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Bryan Kei Mantia is born in Cupertino, California, USA. Under the stage name Brain, he will play drums with bands including Primus, Guns N'Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh, and with other performers such as Tom Waits, Serj Tankian, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins and Buckethead.
Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles begin a series of recordings in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, which will result in the LP Patti Labelle And The Bluebelles - Over the Rainbow.
An instrumental backing track is recorded by The Funk Brothers for the Motown Records song You're Gonna Love My Baby in Hitsville Studio, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Vocals will be added two days later by Barbara McNair.
Sir Isaac And The Do-Dads release a new single, Blue Groove, on Volt Records in the USA. The band is led by Isaac Hayes.
An advertisement appears in Melody Maker for the Jimi Hendrix Experience's upcoming Ricki-Tick club gig. Jimi and manager Chas Chandler go to The Cromwellian, London, England, UK, Europe, and see Pretty Things' drummer Viv Prince sitting in with The Shevelles.
The Everly Brothers, with producer Lenny Waronker, record Portugese Bend and Carolyn Walking Away at Gold Star Recording Studios, 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on this session features Sonny Curtis and James Burton [gtrs], Terry Slater [bass], Jerry Allison [drums] and Billy Preston [keyboards]. Neither of the tracks recorded at this session will be released.
Sly And The Family Stone play the second of two days at The Lighthouse Carnival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, are recording a cover version of the Ray Charles composition A Fool For You, for Motown Records at Hitsville Studios, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Grand Funk Railroad, Grateful Dead, Country Joe And The Fish, B.B. King, Richie Havens, The Hog Farm, Sweetwater, Iron Butterfly, Mountain, Kinks, Little Richard, John Mayall, Steve Miller, Johnny Winter, Sly and the Family Stone, Ten Years After, Ike and Tina Turner and others play at the Winter's End Festival, Miami, Florida, USA.
The Rolling Thunder Revue, a traveling cavalcade headed by Bob Dylan and featuring an ever-changing cast of his long-time musical comrades, plays at the Houston Astrodrome, Houston, Texas. This is the celebrated Night Of The Hurricane gig to raise funds for Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, and features guest appearances by Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes and Ringo Starr.The Crusaders, supported by John Stevens Away, play at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
When Louisiana Red and Sugar Blue play at The 100 Club, London, UK, the concert is recorded and much of it will appear on their album Red Funk 'N Blue.
Stevie Wonder makes a speech supporting the Martin Luther King Holiday bill, in Washington DC, USA. Wonder also uses the occasion to premiere his new song, Happy Birthday, written in honour of Dr Kng.
On his his 97-date Purple Rain tour, Prince plays the third of five nights at the 16,800 seat Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.At the BPI BRIT Awards in the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe, Prince collects the Best International Artist and Best Soundtrack album awards. Wham! is Best British Group. Frankie Goes To Hollywood collect awards for Best Single (Relax), Best New Group and Best Producer (Trevor Horn). Police scoop the Outstanding Contribution To British Music trophy. Duran Duran win the Best British Music Video award for Wild Boys.
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At The Jackson family home, 4641 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Encino, California, USA, Michael Jackson assists in the birth of a baby deer to his pair of pet deers, Prince and Princess. As the baby is born on Valentine's Day, he names it Valentino.
Prince plays the first of two nights at The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York State, USA.
Level 42 play at The Royal Court, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays to an audience of 67,500 on the second of two nights at the Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
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On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays the second of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
Michael Jackson undergoes tests St John's Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA, where he has been admitted suffering from severe chest pains.
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Black Or White by Michael Jackson reaches No1 in the Pop Singles Chart in Sweden, Europe. It will remain at No1 for ten weeks.
The single 
When Verve play at The Dome, Tufnell Park, London, England, UK, Melody Maker enthuses, "They entertain people away from their immediate memories. Richard, prince of thieves, steals our attention from right under the noses of jaded cynicism." 
A 51-date tour by 
The Beautiful Experience EP by 
The Hits I and The Hits II by Prince are both certified as having achieved platinum sales in the USA by the R.I.A.A. 
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Nepstadion Intezmenyei, Budapest, Hungary, Europe.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Valle Hovin Stadium, Oslo, Norway, Europe, to an audience of 40,000.
Following an extended drug binge, funk superstar Rick James, aka Superfreak, dies of a heart attack, aged 56, in Los Angeles, California, USA. The autopsy finds cocaine, methamphetamine, diazepam, bupropion, Xanax, citalopram, Vicodin, digoxin and clorpheniramine in his system.
The four day long Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Washington, ends with performances by Iggy And The Stooges, Michael Franti And Spearhead, The Decemberists, Ted Leo / Pharmacists, Dashboard Confessional, Okkervil River, Aqueduct, Brazilian Girls, Earlimart, Sonny Landreth and Buckwheat Zydeco.
Actor Mark Lester, a close friend of Michael Jackson, claims in a News Of The World interview that he was the sperm-donor responsible for the birth of Jackson's daughter Paris.
It is reported that Janet Jackson, the sister of Michael Jackson, has completed work on her movie Why Did I Get Married Too - the sequel to 2007's Why Did I Get Married?
Garry Shider (also spelled Gary Shider), the right hand man to George Clinton on numerous P-Funk, Parliament and Funkadelic projects, dies aged 56 of lung and brain cancer in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA.
On their The E.N.D. World Tour, The Black Eyed Peas play at The Main Square Festival, Arras, France, Europe.
Girl by Pharrell Williams makes its debut at No1 in the Official UK Albums Chart.
Bruno Mars and Ellie Goulding play at The Frank Erwin Center, University Of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.
Lenny Kravitz releases his tenth studio album, Strut, on Roxie Records/ Kobalt Label Services in the UK.
The music biopic Get On Up, based on the life of James Brown, opens at cinemas in Singapore, Asia, and in Australia.Maurice White, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger and founder of Earth, Wind And Fire, dies in his sleep, aged 74, from the effects of Parkinson's disease at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Umphrey's McGee play the second of three nights at Belly Up, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Dustbowl Revival play at Woodlands Tavern, Columbia, Ohio, USA, with Smooth Hound Smith.
El Perro, a new band recently formed by Parker Griggs of Radio Moscow, plays at The Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, California, USA. 1963 |
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