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Scientists announce that they have recorded the deepest musical note ever generated in space at the edge of a black hole. It's a B flat 57 octaves below the middle keys of a piano and one million billion times deeper than can be heard by humans.
At R.E.M.'s Hollywood Bowl show, the band dedicate "Find the River" to the late Warren Zevon. Zevon played with Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry in the '90s "supergroup" Hindu Love Gods.
R.E.M.
Warren Zevon
Hindu Love Gods
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck postpone their Sept. 14 wedding, blaming the surrounding "media frenzy."
Jennifer Lopez
Roc-a-fella rapper Beanie Sigel, awaiting a trial on attempted murder charges, is cleared by a judge to enter a drug rehab program in Minnesota.
Beanie Sigel
Lee Baker, an Alex Chilton cohort who played guitar on Big Star's Third, dies in Memphis.
Alex Chilton
Big Star
A great day for TV - and Will Smith - as the Quincy Jones-produced Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuts.
Quincy Jones
Will Smith
Patti Smith declares her retirement from live performance before 85,000 people in Florence, Italy. She says she's giving up the road to spend more time with her husband, the MC5's Fred "Sonic" Smith.
MC5
Patti Smith
Bob Dylan releases his live album Hard Rain.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan records an appearance on the TV special The World of John Hammond, saluting the A&R man who signed him to Columbia. He sings "Hurricane," "Oh Sister," and "Simple Twist of Fate."
Bob Dylan
Kiss release their first live record, Alive. The double set also becomes their first top 10 album.
Kiss
With their red patent leather direction going nowhere, the New York Dolls split up.
The New York Dolls
The Rolling Stones' "Star Star" song is banned from British radio because of its liberal use of the word "starf*cker."
The Rolling Stones
On TV tonight, the Rolling Stones make an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Guitarist Brian Jones has his hand in a cast after falling over in Tangier.
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles' Revolver goes to No. 1 on the American albums chart and stays there for six weeks.
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones take over the British pop program Ready Steady Go! today. Not only do the band members host, but they also interview their special guests Manfred Mann, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, and the Preachers. The last were booked because Bill Wyman produced their current single.
The Preachers
Manfred Mann
The Rolling Stones
Bill Wyman
Beatlemania It's reported that manager Brian Epstein is negotiating rights for a Beatles cartoon series. T
The Beatles
Rod Stewart records his first single, "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl," with the Hoochie Koochie Men. It promptly disappears from view, and Stewart goes on to perform with the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces before striking out in a solo direction.
Faces
Jeff Beck
Rod Stewart
John Lennon and Paul McCartney watch the Rolling Stones rehearse after meeting their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, on the street. The pair offer the band "I Wanna Be Your Man." That evening, the Beatles pick up an award for Top Vocal Group of the Year from the Variety Club of Great Britain.
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Carol Decker, the flame-haired wailer with T'Pau ("Heart and Soul"), has a birthday today.
T'Pau
Pretty Things bassist Pete Tolson is born in Bishops Stortford, England.
The Pretty Things
Joe Perry, Aerosmith's resident guitar god, is born in Lawrence, Mass.
Aerosmith
Joe Perry
Jethro Tull drummer Barriemore Barlow is born.
Jethro Tull
 
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