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A UK silver disc is awarded to the hit single I'm A Believer by The Monkees.The song is composed by Neil Diamond.
Internationally successful folk-pop group The Seekers are named Australians Of The Year.
The Sandpipers album Guantanamera! is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The single Lady Willpower by Gary Puckett And The Union Gap is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA
Janis Joplin is chosen as Best Female Singer in the annual readers' poll in UK music paper Melody Maker.
Stand!, the fourth LP by Sly And The Family Stone, is certified as a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. Interestingly, three gold discs have been awarded to three San Francisco-based artists over the past three days - Sly, Santana and Janis Joplin - all of whom played at the Woodstock festival three months earlier.
The Simon And Garfunkel single Bridge Over Troubled Water is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Bob Dylan's album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, released in 1963, finally earns a gold disc in the USA.
Kiss make imprints of their feet in the Walk of Fame outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough, the first of four Top Ten hits from Michael Jackson's album Off The Wall, is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
The album The Game by Queen is certified as a Platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.Careless Whisper by George Michael is awarded a platinum single by the BPI in the UK
Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play won seven Tony awards, including Best Score.George Michael releases his first solo album, Faith, which will win the Grammy Award for album of the year and sell 11m copies in USA alone.
The album Whitney Houston by Whitney Houston is awarded a nine-times platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis finally receives his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Milli Vanilli is awarded a double platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA for sales of the hit album, Girl, You Know It's True.
Big Daddy Kane is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA for his debut album Long Live The Kane.
Skid Row by Skid Row is certified as a triple platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
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The Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Centre announces that Asteroids 4147-4150, are to be named Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr after the four members of The Beatles.
Clint Black wins four trophies (Top Male and New Male Vocalist; Album of the Year for Killin' Time; and Single of the Year for A Better Man) during the 25th annual Academy Of Country Music awards in the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hell To Pay by The Jeff Healey Band is certified as a Platinum Album in Canada.
The album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me by The Cure is awarded a platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.Relish, the debut album by Joan Osbourne is awarded a triple-platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Everywhere We Go by Kenny Chesney is awarded double-platinum album status by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Q Awards are held in London. David Gray wins the Best Single Award for Babylon. Liam Gallagher of Oasis gets into an argument with Daily Mirror showbiz reporter Polly Graham, and ends up spanking her over his knee.
Wiltshire resident Sting is given the Gabriela Mistral Award in Chile, in recognition of his work defending human rights. Sting's 1980 hit, They Dance Alone, was written as a tribute to the mothers of those who disappeared under the rule of Chile's former military leader, General Augusto Pinochet.
Neil Diamond is given the 2009 MusiCares Person of The Year Award by the MusiCares Foundation and The Recording Academy.
Jazz legend Duke Ellington makes history as the first African American to have his image featured on a circulating U.S. coin, the quarter-dollar issued by the US Mint today.Taylor Swift scoops four trophies at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, in The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Her album Fearless wins as both Album Of The Year and Best Country Album, while the single White Horse earns Best Country Female Vocal and Best Country Song.
Taylor Swift and former president Bill Clinton are among the famous faces attending Time magazine's 100 Most Influencial People Gala in New York City, USA.
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An attempt to erect a 15ft high statue of Freddie Mercury of Queen in Paradise Street, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, fails when it is realised that the bolts holding the statue to its plinth had been forgotten. The attempt is abandoned for fear that the statue might topple and injure passers-by.
Ed Sheeran collects his first two Brit Awards - Best British Breakthrough Artist and Best British Male Solo Artist - in London, England, UK, Europe.
Shania Twain is chosen as The Most Beautiful Woman In Country Music by the magazine Country Weekly.
The live broadcast of The BRIT Awards in London, England, UK, Europe, attracts its lowest audience ever - an average of 4.6m viewers during the broadcast - nearly 2m fewer than last year.
The 1996 album All Eyez On Me by Tupac Shakur, aka 2Pac, is awarded diamond status by the R.I.A.A. in the USA for achieving sales of 10m copies.
On his That's My Kind of Night Tour, Luke Bryan plays at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA, with Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell and DJ Rock. With over 60,000 fans attending, the show sets an all-time record for a single day country concert in the history of the venue.
Love Yourself by Justin Bieber is declared to have achieved Double Platinum Digital Download status in Canada.
Ricky Martin is awarded a Star on the Puerto Rico Walk of Fame, Paseo de la Fama, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, USA.1965 |
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