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R.E.M. reunite with original drummer Bill Berry to perform during their induction in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. They're rather good, too.
R.E.M.
Bill Berry
British superstar Robbie Williams cancels his tour of Asia, citing "exhaustion." Oh dear.
Robbie Williams
A judge orders Courtney Love to return to rehab for six months as part of her sentence for violating probation.
Courtney Love
Motley Crue's Vince Neil slips and tears his calf onstage during one a reunion concert in Atlanta. "I just felt something snap in my leg," the singer says. "I just couldn't go on."
Vince Neil
Mötley Crüe
A coroner's report says the late Rick James ("Superfreak") had nine drugs in his system including cocaine, methamphetamine, valium and vicodin when he died in August.
Rick James
Green Day unveil their new rock opera, American Idiot, on the first date of their national tour in Hollywood, Calif.
Green Day
Izora Rhodes Armstead, one half of the rotund R&B duo the Weather Girls, dies from heart failure. The Weather Girls had a No. 1 club hit with "It's Raining Men" in 1983. Armstead also sang backing vocals for Sylvester, Black Box and C+C Music Factory.
The Weather Girls
Sylvester
Black Box
C+C Music Factory
The Elvis Presley's Memphis restaurant/nightclub on Beale Street closes after six years of business.
Elvis Presley
Rock wild man Ted Nugent is sued by a New Hampshire woman who claims he's the father of her eight-year-old son and hasn't ponied up the necessary child support.
Ted Nugent
Usher releases his second album My Way. It goes to No. 4 in the Billboard 200, with the help of the hit singles "You Make Me Wanna ..." "My Way," and "Nice & Slow."
Usher
Marc Bolan of T.Rex dies in a car crash at age 30. Among the metal guru's definitive glam was the top 10 hit "Bang a Gong (Get It On)."
Marc Bolan
John Lennon & Yoko Ono release Some Time in New York City. The album comes free with a second disc that features an atrocious live performance in which the Mothers of Invention back the couple.
The Mothers Of Invention
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
Led Zeppelin finally knock the Beatles out of their position as the U.K.'s most popular group in a Melody Maker poll.
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
At Abbey Road, the Beatles re-record "Your Mother Should Know."
The Beatles
Bassist Pete Quaife calls it quits with the Kinks and is replaced by John Dalton. Quaife later returns, but finally walks out on the band in March 1969, moving to Denmark.
The Kinks
A slow day at Britain's Houses of Parliament is enlivened when MP Tom Drilberg asks the House to "deplore" a magistrate who condemned the Rolling Stones as "complete morons ... who wear filthy clothes." Thanks, Dad.
The Rolling Stones
To kick off Shindig!'s second season, the Rolling Stones perform their hit "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." Other guests include the Kinks and the Byrds.
The Byrds
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
Richard Marx is born in Chicago. The biggest of the songwriter's run of 14 top 40 singles was the No. 1 "Right Here Waiting."
Richard Marx
The Beatles have their single "She Loves You" released on the tiny American label Swan Records. It becomes a hit only after "I Want to Hold Your Hand," issued by Capitol, goes to No. 1 in 1964.
The Beatles
Fusion keyboardist Rodney Franklin, who hit the top 10 in 1980 with "The Groove," is born in Berkeley, Calif.
Rodney Franklin
Guitarist/vocalist Colin Newman of the legendary art punks Wire is born.
Wire
Colin Newman
Ron Blair, bassist with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, is born in Macon, Ga. He left in 1982 after the release of Long After Dark.
Tom Petty
Drummer Kenny Jones is born in London. He will go on to beat skins for the Faces and the Who.
The Who
Faces
Bernie Calvert, bassist with the Hollies, is born in Brierfield, England.
The Hollies
One of the last surviving blues legends, B.B. King is born in Indianola, Miss.
B.B. King
 
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