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New York cabaret mainstay Bobby Short dies aged 80. The self-styled "saloon singer" had been performing since he was nine and played the Carlyle Hotel for over 35 years.
Bobby Short
Nas cuts a London concert short after a fan leaps onstage and fires a pistol several times into the air. No one is hurt in the melee and subsequent stampede for the exits.
Nas
U.K. police clear Massive Attack's Robert "3-D" Del Naja of internet child porn offenses following a raid on his home in February.
Massive Attack
Love might be the drug, but today it leaves a bitter taste for Roxy Music front-man Bryan Ferry. He divorces Lucy Helmore, his wife of 21 years, citing the former model's adultery.
Bryan Ferry
Roxy Music
Dru Hill are sued by their former manager, who alleges that he's owed $30 million in lost royalties and fees from their last three albums.
Dru Hill
Matchbox Twenty postpone their European tour as war escalates between the United States and Iraq.
Matchbox Twenty
Kid Rock and country star Tim McGraw play a surprise concert outside of Detroit to benefit the Red Cross.
Kid Rock
Tim McGraw
British rap group So Solid Crew are dropped from the Homelands festival. Police and organizers feared the gun-toting crew might have inspire crowd violence.
So Solid Crew
Marilyn Manson announces his new album is called The Golden Age of Grotesque. Fans have to wait until 2003 for its release, however.
Marilyn Manson
Alanis Morissette performs in the off-Broadway Vagina Monologues before an audience of 300 people.
Alanis Morissette
At this year's Oscars, Bruce Springsteen takes home a Best Original Song Oscar award for "Streets of Philadelphia."
Bruce Springsteen
Leo Fender, the renowned guitar inventor, dies.
Madonna releases her album Like a Prayer.
Madonna
ZZ Top wrap up their Afterburner world tour with a final show in Honolulu.
ZZ Top
One of the best pop albums of all time, Pet Shop Boys' Please is released today.
Pet Shop Boys
Donny Osmond hits Broadway in the title role of Little Johnny Jones.
Donny Osmond
In England, the Jam enter the singles chart at No. 1 with "Going Underground."
The Jam
David Bowie and Iggy Pop are busted for suspected marijuana possession in New York, but charges are later dropped.
Iggy Pop
David Bowie
In the U.K., the Beatles' "Let It Be" is kept from the No. 1 position by "Wand'rin' Star," the only single ever to feature the vocals of actor Lee Marvin.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones' cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" peaks at No. 3 on the English charts. That's Phil Spector you hear on maracas. It's also the first time ever that all ten singles in the British top ten are by homegrown acts.
Buddy Holly
Phil Spector
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles' "She Loves You" is No. 1 on the American singles chart today. Their single "I Saw Her Standing There" is currently at No. 14.
The Beatles
The Beatles play Liverpool, England's Cavern Club for the first time.
The Beatles
Carl Perkins is injured in a car crash that kills both his manager and his brother Jay. By the time Perkins gets out of hospital, Elvis Presley has already had a hit with Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes."
Elvis Presley
Carl Perkins (Jazz)
Big Maybelle records "Shake Rattle and Roll" in New York.
Big Maybelle
Behind the Music star Alan Freed stages the Moondog Coronation Ball, billed as "the first ever rock 'n' roll stage show." Acts include Where Are They Now? contenders the Dominos and Tiny Grimes.
Tiny Grimes
Alan Freed
Guitarist Ray Dorset of the great Mungo Jerry is born. He wrote "In the Summertime."
Mungo Jerry
Bonzo Dog Band wit Viv Stanshall is born in Shillingford, England. Among his satirical songs was "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?"
The Bonzo Dog Band
Viv Stanshall
Slide guitarist Son House, one of the leading exponents of the Delta blues style, is born Eddie James House Jr. in Riverton, Miss.
Son House
 
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