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Having been in a coma caused by emphysema for some time, soul vocalist Jackie Day dies, aged 68, in a convalescent home in Los Angeles, California, USA.Blind blues guitar virtuoso Jeff Healey plays at the gala opening of Jeff Healey's Roadhouse in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
O.P Nayyar, the revered composer of Bollywood musical hits including Jhumka Gira Re, Pukarta Chala Hoon Mein', Mera Nam Chin Chin Choo, Aei Dil Hai Muskil Jeena Yahan, Aakhon Hi Akhon Main and Kahin Pe Nigahen Kahin Pe Nishana, dies aged 81 of cardiac arrest in Thane, Maharashtra, India.
The Levon Helm Band plays one its regular Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3, in Helm's barn in Woodstock, New York State, USA.
Bob Dylan's 32nd studio album, Modern Times, wins the Grammy award for best contemporary folk/Americana album, while the song Someday Baby wins for solo rock vocal performance. This brings his total of Grammy Award wins to ten.
Blues singer Big Pete Pearson releases his second album, I'm Here Baby, on Blue Witch records in the USA.
It is announced that Nashville-based indie-band The Bees have signed to Cheap Lullaby Records of Los Angeles, California, USA, which intends to reissue their independently-released album High Society.
Chicago-blues style harmonica player Carey Bell dies of heart failure, aged 70, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The second day of the two-day Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California, USA, draws a crowd of 30,000 fans to see Kenny Chesney, Brooks And Dunn, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Jason Aldean, Gary Allan, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Pat Green and Sugarland.
Amy MacDonald releases her debut single, Poison Prince, in the UK as an online release only.
Beatlejazz, a group specialising in jazz interpretations of The Beatles songs, release the album, All You Need, featuring guest appearances by Toots Thielemans [harmonica], Richard Bona [bass and vocals] and Joe Lovano [saxophone].
Billy Bragg plays in the City Hall, Salisbury during the Salisbury Arts Festival.
A collection of almost 2,000 Michael Jackson-related items dating from the mid-1960s to the early '90s, goes up for auction in the Hard Rock Cafe in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Items up for grabs include including Michael's
sunglasses, microphone, the gold award for Thriller and his fedora from the Bad video. Handwritten lyrics for The Jackson 5 hit ABC, Randy Jackson's futuristic 1984 stage boots, Janet Jackson's ballet shoes and a Mae West costume she wore when she first performed with the Jackson 5.
The Rolling Stones headline the last day of The 2007 Isle Of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle Of Wight, UK.
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Barbra Streisand begins a European tour at The Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland.
Snow Patrol keyboardist Tom Simpson is arrested for cocaine possession in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Paris
Sisters perform Dream Lover on
weekly tv pop show American
Bandstand in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mike Curb, founder of Curb Records, is honored with the 2,341st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, California, USA.
German duo Ich + Ich release their second album,Vom selben Stern, in Germany. It will reach No1 in the German album chart.
Canada Post (the Canadian Post Office) issues limited edition postage stamps bearing the images of Anne Murray, Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell.
The At the BBC Jazz Awards in London, England, UK, Europe, Dave Brubeck earns the lifetime Achievement Award and the Jazz Line-Up Album of the Year is Displaced by the Neil Cowley Trio.
Kelly Johnson, lead guitarist and singer of all-female HM band Girlschool, dies of cancer of the spine, aged 49.
Barbra Streisand plays the first of three non-consecutive nights at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.It is announced that Joni Mitchell will release her new album, Shine, through Starbucks' Hear Music label, following Paul McCartney's success using the same route for his album Memory Almost Full.
Bjork headlines the final night of the three-day-long Connect Festival at Inverary Castle, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK, Europe. Also appearing on this night are LCD Soundsystem and others.
Just days after Universal Music buys the Sanctuary Music Group for $90m, it is announced that Universal is to close Sanctuary's UK record labels, but will continue to exploit its other assets including live agency Helter Skelter and merchandising giant Bravado.
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Def Leppard play at the USANA Amphitheatre, West Valley City, Utah, USA, supported by Styx and Foreigner.
Incubus, The Bravery and Simon Dawes play at The Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, California, USA.
The Police and Friction Plane play the first of two nights at Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe.The Albert Ammons Centennial Concert, celebrating the 100th birthday anniversary of the legendary jazz and boogie-woogie pianist, takes place in the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Artists appearing include saxophonist Franz Jackson,who played his first professional gig with Mr. Ammons at the age of sixteen in 1929. No less thsan five pianists take part - Axel Zwingenberger of Hamburg, Germany; Erwin Helfer of Chicago; Carl 'Sonny' Leyland of Los Angeles; Bob Seeley of Detroit; Butch Thompson of St. Paul. Jazz vocalist Lila Ammons, Albert's grand-daughter, also appears.
At the age of just 26, British jazz star Jamie Cullum becomes the youngest writer to receive a prestigious Gold Badge Award, which is presented to him by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, at The Savoy, in the Strand, London, England, UK, Europe.
The film I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, goes on general release in Denmark, Europe. In the film, which claims to be 'Inspired by the music and the many lives of Bob Dylan', six different actors depict separate facets of Dylan's life and public persona. Dylan himself does not appear.
Roseanne Cash is admitted to The Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, USA, for a 'rare but benign condition' called a Chiari Malformation. The operation will prove successful.
Amy Winehouse's second album, Back to Black, is named as the biggest-selling album of the year in the UK.Actor Laurence Fox marries actress Billie Piper in the 12th century parish church of St. Mary's in Easebourne, West Sussex, England, UK, Europe. Piper was, formerly, a successful pop singer, and Fox will later begin a career as a singer-songwriter.
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