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Sonny Bono, formerly of 60's hippy duo Sonny And Cher, takes office as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, from California's 44th district.
Charles Baskerville, a vocalist with Shep And The Limelites dies aged 58 in New York City, USA.
The 1992 album Michael Jackson spends the second of four days in Los Angeles playing host to King Nana Amon Ndoufou IV, ruler of Sanwi on the Ivory Coast, Africa.
Sylvester Ahola dies in Massachusetts, USA. He found success as a studio trumpet player, achieving his greatest recognition after moving to England and working with the orchestras of Bert Ambrose, Ray Noble, Reg Batten and others.
KISS play at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, 
On their Monster tour, 
At the Pioneer Awards Ceremony in Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented to Fats Domino and Lloyd Price by Little Richard. At the same event The Moonglows receive their Lifetime Achievement Award from Curtis Mayfield.
Prince begins his month-long The Ultimate Live Experience European tour at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, set to end on the 30th at The Point, Dublin, Eire, Europe.Radiohead release their second album, The Bends, in the UK on Parlophone Records. On the same day, they play at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.
Rapper Mike And The Mechanics enter the UK album chart with their fourth album, Beggar On A Beach Of Gold, which will peak at No9.
Prince comes to the end of his month-long The Ultimate Live Experience European tour with a show at The Point, Dublin, Eire, Europe.
Bob Dylan plays the last of three nights at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK, Europe.
Shakin' Stevens plays at The Theatre Royal, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
A funeral service for Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead is held at St. Stephen's Church, 3 Bayview Avenue, Belvedere, California, USA.
Jazz great Dizzy Gillespie's famous bent trumpet is snapped up by a bidder for $55,000 at a New York City auction.Bob Dylan plays the second of three nights at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Dylan plays the last of three nights at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones pays $80,000 for an original tape of him and guitarist Keith Richards playing songs at home in 1961, made by one of their old school pals and offered up at an auction in London, England, UK, Europe.Phil Collins' touring crew is held at gunpoint after being wrongly accused by the Venezuelan Government of a tax fiddle amounting to $900,000. On the same day, Courtney Love is hospitalised in Seattle, Washington, USA, after a drug overdose.
Thousands of rioting fans are dispersed with teargas at a Grateful Dead concert at the Deer Creek Music Centre in Noblesville, Indiana. On the same day, EMF drummer Mark Decloedt breaks the British salmon fishing record with a 70lb whopper caught from his local river.
Louise Dean of UK soul/dance trio Shiva is killed by an uninsured drunk driver as she crosses the street near her home in Linthwaite, England, UK, Europe. Her group had entered the UK Top 40 singles chart for the first time a month earlier with the song Working Out.
Robert Plant And Jimmy Page play the second of two nights at The Point, Dublin, Ireland, Europe, with special guests Big Country. On this night they play a second show, an 'Unplugged' performance at midnight at The River Club, Dublin.Guns N'Roses drummer Dizzy Reed is sentenced to 40 hours community service after Los Angeles, California, cops arrest him for drink driving.
Ozzy Osbourne is rehearsing at 3rd Encore, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his upcoming Ozzmosis tour.Ozzy Osbourne is in Los Angeles, California, USA, making an intro film for his upcoming tour.
Ian Anderson, leader of Jethro Tull, is interviewed at his manor house near Minety, Wiltshire, ENGLAND, UK, Europe, by Johnny Black of Q magazine.You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson becomes the first record in the 37 year history of the Billboard US Singles Charts to enter at No1.
The first real-time software mp3 player, Winplay3, is released enabling music fans to encode and playback mp3 files on their home computers.
The Charlatans enter the UK albums chart with their fourth album, The Charlatans. It will peak at No1, during a 13-week stay, beginning a run of five Top 5 albums.The late jazz musician Louis Armstrong is honoured with his own American postage stamp. On the same day, the American Centre For Voice Disorders decrees that Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones has the strongest voice in rock and roll.
Eye Hate U by Prince enters the UK Singles Chart at No20, but will rise no higher.
The Veteran British pop star Cliff Richard goes to Buckingham Palace, London, to collect a knighthood. On the same day, Hole singer Courtney Love and former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic are sued by a German promoter over Nirvana's failure to perform concerts after Kurt Cobain's suicide in April of the previous year.
On his Never-Ending Tour schedule, Dylan plays concert No750, the second of two nights at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts.
Charlie Tumahai, best-known as bass player and vocalist in Bill Nelson's Be Bop Deluxe, dies aged 46, after suffering a heart attack while working at the Auckland District Court, Auckland, New Zealand.
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