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E. Elliott Rawlins, M.D., writing in the New York Amsterdam News, states, "The form of music called jazz is just as intoxicating as morphine or cocaine; it is just as harmful, and yet its use is not determined by law."
Blues vocalist Victoria Spivey records TB's Got Me, I'll Never Fall In Love Again and Black Snake Swing for Decca Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
June Malo, with Jack Hylton and his Orchestra, records the Cole Porter song Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love, in London, UK, for HMV Records.
Following a Drugs Squad raid on the Club Eleven jazz club in Carnaby Street, London, UK, six musicians charged with possession of cannabis, including Ronnie Scott, appear in Marlborough St. Magistrates Court. According to Scott, "a police Chief Inspector informed the bench that the Club was a bebop club. 'What,' asked the magistrate solemnly, 'is bebop?' 'A queer form of modern dancing - a Negro jive' the policeman answered with brisk authority."
Syran M'Benza, guitarist of Les Quatre Etoiles [The Four Stars] is born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa.
Jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan is arrested for heroin possession at his home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, by the notorious John O'Grady, head of the local narcotics squad.
Elvis Presley has a fifth day of location filming in Hawaii, USA, for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Elvis Presley has a fourteenth day of location filming in Hawaii, USA, for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Jazz pianist, band leader and recording artist Sonny Clark dies, aged 31, in New York City, USA. The cause of his death is listed as a heart attack, but it is widely believed to have been caused by a heroin overdose.
John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles consume LSD for the first time in a Bayswater Road, London, UK, flat, causing them to miss a show by Paddy, Klaus and Gibson at the Pickwick Club.
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A full-page advertisement, part-funded by Paul McCartney of The Beatles, appears in The Times newspaper in London, UK, describing the existing marijuana law as "immoral in principle and unworkable in practice". The advert is signed by Francis Crick, George Melly, Jonathan Miller and The Beatles.
UK 50s pop idol Dickie Pride is found dead in bed at home. The cause of his death is determined as a combination of heroin and barbiturates.
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Marianne Faithfull collapses in the Chevron Hotel, Sydney, Australia, having taken an overdose of barbiturates during filming of the movie Ned Kelly, with boyfriend Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. She and Jagger were to star in the film, but she is immediately dropped from the cast.
Jimi Hendrix is kidnapped from The Salvation Club in New York City, USA, by a group of men described as young 'Mafia wannabes'.
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Having just completed a UK tour, Derek And The Dominos, featuring Eric Clapton, fly from London, UK, to Miami, Florida, USA, where they are to begin recording an album in Criteria Studios with producer Tom Dowd.
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The three-day-long Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival staggers into its third and last day on Bull Island in the Wabash River, Illinois, USA. The event was billed as featuring major bands including Black Sabbath, Santana, Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac, Canned Heat, The Allman Brothers, The Eagles and many more. In the end, over 200,000 people arrived instead of the 30,000 expected, and the event has become a disaster, with most of the bands pulling out because of the chaos. Bands who actually do play include Canned Heat, Brownsville Station, Black Oak Arkansas and Pure Prairie League. The angry crowd burns the stage down.
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Sgt. Norman Pilcher of the Metropolitan Drug Squad in London, UK, famed for his high profile busts of pop stars including Donovan, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones and John Lennon of The Beatles, is arrested for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice after it was alleged he had committed perjury. In September 1973 he will be convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment.
Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose in the apartment of his actress/girlfriend Michelle Robinson, in New York City, USA.
John Martyn plays at Teatro Di Porta Romana, Milan, Italy, Europe.
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Ann Beverly, the mother of Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols, is hospitalised after taking a drug overdose.
At a Ted Nugent gig in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, over thirty people are arrested for violence and drugs-related offences.
Steve Peregrin Took, a former member of Tyrannosaurus Rex (aka T.Rex) dies aged 31 from asphyxiation after choking on a cocktail cherry at his apartment in North Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe. Although Took and his girlfriend, Valerie Billiet, had ingested morphine and hallucinogens the night before, authorities ruled that neither contributed to his death.
UK tv pop show Top Of The Pops features live performances by Status Quo, Motorhead, Roxy Music, Goombay Dance Band, Dollar and Shakatak.
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Amy Jade Winehouse is born in Southgate, London, England, UK, Europe. She will find success as singer Amy Winehouse in 2003, quickly followed by much controversy about her abuse of drugs and alcohol.
Conflict, D.O.A., Lost Cherrees, Existance and Liberty play at Brunel University Festival, Academy Hall, Uxbridge, London, England, UK, Europe. The event is billed as a "Benefit for the Bust Fund/Surbiton. Please bring charge sheets."
Nico, former Velvet Underground chanteuse, falls from her bicycle while on her way to buy marijuana in Ibiza, Europe, and will die the following day from the resulting brain haemorrhage.
Billy Bragg, 10,000 Maniacs, Ziggy Marley, The Indigo Girls, Bruce Hornsby And The Range, Michelle Shocked, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Crack The Sky and others play in the first Earth Day Benefit Concert, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Symphony Woods, Columbia, Maryland, USA. The event raises $60,000 for environmental groups.
At the BMI Awards ceremony in the Dorchester Hotel, London, UK, the single Something About You by Level 42 is honoured as having received over one million radio plays in the USA.
Courtney Love hires private detective Tom Grant to locate her 'missing' husband Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.
The Independent newspaper reports that an inquest in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK, Europe, was recently told that, "Lord Harlech's sister, Alice Ormsby Gore, 42, who was once engaged to the rock guitarist Eric Clapton, died after taking a drug overdose at her flat." She had been found dead, with a syringe still in her arm, having taken six times the dose of heroin required to kill a human being.
TV presenter Paula Yates, (former wife of Live Aid founder Bob Geldof, girlfriend of Michael Hutchence of INXS) is found dead at her home in London, England, UK, after having ingested a lethal overdose of heroin.
The body of Rick James lies in state for the second time. This time it is at St. John Baptist Church, Goodell Street, Buffalo, New York State, USA. Later he is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetary, Buffalo.
Amy Winehouse is questioned by police in London, England, UK, Europe, in connection with a video apparently showing her smoking a crack-cocaine pipe.
The film I'm Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, goes on general release in Sweden, 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.
In Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona, USA, rapper DMX is jailed for three months on charges of theft, drug possession and animal cruelty.
Carlos Santana makes a public plea to US President Barack Obama to legalise marijuana and use the revenues raised to fund education.
Following objections from citizens of Aberdeen, Washington, USA, the last three letters of the word 'fuck' are removed from a granite plaque in memory of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana in the town's Kurt Cobain Riverfront Park. The edited plaque is then returned to the park. The full quote which had incensed the citizens was, "Drugs are bad for you. They will fuck you up."
Myrna Smith of the Sweet Inspirations dies aged 69, of kidney failure and a stroke, at Canyon Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canoga Park, California, USA. The Sweet Inspirations sang back-up vocals with Elvis Presley in over one thousand concerts.
On the same day that he is released from jail in Arkansas, USA, rapper T.I. is re-arrested "because of an issue involving his trip from the Arkansas prison to his Atlanta halfway house on a luxury bus". Shortly after, he is admitted into a federal penitentiary in his home town of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
On her California Dreams tour Katy Perry plays at The Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe.
Chicago-based band The Sea and Cake play at Slim's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rapper Chris Kelly of the '90s group Kris Kross is found dead aged 34 at his home in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. First reports suggest a possible drug overdose.
Nottingham, UK, based singer-songwriter and producer Huw Costin releases his second album, Something/Nothing, on SpecialSoundUnit Records in the UK.
It is reported that troubled r'n'b singer Chris Brown has left a rehab faclility in Malibu, Los Angeles, California, USA, but will continue to be treated as an outpatient. He entered the facility just over two weeks earlier.
The trial of reggae dancehall artist Vybz Kartel for the 2011 murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams continues in the Home Circuit court, Jamaica, Caribbean.
Willie Nelson uses April 20 - National Weed Day - to announce plans to launch Willie's Reserve, his own brand of cannabis. The product will initially be available in Colorado and Washington, the only states in the USA where the drug is legal.
It is revealed that after successful treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukaemia, 56-year-old guitarist-songwriter Mike Peters has been diagnosed with cancer again.
Natalie Cole dies, aged 65, in hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. She had had suffered with drug problems and hepatitis in the past, and underwent a kidney transplant in 2009.
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While in rehab to deal with "anxiety, panic attacks and depression", Selena Gomez has dinner at The Texas Roadhouse, Alcoa, Tennessee, USA, with her mother and stepfather.
A spokesman for Bob Dylan denies the allegations contained in a recent lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, New York City, USA, alleging that the singer-songwriter plied a 12-year-old girl with drugs and alcohol in 1965 before sexually abusing her at his Chelsea Hotel apartment. The plaintiff is described only as 'J.C.'
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