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The Knack sue Run-D.M.C. for sampling their "My Sharona" on the hit "It's Tricky." Nothing unusual there, except that "It's Tricky" was released two decades ago!
The Knack
Run-D.M.C.
Johnny Ramone, the guitarist for legendary punk band The Ramones, dies in his sleep in Los Angeles. The 55-year-old had been battling prostate cancer.
The Ramones
Moustachioed country entertainer Alan Jackson tops the U.S. album charts with What I Do. R&B icon Anita Baker's comeback album My Everything bows at No. 4.
Alan Jackson
Anita Baker
Madonna arrives in Tel Aviv, Israel for Rosh Hashanah. The Kabbala enthusiast plans to visit graves of various rabbinical sages. Her tour group includes fashion designer Donna Karan and Donald Trump's ex, Marla Maples.
Madonna
Madonna publishes her first children's book The English Roses. In a statement, the Material Authoress says, "It deals with envy and jealousy and how these emotions cause so much unnecessary suffering in our lives."
Madonna
A duo who have written songs for Celine Dion claim Mariah Carey's "Thank God I Found You" sounds too much like one of their own compositions and file suit in California.
Celine Dion
Mariah Carey
Bob Dylan and Kinky Friedman perform "Sold American" on the Chabad Telethon.
Bob Dylan
The great pianist Bill Evans, whose Sunday at the Village Vanguard is one of the saddest albums ever, dies at age 61 in New York.
Bill Evans
Bob Dylan releases his album Slow Train Coming.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan gives his never-ending tour a dry run. He kicks off the 62-date American leg of his Street Legal world tour in Augusta, Maine, today.
Bob Dylan
Ringo Starr releases his solo album Ringo's Rotogravure. Despite nobody knowing what a rotogravure is, the LP goes to No. 28, perhaps due to guest appearances by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
John Lennon
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
In an onstage accident in Denver, Uriah Heep's Gary Thain is nearly electrocuted. Fortunately, the bassist survives.
Uriah Heep
Ed Sullivan, a great patron of rock, makes his own stab at musical stardom with his recording "The Sulli-Gulli." Credited to the Ed Sullivan Singers & Orchestra, it fails to chart.
Two years on and things have changed for the Beatles. They're so popular that at Cleveland's Public Auditorium, they have to leave the stage for 15 minutes so the hysterical crowd can calm down.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones perform at the Great Pop Prom at London's Royal Albert Hall.
The Rolling Stones
An early Beatles press call doesn't go too well. After meeting the band members, the Daily Mirror's Peter Jones decides they are "a nothing group."
The Beatles
Mitch Dorge, drummer with Crash Test Dummies ("Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"), is born.
Crash Test Dummies
Signe Anderson is born in Seattle. She went on to be the original female vocalist in Jefferson Airplane before Grace Slick arrived in 1966. Aside from appearing on the album Takes Off, Anderson never made another record.
Jefferson Airplane
Grace Slick
Bassist Les Braid of the Swinging Blue Jeans ("Hippy Hippy Shake") is born in Liverpool, England.
Swinging Blue Jeans
Saxophonist Cannonball Adderley ("Mercy, Mercy, Mercy") is born in Tampa, Fla.
Cannonball Adderley
 
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