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For the second time in a month, Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney are arrested for possession of marijuana, this time at Heathrow Airport, London, England, UK, Europe.Rod Stewart, Sting and Bryan Adams reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with All For Love.
Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court in which he has been accused of molesting a thirteen year old boy. Jackson settles the lawsuit by paying $23m to the family of the boy he was accused of abusing. The Los Angeles and Santa Barbara district attorneys do not file child-molestation charges against him.
Soul blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer Gary 'B.B.' Coleman dies aged 47 in Center, Texas, USA.
Blues and jazz fiddler Papa John Creach, best known for his work with San Francisco band Hot Tuna, dies from pneumonia, contracted as a consequence of a heart attack, aged 76 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Internationally acclaimed French singer Jean Sablon dies in Cannes-La-Bocca, France.
A warr ant is issued for the arrest of Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine Jackson, over his family's failure to pay producer Gary Smith the $1.6m costs for The Jackson Family Honours TV gala which aired on America's NBC network.
An aeroplane carrying Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down as it prepares to land in Kigali, Rwanda, Africa. This action will set in motion 100 days of mass murder which have come to be known as the Rwandan Genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsi people will die at the hands of Hutu tribesmen. According to co-writer Isaac Slade, The Rwandan Genocide inspired the storyline of the song Heartbeat by his band The Fray.
Denise Pfeiffer, a British-born Michael Jackson fan, is charged with making obscene calls to the father of the teenage boy who accused Jackson of molesting him.
Barbra Streisand plays the first of four non-consecutive shows at Wembley Arena, London, UK. These record-breaking world shows had a staggering ticket price of
When The Jeff Healey Band plays the first of two nights at Grossman's Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the show is recorded and some tracks will be released on the album The Jeff Healey Band Live At Grossman's - 1994.
Johnny Cash releases his 81st album, American Recordings, on American/Sony Records in the USA. The album will spark a critical and commercial revival in Cash's career.
Marty Stuart and Tanya Tucker perform the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of The Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Restless Heart performs live. Among the acts that will subseuqntls become the house band at the venue are Lonestar, Ricochet and Sons Of The Desert.Sixteen months after it was first released, The Cranberries finally reach No1 in the UK album chart with Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
The movie Free Willy featuring You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson as its main theme song, is released to cinemas in Portugal.
When Depeche Mode and Primal Scream play at Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, New York State, USA, vocalist Dave Gahan bites journalist Andy Perry backstage, and threatens to put a curse on him.
The first Sonoria Festival has its second of three days in Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy, Europe. Artists appearing on this day are Bob Dylan, Big Country, Blur, Jimmy Cliff, The Nits, Ozric Tentacles, Paul Rodgers And Company, The Jeff Healey Band, Therapy?, Urban Dance Squad and Willy DeVille.
The first Sonoria Festival has its last of three days in Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy, Europe. Artists appearing on this day are Peter Gabriel, Chris Rea, Dwight Yoakam, Remmy Ongala And Orchestre Super Matimila, Ara Ketu, The Archie Shepp Quartet, Juan Formell y Los Van Van, Keziah Jones, Khaled, and Pitura Freska.
Glam-metal icons Kiss jam with country star Garth Brooks on the song Hard Luck Woman, during an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Pink Floyd guitarist/singer David Gilmour marries journalist Polly Samson at Marylebone Registry Office, London, England, UK. The reception is held in Twickenham.Radiohead leave The Manor Studios, Oxfordshire, UK, having completed two weeks of recording sessions for the album The Bends.
Popular big band era singer Anne Shelton dies, aged 70, of a heart attack in Herstmonceux, Sussex, England, UK.
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley make public their secret marriage, which was conducted eleven weeks earlier in the Dominican Republic.The movie Free Willy featuring You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson as its main theme song, is released to cinemas in South Korea, Asia.
On his Secret World Tour, Peter Gabriel plays at Woodstock Festival '94, Woodstock, New York State, USA.
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While in the midst of a very public and heated dispute with his record company, Warner Bros, Jazz trumpeter and bandleader Max Kaminsky dies at Castle Point, New York State, USA, on the day before his 86th birthday.
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The Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Prosecutors Offices announce that despite highly publicised allegations of child sexual abuse, no charges will be laid against Michael Jackson, but the case will remain open until 1999.
Take That play the first of seven nights at the NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Baby Come Back by Pato
Banton enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at
No1 during an eighteen-week run on the chart.
Country guitar virtuoso Danny Gatton, nicknamed The Humbler, locks himself in his garage and commits suicide by shooting himself, aged 49, at his home in Newburg, Maryland, USA. No specific reason for his suicide ever emerges, although friends and relatives were of the opinion that he had suffered from depression for many years.Jimmy Page and Robert Plant appear on The Andrew Denton Show on the Seven Network in Australia, Oceania, during the 'round the world' promo for Unledded. They perform Sun Arise, as a tribute to Rolf Harris, with accompaniment by several didgeridoo players.
Bob Dylan is taping his performance for the MTV Unplugged series at the Sony Studios in New York City, USA.Convicted serial killer and sex offender Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death by an inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin, USA. Dahmer had murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with his crimes involving rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism. Numerous songs will be written about his grim exploits, including Dahmer Is Dead by Violent Femmes and Jeffrey Dahmer by Soulfly. In 2000, the grindcore/death metal band Macabre wil record an entire concept album about him, entitled Dahmer.
Pulp are photographed at Frank's Sandwich Bar, Addison Bridge Place, London W4, England, UK, Europe, for the cover of their single Common People.
Prince sings a track from his album The Gold Experience on CBS-TV's Late Show With David Letterman, in the USA.Songwriter and performer Howard Crockett dies in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Crockett is best-remembered for his song Honky Tonk Man which became a hit in 1956 for Johnny Horton, and again in 1986 for Dwight Yoakam.
In a survey carried out in the UK by BBC Radio 1 and The Times Magazine, Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen is declared the greatest song of all time.In a survey carried out by BBC Radio 1 and The Times Magazine, Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen is declared the greatest song of all time.
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