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The top four places in UK rock paper the NME's annual popularity points table are taken by Cliff Richard, Lonnie Donegan, Marty Wilde and Russ Conway.
Sales of the latest Elvis Presley single, Stuck On You, pass the one and a half million mark in the USA.
A new teen-oriented movie, State Fair, starring
Bobby Darin, Pat Boone, and
Ann-Margret, opens in cinemas in the USA.
Joey Dee And The Starliters play the last of ten nights at the Town And Country Club, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the eighth night of two weeks at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.
Gene Pitney, Brian
Hylandand Bobby
Vinton play the first of two nights at the State Fair, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Brenda Lee begins two weeks of appearances in the musical Bye Bye Birdie at The Starlight Theater, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
The final day of the The 4th National Jazz and Blues festival - a three day event - in Richmond Athletic Grounds, Richmond. Surrey, UK, features Mose Allison, The Kenny Ball Band, The African Messengers, The The Graham Bond Organisation, The Humphrey Lyttelton Band, Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames and The Yardbirds.
Moby Grape record the songs Hey Grandma, Changes, Lazy Me and Sittin' By The Window, in Hollywood, California, USA, for their eponymous Columbia Records debut album.
The Everly Brothers play at The Roof Garden, Arnolds Park, Iowa, USA, supported byThe Jags.
Electric Warrior by T.Rex, on Fly Records, enters the Albums Chart in the UK. It will peak at No1 during a 44-week run on the chart.
On the second leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play the first of two nights at The Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, supported by Rory Gallagher and Jay Boy Adams. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
Jay Wayne Jenkins is born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He will find success as the rapper and actor Young Jeezy.Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays at The Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany, Europe.
Aerosmith, Foreigner, Pat Travers, Van Halen and AC/DC play in the year's third Day On The Green festival at Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, California, USA.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play the first of two nights at The Orpheum Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, supported by Motley Crue.
Gerald
Arthur Friend is convicted of having repeatedly raped and
tortured a fourteen-year-old girl while she was tied to a pulley
suspended from the ceiling of his mobile home in Tacoma, Washington, USA. Kurt
Cobain of Nirvana will write the song Polly after
being horrified by reading a newspaper report about Friend.
Milli Vanilli, Young MC and Seduction play at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.The Night Of 100 Stars Fashion Show at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA, includes the participation of music stars including Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Crystal Gayle, Olivia Newton-John, Peggy Lee, Loretta Lynn, Eddie Rabbitt, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith, K.T.Oslin, Bonnie Tyler, Natalie Cole, Perry Como, Pia Zadora, Cab Calloway, Dick Clark, Mickey Gilley, Galt McDermott, B.J. Thomas, Mel Torme, Conway Twitty, Luther Vandross, Mary Wilson and others. The televised event is A Celebration for the Actors' Fund of America
Chuck Berry turns himself in to police in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, in connection with charges involving drugs and sex.
The
Sisters of Mercy, Public
Enemy, Gang
Of Four, Warrior Soul and Young Black
Teen-Agers play at The Metropol, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ol' Dirty Bastard of the Wu Tang Clan is arrested in Lynnhaven, Virginia, USA, for shoplifting Nike trainers from a Sneaker Stadium store.Neilsen Soundscan reports that Mississippi band 3 Doors Down had the most played song on American radio in 2003 with their single When I'm Gone notching up 393,679 plays.
Top Ten Most-played Singles in The USA for 2003
1. 3 Doors Down – When I’m Gone
2. 50 Cent – In Da Club
3. Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
4. Matchbox Twenty - Unwell
5. R. Kelly - Ignition
6. Sean Paul - Get Busy
7. Beyonce - Crazy In Love
8. Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee - Shake Ya Tailfeather
9. Trapt - Headstrong
10. Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
Top Ten Most-played Singles in The USA for 2003
1. 3 Doors Down – When I’m Gone
2. 50 Cent – In Da Club
3. Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
4. Matchbox Twenty - Unwell
5. R. Kelly - Ignition
6. Sean Paul - Get Busy
7. Beyonce - Crazy In Love
8. Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee - Shake Ya Tailfeather
9. Trapt - Headstrong
10. Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
Four employees of the Sri Lankan broadcaster The Maharaja Organization are injured when citizens stage a protest against a planned show by Akon. The protesters throw rocks and stones at the Maharaja building because the broadcaster is sponsoring the gig.
The Sonisphere '10 festival, a two day event, begins at Kirjurinluoto Arena, Pori, Finland, Europe. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Iron Maiden, HIM, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, Iggy And The Stooges, Slayer, Anthrax and The Cult.
On their 360 Degree tour U2 play the first of two nights in ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, supported by Jay-Z.
The Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012 - a two day event - begins at Hackney Marshes, London, England, UK, Europe. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Rihanna, Jay-Z, Jack White, The Maccabees, David Guetta, Florence And The Machine, Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida, Deadmau5 and B.o.B.
Blues and jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany plays at Castello Di Grumello, Grumello, Italy, Europe.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) gives One Direction its newly-created Global Recording Artists Award. The award is based on digital downloads, music streaming and physical CD sales achieved in 2013, and is taken to mean that One Direction is officially the most successful group in the world. The other nine places in the IFPI's Top Ten are Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Pink, Macklemore And Ryan Lewis, Rihanna, Michael Bubl
When Madonna presents 26-year-old dancer Lil Buck with his award at the WSJ Innovator of the Year Awards in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, USA, the audience barely responds. Madonna then instructs the audience to applaud, declaring, 'I'll tell you when there are applause moments. You need help. This is a museum crowd.' Dr. Dre and his Beats Electronics partner Jimmy Iovine are also presented with awards by Eminem.
Suge Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records is arrested for murder. The arrest follows Knight becoming involved, earlier in the day, in a fight during the filming of a video including Ice Cube abd Dr. Dre in Compton, California, USA. While reversing his car, Knight runs over and kills a man named Terry Carter.
On his On his Saint Pablo tour, Kanye West plays at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, USA.
Rapper Soulja Boy pleads not guilty to two felony gun possession counts, following his arrest in December 2016 when police found a gun at his home in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, and arrested him for a probation violation.On his 44-show Boy Meets World tour Drake plays the third of five nights at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by dvsn and Young Thug.
On his 44-show Boy Meets World tour Drake plays at The O2 Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by dvsn.
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