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India.Arie tops the album charts with Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship, which gives emo hunk Dashboard Confessional something else to cry about. His third album Dusk and Summer bows at No. 2.
India.Arie
Dashboard Confessional
Barry White, the Walrus of Love who made the '70s sexier with hits like "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me," dies of kidney failure. He was 58.
Barry White
Love Unlimited Orchestra
A man dies after plunging 80 feet from the top of Ravens Stadium in Baltimore shortly before a Metallica concert.
Metallica
2 Live Crew release their "Banned in the U.S.A." single. Bruce Springsteen approved the sample of his "Born in the U.S.A."
2 Live Crew
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead kick off a short tour together in Foxboro, Mass. The Dead encourage Dylan to reach deep into his back catalog and adopt the practice of not deciding on a set list before going on stage.
Bob Dylan
The Grateful Dead
In New York, Keith Richards finishes the mixing for the Chuck Berry documentary Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.
Keith Richards
Chuck Berry
Pet Shop Boys go to No. 1 in England with "It's a Sin."
Pet Shop Boys
The Beach Boys finally hold their July 4 bash in Washington, D.C., where they're joined by Jimmy Page on "Lucille."
Jimmy Page
The Beach Boys
Cult singer/songwriter Jimmie Spheeris dies after being struck by a drunk driver.
Jimmie Spheeris
Interior Secretary James Watt bans the Beach Boys from playing on Washington, D.C.'s Mall because, he says, the music attracts a "bad element."
The Beach Boys
In a year that has seen him bite the head off a bat and watch his guitarist Randy Rhoads die in a plane crash, metal madman Ozzy Osbourne marries his manager, Sharon Arden.
Ozzy Osbourne
Randy Rhoads
Diana Ross opens her latest solo tour at New Jersey's Giants Stadium. Support comes from jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.
Diana Ross
Miles Davis
The Beach Boys give a free concert in Miami to celebrate Independence Day, which attracts a 500,000-strong audience.
The Beach Boys
Elton John and Kiki Dee release their No. 1 duet, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."
Kiki Dee
Elton John
Willie Nelson holds his first annual July 4 picnic in Dripping Springs, Texas.
Willie Nelson
The Main Ingredient singer Donald McPherson dies. He would later be replaced by Cuba Gooding, who sings on the band's biggest hit, "Everybody Plays the Fool."
The Main Ingredient
Cuba Gooding
Grand Funk Railroad play the Atlanta Pop Festival, which is held in Hampton, Ga. A&R reps from Capitol Records like what they see and sign the band.
Grand Funk Railroad
During the premiere of CBS's Spotlight summer variety show, you can see Tom Jones perform.
Tom Jones
In the Philippines, President Ferdinand Marcos pulls the Beatles' police protection after his wife claims the band snubbed her by not attending one of her parties. Later, an angry mob attacks the Fab Four.
The Beatles
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