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Eminem nemesis Benzino announces he's stepping down from his post as chief executive of hip-hop magazine The Source.
Benzino
Newlyweds star Jessica Simpson sues auto-racing company Motorock for breach of contract. She claims she was not paid after agreeing to a product placement deal and wearing one of their T-shirts in her "With You" video.
Jessica Simpson
Clear Channel are fined over $495,000 for carrying a Howard Stern broadcast in which the shock jock talked about anal sex.
Howard Stern
R&B star Ms. Dynamite signs a $1.5 million deal to represent the Pepsi soft drink in the U.K.
Ms. Dynamite
Neighbors circulate a petition complaining about the noise being made by the filming of MTV's Making the Band with Sean "P.Diddy" Combs at a Greenwich Village townhouse.
Diddy
Affable rockabilly person Chris Isaak begins filming a third series of The Chris Isaak Show for Showtime.
Chris Isaak
NBC debuts the concert special, Cher: The Farewell Tour, filmed at her concert stop in Miami. 16.6 million people are reported to watch the premiere.
Cher
Puff Daddy cancels a sold-out show at London's Wembley arena without explanation. Fans are later dismayed to hear the rapper spent the night partying with squeeze Jennifer Lopez.
Diddy
Jennifer Lopez
Rolling Stone guitarist Ron Wood's boat catches fire while he's sailing around Rio de Janeiro. Wood and 10 other passengers are rescued by a boatload of passing journalists.
The Rolling Stones
Ron Wood
Laura Nyro dies of ovarian cancer at her home in Danbury, Conn. A profound concert artist, she also wrote an array of hits for others, including "And When I Die," "Stoned Soul Picnic," "Stoney End," and "Eli's Comin'." She is 49.
Laura Nyro
In Lansing, Mich., rocker Ted Nugent gives an archery demonstration. He says the sport is an excellent distraction for kids, as opposed to taking drugs.
Ted Nugent
Virgin Records is sued by backing singer Yvette Marine, who claims the lead vocals on songs from Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl album are a mix of hers and Abdul's. She eventually loses her case.
Paula Abdul
America's greatest band go over-ground when R.E.M. leave IRS Records for Warner Bros.
R.E.M.
Van Halen begin their first world tour.
Van Halen
Japan, the original New Romantics, release their debut album, Adolescent Sex. The album is heralded with advertisements featuring a hand caressing each band member's crotch underneath the tag line "Get into Japan."
Japan
The Damned become the first English punk group to play New York's famed club CBGB. At their hotel, they discover that the Rolling Stones have left them a birthday cake, seven meringue pies, and three prostitutes.
The Damned
The Rolling Stones
Neil Young premieres his home movie collection Journey Through the Past today at the U.S. Film Festival in Dallas. Young explains the film as "a collection of thoughts," adding that "every scene meant something to me - although with some of them I can't say what."
Neil Young
Chicago become the first rock group to play New York's Carnegie Hall.
Chicago
Neil Diamond sets a record at the Los Angeles Forum when he sells out nine shows in a row.
Neil Diamond
Nobody beats the Biz. Prince Paul's favorite rapper/clown, Biz Markie, is born today in Harlem, N.Y., as Marcel Hall.
Biz Markie
Prince Paul
Julian Lennon is born in Liverpool, England, to Cynthia and John Lennon. He is the first Beatles offspring, and has a decent solo career with hits like "Too Late for Goodbyes."
John Lennon
Julian Lennon
John Schneider, known to all as Bo Duke and to country music audiences as the voice behind "What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This)," is born today in Mount Kisco, N.Y.
John Schneider
Yes' most legendary string-bender, Steve Howe, is born today in London.
Yes
Steve Howe
On this day, noted Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel is alive and well and living the first minute of his existence in Brussels.
Jacques Brel
 
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