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Compilation The Best Of Van Morrison is certified as a platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
EMF perform a charity show at The Snooker And Bowls Centre, Cinderford Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, to raise money for the blind.
Prince plays a surprise two-hour gig at The Glam Slam Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, previewing his upcoming tour.
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones becomes a father for the fifth time when Jerry Hall gives birth to their daughter, Georgia May Ayeesha.
Waking Up The Neighbours by Bryan Adams is certified as a double platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
David Crosby and Bonnie Bramlett appear as a guest actors in US tv sitcom Roseanne, playing a husband and wife.
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."
The 19th Annual American Music Awards ceremony is held at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. Mariah Carey wins Favourite Female Artist in the Soul/R'n'B category.
Unforgettable With Love by Natalie Cole is certified as a four-times platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Willie Dixon, perhaps the best-known blues songwriter in popular music history, dies of a heart attack in Burbank, California, USA.
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The tiny village of Krindjabo on West Africa's Ivory Coast honours Michael Jackson by proclaiming him King Of The Sanwis.
Joan Armatrading is publicly supporting the Conservative Party. The story originates from the Conservative Party Central Office but, within days, Armatrading will issue a statement denying any affiliation with any political party.
Reports appear in UK newspapers The Observer and The Sunday Telegraph, stating that
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Elvis Presley's fourteenth album, Blue Hawaii, is certified as a 2x Platinum Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Country singer Tammy Wynette is admitted to hospital with a bile duct infection in the USA.
Barbara Alston of early sixties girl group The Crystals dies of a heart attack in Brooklyn, New York City, USA, aged 48.
Although still unsigned, upcoming UK band Oasis are given a full-page feature in the Manchester Evening News.
Record industry mogul Clive Davis is honoured as Man Of The Year in a special tribute
event held at the Friars Club in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New
York City. Whitney
Houston and Dionne Warwick sing That's What Friends Are For.
During a 22-date tour in support of her album Square The Circle, Joan Armatrading plays at Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
Two Italian officials [former deputy mayor, Cesare De Piccoli, and superintendent of historic buildings, Maurizia De Min] go on trial in Venice, Italy, charged with allowing a Pink Floyd concert to go ahead in the city in July 1989 despite the damage it was likely to cause. Fans who flocked to see the British rock group perform on a floating stage off St. Mark's Square in July 1989 left 200 tons of rubbish in their wake and damaged historic buildings by climbing onto roofs and balconies.
Guns N' Roses and Metallica play the second show in a co-headlining 25-date US tour at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, with Faith No More as the opening act.
Lollapalooza 2 kicks off at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, San Jose, California, featuring Ministry, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, eventually grossing USD 19.1m on its cross-country trek. On the same day, Whitney Houston marries Bobby Brown at her Mendham, New Jersey mansion. Stevie Wonder sings for them.
Guns N' Roses and Metallica play the sixth show in a co-headlining 25-date US tour at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, with Faith No More as the opening act.
A diverse group of musicians and composers, including Simon Jeffes of Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Folk rock singer, and songwriter Mark Heard, dies of a heart attack, aged 40, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He had suffered a heart attack about six weeks earlier while performing on stage with Pierce Pettis and Kate Miner, at The Cornerstone Festival, near Chicago.
Paul Weller's self-financed solo debut album, Paul Weller, enters the UK albums at chart at No8, its highest position.
Pet Shop Boys release Performance, a video document of their previous year's tour.
Bud Cowsill, the father of family-oriented pop band The Cowsills, dies aged 66 of leukemia while living in Mexico.
On tv show Saturday Night Live in the USA, Sinead O'Connor rips up a photograph of The Pope, declaring him to be 'the real enemy'.
Eddie Kendricks, co-lead vocalist of The Temptations and successful solo artist, dies of lung cancer in Birmingham, Alabama.
Jazz saxophonist Tommy Smith comes to the end of an eight-date British tour at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, England, UK.
The Boys From County Hell record their mini-album What'll Ya have...? at Pete Lamb's Studio, near Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
While in Japan, Asia, during his Dangerous World
Tour, Michael
Jackson accepts a $100,000 cheque from Pepsi for his Heal The
World foundation at The American Consulate in Tokyo.
Steve Williamson's That Fuss Was Us plays at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
On his Dangerous World
Tour, Michael
Jackson plays the fourth of eight non-consecutive nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan.
Antonio Forcione's Acoustic Band plays at The Bull's Head, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jools Holland And His Big Band play at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
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