopez in her studio as an early Valentine's Day present. Unfortunately, J Lo breaks up with the rap mogul a week later.
Jennifer Lopez
Luther Vandross
Dale Evans, Roy Rogers' better half and a co-writer of their song "Happy Trails," dies of congestive heart failure. She was 88.
Dale Evans
Foghat's "Lonesome" Dave Peverett succumbs to cancer. The 57-year-old singer and guitarist led the popular '70s hard rock quartet to top 20 glory with "Slow Ride."
Foghat
John Lennon's "Woman" is No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart today.
John Lennon
Pink Floyd play the first of several shows around their The Wall album. The ambitious production actually featured a wall built between band and audience during the first half of the concert. The first performance at Los Angeles' Sport Arena is held up after fireworks set fire to the stage curtains.
Pink Floyd
At Los Angeles' Record Plant studio, Stephen Stills test drives to a new method of digital recording. He later scraps the sessions, and Ry Cooder becomes the first rock performer to release a digitally recorded album.
Ry Cooder
Stephen Stills
Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" is No. 1 on the American singles chart today.
Paul Simon
Led Zeppelin cancel a concert in Glasgow, Scotland, so Robert Plant can recover from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous night in Birmingham, England.
Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin
George Harrison enters London's University College Hospital to have an operation on his infected back molar and tonsils.
George Harrison
Ringo Starr attends the premiere of Candy, the film adaptation of Terry Southern's satirical novel, starring Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, and himself. The Monthly Film Bulletin sneers, "Hippy psychedelics are laid on with the self-destroying effect of a garlic overdose."
Ringo Starr
British TV screens a documentary about London's UFO Club and its house band, Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd
Having grown up in Australia, the Bee Gees return to England after a five-week boat cruise. Their single "Spicks and Specks" is No. 1 down under.
The Bee Gees
The Beatles release their single "Nowhere Man."
The Beatles
The Beatles land at New York's Kennedy Airport to make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. A crowd of 4,000 screaming fans meets them. At the subsequent press conference, a reporter asks, "Aren't you embarrassed by all this lunacy?" John Lennon says, "No. It's crazy." When asked what he thinks of Beethoven, Lennon says, "He's crazy. Especially the poems. Lovely writer."
John Lennon
The Beatles
Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan is born David Rashbaum in Sayreville, N.J.
Bon Jovi
David Bryan
Country superstar Garth Brooks is born in Tulsa, Okla.
Garth Brooks
Buddy Holly's funeral is held in Lubbock, Texas. A thousand people attend the service at the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Buddy Holly
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones dies in New York of pneumonia at age 33. His use of distortion and flamboyant stage manner - Slim would dye his hair to match his outfits - influenced guitarists like Albert Collins and Jimi Hendrix.
Jimi Hendrix
Albert Collins
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
New Orleans R&B sax player and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer King Curtis is born Curtis Ousley in Fort Worth, Texas.
King Curtis
 
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