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Lil' Kim is released from jail, where she was serving time for perjury. The saucy rapper will remain under house arrest for 30 days.
Lil' Kim
Tupac and Elton John remain at No. 1 in the U.K. for a second week with "Ghetto Gospel." Coldplay have the No. 1 album with X&Y.
Tupac
Elton John
Coldplay
The White Stripes' Jack White (the talented one with the guitar) announces he's producing tracks for C&W legend Loretta Lynn. Told you he was talented.
The White Stripes
Loretta Lynn
Bob Dylan plays the 1,000th show on the so-called Neverending Tour at the 32nd annual Montreux Jazz Festival.
Bob Dylan
Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman releases the single "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" on his own label. After it goes to No. 1 in Europe, Wyman becomes the Stone with the most successful solo career.
Bill Wyman
The Rolling Stones
Three Dog Night's Chuck Negron is arrested in Louisville, Ky., on charges of cocaine possession. The charge is later dropped after the court finds that the warrant was obtained via "unfounded information."
Chuck Negron
Three Dog Night
As the Ziggy Stardust tour comes to a close David Bowie announces, "it is the last show I will ever do."
David Bowie
Some 78,000 people show up for this year's Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. The big crowd might have had something to do with the non-jazz headliners James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Johnny Winter
Led Zeppelin
Blood, Sweat & Tears
James Brown
John Lennon holds a press conference to announce the release of "Give Peace a Chance," but can't show up as he and Yoko are recovering from a car crash in Scotland. Ringo fills in instead.
Ringo
Ringo Starr
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Brian Jones is found dead in his swimming pool in Hartford, England. The Rolling Stones founder's death was later ruled to be an accident.
The Rolling Stones
In San Francisco, Love and the Grateful Dead play the Fillmore Auditorium.
The Grateful Dead
Singing cowboy Roy Rogers mourns the death of his horse Trigger. The animal is stuffed and put in the Roy Rogers Museum.
Roy Rogers (Country)
Elvis' dad, Vernon Presley, announces he will remarry, less than two years after the death of Elvis' beloved mother, Gladys.
Elvis Presley
One of our favorite '80s ladies, Laura Branigan ("Gloria") is born in Brewster, N.Y.
Laura Branigan
Soul singer/pianist Fontella Bass ("Rescue Me") is born in St. Louis.
Fontella Bass
 
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