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Soul vocalist Freddie Mack aka Mr. Superbad, dies aged 74, in Plains, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, Europe.Bruce Springsteen wins a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song for his title track to the acclaimed movie The Wrestler at the awards event in Los Angeles.
The 38th annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction begins in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Among the vehicles being offered at auction are a pair of classic 1956 Chevys - a Chevrolet 210 and a Chevrolet Nomad station wagon - both owned by Van Halen.Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers record Lover's Touch at The Clubhouse, Los Angeles, California, USA, for their twelfth album, Mojo.
Just Dance by New York dance star Lady Gaga reaches No1 in the UK singles charts, displacing Alexandra Burke from the top spot.
Rapper Lil Wayne attends the re-opening of Harrel Park, a New Orleans, Louisiana, basketball court whose renovation he helped to fund after it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Wayne has often said he grew up playing at the park and wanted to help kids from his old neighborhood.
UK tabloid The News Of The World runs an interview with Amy Winehouse in which the singer, currently living on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, claims to have completely given up drugs.
Singer and tv show host Charlotte Church becomes a mother for the second time, giving birth to a baby boy at her farmhouse in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, with her rugby player boyfriend Gavin Henson at her side.