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Tahliah Debrett Barnett is born in Gloucestershire, England, UK, Europe. She will find success in 2014 as singer, songwriter and producer FKA Twigs.
Rick Astley reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in the USA with his single, Never Gonna Give You Up.Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel Of Love Express Tour plays in the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Singer Carolyn Franklin dies of breast cancer in the home of her sister, Aretha Franklin, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA.
Wishing Well by Terence Trent D'Arby reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA.
On a brief visit to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Bruce Springsteen stops into the Maple Leaf Club and gets up on stage with local band Blues Department to play five songs.
Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker is found dead on the Prins Hendrikkade, near the Zeedijk, the street below his room in Hotel Prins Hendrik in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with serious wounds to his head, apparently having fallen from the second floor window. Heroin and cocaine are found in the room and an autopsy also detected these drugs in his body. 
Pink Floyd play in the Concert For Berlin on Platz Der Republik, West Berlin, West Germany, Europe.
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Former junkie Hillel Slovak, guitarist of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, calls his brother, and tells him he is considering using heroin again. His brother tries to dissuade him, but Slovak will be dead by the next day.
A California appeals court upholds the decision to dismiss the lawsuit brought against Ozzy Osbourne by the parents of Jack McCollum, a young man who had killed himself while listening to Ozzy's song Suicide Solution.
Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at Troy G. Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheater, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, supported by The Alarm.
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The album Fore! By Huey Lewis And The News is certified as a US triple-platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Steve Winwood reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Roll With It.
During their first tour of Brazil, South America, Jethro Tull play the second of two nights at Projeto SP, Sao Paulo.
Austrian electronic composer Achim Roedelius and his family visit Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with friends.
Johnny Hates Jazz have their second Billboard singles chart entry in the USA with I Don't Want To Be A Hero, which will peak at No31.
Aerosmith play at Great Woods Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Guns N'Roses.
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The first day of the Reading Festival in the UK features Iggy Pop, The Ramones, and the Wonderstuff.
Whitney Houston's record-breaking run of consecutive No1 singles in the USA is ended when her latest release, Love Will Save The Day, peaks at a disappointing No9.
Musician Boz Scaggs opens a night club, Slim's, on 11th Street, San Francisco, California, USA. It will become a long-running and successful venue, often featuring blues, soul and jazz legends.
David Lindley And El Rayo-X play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by The Bhundu Boys.On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of three nights at the Civic Arena, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to an audience of 16,230.
Big Country play the first of four nights at The Palace Of Sports, Moscow, Russia, Europe.
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Eric Clapton plays at The Arena, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with Mark Knopfler sharing lead guitar chores.
After a Level 42 concert at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany, Europe, bassist Mark King gets involved in a brawl in the Mad House nightclub.
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On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of three nights at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Rochester, Minnesota, to an audience of 16,670.
In the wake of the release of Opel, a compilation of former Pink Floyd leader Syd Barrett's demos, his brother is interviewed on BBC Radio One. He confirms that Syd is alive, well and interested in painting, but has no contact with the other members of the group.
Eric Clapton plays at The Dome, Tokyo, Japan, Asia, with a band featuring Elton John on keyboards and Mark Knopfler on guitar.Run DMC, Public Enemy and Derek B play at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Siouxsie and the Banshees play at The Community Theater, Berkeley, California, USA.
Elton John issues a press announcement confirming rumours that he and his wife Renate Blauel are to divorce.
A one-night supergroup is created at The Hard Rock Café in London, England, UK, Europe, when Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck play with the Jimi Hendrix Experience rhythm section of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell.
James Vance, one of two American teenagers who shot himself three years earlier after listening to the Judas Priest album Stained Class, dies.On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the fifth of nine dates in this month at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, to an audience of 45,000.
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