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Gnarls Barkley remain atop the U.K. singles chart for a sixth straight week with "Crazy." Irish Coldplay imitators Snow Patrol top the album charts with Eyes Open.
Gnarls Barkley
Snow Patrol
American Idol judge Paula Abdul appears on Saturday Night Live in a (weak) sketch poking fun at claims she slept with a contestant. On the same show, System of a Down manage to get the F-word past the tape delay during a performance.
Paula Abdul
System of a Down
A 50 Cent performance in Springfield, Mass., is cut short after the bullet-ridden "In Da Club" rapper has a bottle of water thrown at him. he hands his gold chains to one of his posse, then plunges into the audience. A fight ensues.
50 Cent
Jay-Z meets with England's heir to the throne, Prince Charles, ahead of his appearance at the Prince's Trust Urban Music Festival in London. H.O.V.A. describes the Prince as "cool, very cool."
Jay-Z
Pete Townshend is cleared of possessing child pornography, but is placed on Britain's Sex Offenders Register for five years. The Who guitarist admitted viewing kiddie porn on the Internet while researching child abuse.
Pete Townshend
The Who
Police shut down a London video shoot by Russian lesbian teen duo t.A.t.U. after 100 teenage girls turn up in school uniform outside the Houses of Parliament to participate.
t.A.t.U.
TNT and TBS announce they have signed singer Justin Timberlake on as a special correspondent to cover sports for both cable channels.
Justin Timberlake
*NSYNC
Dr. Dre is ordered by a Los Angeles jury to pay $1.5 million for sampling Fatback's 1980 song "Backstrokin'" on his 2000 tune "Let's Get High" without permission.
Dr. Dre
Fatback Band
Fleetwood Mac kick off their tour in support of Say You Will in Columbus, Ohio.
Fleetwood Mac
A schizophrenic man said to be stalking Linda Ronstadt is arrested in Sun City, Ariz. The man was wearing a white tuxedo and carrying a rose he planned to give the singer during a concert.
Linda Ronstadt
California's Santa Monica Museum of Art reopens with Beck performing "New Age Evisceration 1" as part of a multimedia installation combining his work with that of his grandfather Fluxus artist Al Hansen.
Beck
Country singer Eddie Rabbitt dies of lung cancer at age 56.
Eddie Rabbitt
Steve Perry leaves Journey a second time after the band decides to tour without the lead singer, who is suffering from back trouble.
Steve Perry
Journey
John Mellencamp protests with farmers before the Farmers Home Administration office in Chillicothe, Mo.
John Mellencamp
Aretha Franklin records a French concert for her album Aretha in Paris.
Aretha Franklin
Bob Dylan gives his first interview since his 1966 motorcycle accident to the Daily News.
Bob Dylan
The Champs perform their No. 1 "Tequila" on American Bandstand.
The Champs
Hank Williams tops the chart with "Lovesick Blues."
Hank Williams
Keyboardist Pete Wingfield, whose "Eighteen With a Bullet" really was No. 18 with a bullet in 1975, is born in England.
Pete Wingfield
"Don't Leave Me This Way" singer Thelma Houston is born in Leland, Miss.
Thelma Houston
Johnny Maestro of the Crests and Brooklyn Bridge is born - as you might expect - in New York. The Crests were best known for their 1958 No. 2 "16 Candles."
Johnny Maestro
Brooklyn Bridge
The Crests
 
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