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Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay is arrested after brawling with photographers outside the West London nightclub Kabaret's Prophecy.
Jamiroquai
Drummer Kenny Buttrey dies from cancer aged 59. The session pro played on two seminal '70s albums - Carole King's Tapestry and Neil Young's Harvest. You can also hear him on Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" and Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline.
Carole King
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Jimmy Buffett
'80s synth duo Pet Shop Boys ("West End Girls") perform a new soundtrack they've composed for the classic Russian film Battleship Potemkin in London's Trafalgar Square.
Pet Shop Boys
Country legend Johnny Cash, the "Man in Black" and a favorite with convicts everywhere, dies aged 71 in Nashville.
Johnny Cash
Chen Qianqian is named Best New Artist and and electronic band New Pants takes the Best New Band prize at the CCTV-MTV Music Awards at Beijing's Worker's Gymnasium.
The Beatles sue Apple computers, alleging their iTunes store infringes copyrights on the logo of their Apple Corps record label.
The Beatles
Badly Drawn Boy wins Britain's prestigious Mercury Music Award for his debut album, The Hour of the Bewilderbeast.
Badly Drawn Boy
Garth Brooks introduces his ill-fated alter ego Chris Gaines at a Nashville press conference. He says, "People seem to be afraid that now this is Garth from here on, that Garth is gonna disappear, and Chris is going to take over. I'm always going to be me, and country music is what I do, but I was very proud and flattered to get hired to do this. I did my very best, and now I am presenting it to the people to see if they can live with it or live without it." Most live without it.
Chris Gaines
Garth Brooks
Abba lyricist and mentor Stig Anderson dies in Stockholm from a heart attack. He was 66.
ABBA
Could this be the end of Fleetwood Mac? Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie both think so, as they announce they will no longer sing with the soft rockers. The band reunited at President Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
Stevie Nicks
Fleetwood Mac
Christine McVie
In the U.S., the Ritchie Valens revival doesn't bring him back, but it does put Los Lobos' version of "La Bamba" at the top of the singles chart.
Los Lobos
Ritchie Valens
To Paul McCartney, a son. Paul and Linda become the proud parents of James Louis McCartney.
Paul McCartney
Stephen Biko, a South African anti-apartheid activist, dies in police custody. His martyrdom inspired Peter Gabriel's anthem "Biko" and Cry Freedom, a movie starring Denzel Washington.
Peter Gabriel
Bob Dylan begins sessions for his album Blood on the Tracks.
Bob Dylan
Josie and the Pussycats premieres on CBS. The animated series, about an all-girl band in tiger costumes who kick alien arse and solve crimes, ends in 1972. And it seemed like such a promising premise.
Pink Floyd
Josie and the Pussycats
In New Orleans, thieves steal $40,000 worth of Pink Floyd's touring equipment.
Pink Floyd
Whilst on their magical mystery jaunt around Britain, the Beatles' psychedelic bus ends up causing a traffic jam. John Lennon tries to rectify the situation by tearing the signs off the side of the vehicle.
John Lennon
The Beatles
Techno pioneer Juan Atkins is born in Detroit. Respect.
Juan Atkins
Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
Thin Lizzy
Gerry Beckley, the singer with "Horse With No Name" hit-makers America, is born.
America
Gerry Beckley
Barry White, he of the sexual soul anthems and the unmistakable voice, is born in Galveston, Texas.
Barry White
Pop singer Maria Muldaur ("Midnight at the Oasis") is born in New York as Maria D'Amato.
Maria Muldaur
Northern soul goddess Gloria Jones ("Tainted Love") is born in Long View, Texas.
Gloria Jones
One of the greatest voices in country music, George Jones is born in Saratoga, Texas.
George Jones
 
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