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Poet, musician and author Gil Scott-Heron is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Many critics will come to regard him as the father of rap music.
The Teddy Bears, including Phil Spector, appear on US tv's Perry Como Show, singing To Know Him Is To Love Him.
Bobby Rydell plays the third night of a week at The Holiday House, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the fourth night of two weeks at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.
Nino Tempo And April Stevens play the thirteenth of fourteen nights at Eddy's Bar And Grill, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
The Motor Town Revue, a two-month long all-Motown package tour featuring The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Contours, The Marvelettes, Martha And The Vandellas and Little Stevie Wonder, plays in The State Fairgrounds, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
After just three months at the station, controversial deejay Alan Freed leaves Miami, Florida's WQAM to appear at his payola trial in New York City, USA.
Dolly Parton marries Carl Thomas Dean in Ringgold, Georgia, USA. The early months of their relationship will provide the inspiration for Dolly's 1968 song Just Because I'm A Woman.
The Steve Miller Band plays the second of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA. Mott The Hoople are about to split up when David
Bowie, a friend of the band, offers to produce their next
album, and presents them with some new songs he's written. They
turn down Suffragette City because they'd rather have Drive-In Saturday, but they agree to record another of his songs, All
The Young Dudes.
When ZZ Top play at the City Park Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, they break the previous highest attendance record which had been set by Led Zeppelin.
On the third leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghampton, New York State, USA. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
On the fourth leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play the first of two nights at The Neal S. Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, supported by The Yellow Rose Band. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play the first of two nights at The St. Paul Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
On their Hide Your Sheep Tour [aka the K.A.T.N. (Kicking Ass and Taking Names tour) Tour], Van Halen play the first of two nights at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by After The Fire.
On their Shout At The Devil tour, Motley Crue play at The Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Motley Crue.
Iron Maiden play at The Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany, Europe, supported by Motley Crue.
Conor Clapton, the four-year-old son of guitarist and singer Eric Clapton, falls to his death from a 53rd-story window in Galleria Condominiums, an apartment block in Manhattan, New York City, USA. The boy was staying in the apartment block with his mother, the actress Lori Del Santo. Clapton will write the song Tears In Heaven, in memory of Conor.
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In this day's edition of popular US tv series Ellen, the lead character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, reveals that she is a lesbian [as is DeGeneres in real life]. Disturbed by the revelation, Gospel duo Angie and Debbie Winans write and release the controversial openly anti-gay song Not Natural.
Gwen Stefani releases Hollaback Girl, the third single from her LP Love. Angel. Music. Baby., in the UK and Ireland.
The iTunes Music Store in Japan, Asia, officially opens with one million songs available.
Rihanna releases her debut single, Pon De Replay, worldwide (except the USA, where it was released three months earlier) on Def Jam Recordings.
Kanye West, featuring Jamie Foxx, releases a new single, Gold Digger, in the UK on Roc-A-Fella Records.
The Nickelback release a new album, All The Right Reasons, in the USA. On the same day, Eminem files a lawsuit in the US District Court, Detroit, Michigan, seeking a court order to prohibit five companies from selling Eminem song ring tones on the Internet.
Beck plays at The Echo, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA. The show is advertised as a benefit for a charity called Educating Children International, which is subsequently revealed to be funded by The Church Of Scientology.
Oprah Winfrey spends time with Jay-Z in his old neighborhood, the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
A list of the all-time best-selling celebrity-endorsed fragrances shows movie star Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds ($67.2m) at No1, with several musicians also in the list including the Sean Combs scent Sean John's Unforgivable ($48.5m) at No2, Celine Dion ($26.4m) at No3, Glo by J.Lo ($18.5) at No7 while Britney Spears' Curious ($14.3m) is at No8 and her Fantasy ($10.1m) is at No9.A party for rapper Juelz Santana, recently turned 27, in a New York club ends in fighting when a partygoer tries to enter the VIP section without permission.
Linkin Park release their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, in the UK, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and most of Europe (excluding Hungary and Poland).
On their 360 Degree tour U2 play the first of two nights in Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania, supported by Jay-Z.Jay-Z officially announces the signing of Timbaland to his Roc Nation label in the USA.
Ms Dynamite is interviewed live on BBC-1 tv show Breakfast in
Media City, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK. The appearance is to
promote her comeback single, Cloud 9.
Snoop Dogg headlines the 7th Annual Roots Picnic at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also on the bill is Janelle Monnae.
Eminem is named as the first artist to have earned two Digital Diamond Awards from the R.I.A.A. in Washington DC, USA. A Digital Diamond Award is in recognition of 10m sales of a single. The two singles in question are Not Afraid and Love The Way You Lie.
On his 44-show Boy Meets World tour Drake plays at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania.
Rapper Skepta and British supermodel Naomi Campbell are seen enjoying each other's company at a lavish Paris Fashion Week Men's party. It soon becomes evident that the couple are dating.
Pop-rap duo Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B is indicted on new felony charges in connection with a 2018 fight in a strip club in New York City, USA.
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