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George Jackson, who wrote or co-wrote hundreds of rock, soul and r'n'b songs, including the Bob Seger hit Old Time Rock And Roll, dies aged 68 at his home in Ridgeland, a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He had suffered with cancer for a year.
Paramore's fourth studio album, Paramore, debuts at No1 in the ARIA albums chart in Australia and in the Official Albums Chart in the UK.
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Dong The Witch Is Dead, a song from the soundtrack of the 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz, enters the Official Singles Chart in the UK at No2. The song's revived fortunes are the result of a campaign to make it a No1 hit in the wake of the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Little Comets, The Crookes, Bwani Junction and Eliza And The Bear play at The Academy 2, Oxford, UK.
Ben Watt, best known as one half of Everything But The Girl, releases Hendra, his first solo album in thirty years, on Unmade Road through Caroline International, in the UK.
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On her Set The World On Fire Tour, Alicia Keys plays at The Verizon Center, Washington D.C,, USA.