2005 - Norma-Jean Wofford (guitarist with Bo Diddley) (~53)
2007 - Zola Taylor (Platters) - Pneumonia (69)
2015 - Ben E. King - "Coronary problems" (76)
On This Day:
1953 - Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle teamed up for the first time.
1965 - The Kinks began their first tour of the U.K.
1965 - Herman's Hermits began their first U.S. tour with the Zombies opening.
1968 - The Cilla Black Show debuted on the BBC.
1970 - The Allman Brothers road manager, Twigs Lyndon, was arrested for killing a club manager during an argument over a contract. He was eventually acquitted.
1976 - It was reported that Keith Moon paid nine cab drivers to block off a New York city street while he through the contents of his hotel room out the window.
1980 - The film McVicar, with Roger Daltrey, premiered in London.
1983 - The original members of Manfred Mann reunited in London for a show.
1988 - Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd fell out of the Billboard Top 200 after 725 weeks.
1991 - Nirvana signed with DGC records.
1999 - Three former members of Spandau Ballet lost a case against songwriter Gary Kemp over unpaid royalties.
2001 - An small aircraft carrying Sting, a friend and two pilots slid off the runway in Florence, Italy after the brakes failed.
2004 - New child abuse charges were brought against Michael Jackson.
2004 - Ray Charles' RPM International Recording Studio was declared a historic landmark.
2004 - Courtney Love plead not guilty to two counts of drug possession.
2005 - The Dave Matthews Band were forced to pay $200,000 to the city of Chicago for the dumping of the waste tank from their tour bus into a city river and onto tourists on a boat.
2005 - Cher ended her three-year long farewell tour.
2008 - Roger Waters' giant inflatable pig floated away during his show at the Coachella Festival.
2014 - Wilko Johnson had lifesaving surgery for pancreatic cancer.
Marriages:
1995 - Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal
1998 - Ronan Keating (Boyzone) and Yvonne Connolly
Birthdays: 
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