2003 - Michael Kamen (composer, arranger, Queen, Eric Clapton) - Heart attack (55)
2004 - Cy Coleman - Cardiac arrest (75)
2007 - Paul Wasserman (publicist for U2, Paul Simon, Neil Diamond, more) (73)
2007 - John Hughey (steel guitar for Conway Twitty, Vince Gill) - Heart complications (73)
2016 - Sharon Jones - Cancer (60)
On This Day
1975 - Bruce Springsteen made his U.K. debut at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1976 - Richard Hell & the Voidoids played live for the first time at CBGB's in New York.
1987 - At a concert in Los Angeles, U2 opened for themselves in the guise of fictional country group the Dalton Brothers.
1988 - The film Buster, starring Phil Collins, opened in the U.S.
1989 - The Shangri-Las won a court case allowing them to retain the use of their name.
1989 - The Three Degrees lost a court case where control of their name was awarded to former manager Richard Barrett.
1992 - Black Sabbath received a star on the Rock Walk in Hollywood.
1993 - Nirvana recorded MTV Unplugged in New York.
1993 - Eddie Vedder was arrested in New Orleans for a fight in a bar.
1995 - The Rolling Stones webcast their concert over the internet, a first.
2003 - Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was raided by police looking for evidence in the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy.
2005 - Belgian composer Salvatore Acquaviva won a plagiarism case against Madonna with the judgment saying that his song Ma Vie Fout L'camp was the basis for Frozen.
2005 - Shania Twain was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
Marriages
1952 - Bill Haley and Barbara Cupchak
1962 - Barry White and Betty Smith
2000 - Brian May and Anita Dobson
Divorces
1970 - Jerry Lee Lewis and Myrna Brown
Recorded
1947 - The Louvin Brothers had their first recording session for Apollo Records
1969 - Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
Released
1949 - My Bucket's Got a Hole In It / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
1997 - The Unplugged Collection - John Denver (his last recordings)
2002 - Up! - Shania Twain
2003 - Let It Be...Naked - Beatles
2003 - Blink-182 - Blink-182
2003 - In the Zone - Britney Spears
Awards
1984 - W.C. Handy National Blues Awards
Entertainer of the Year, Instrumentalist - Stevie Ray Vaughan
2004 - MTV Europe Music Awards
Song, Video - Hey Ya! - OutKast
Album - Confessions - Usher
Female - Anastacia
Male - Usher
Group - OutKast
New Act - Maroon 5
Pop - Black Eyed Peas
Rock - Linkin Park
Alternative - Muse
R&B - Alicia Keys
Hip-Hop - D12
Broadcasts
1956 - Ed Sullivan (CBS) - Fats Domino
1964 - Shindig! - Supremes, Righteous Brothers
1979 - The Muppet Show - Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
1980 - Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (first network TV special)
1983 - The Tube (U.K. Channel 4) - R.E.M. (first appearance outside the U.S.)
2006 - CMT Giants (debut) - Saluting Reba McEntire with Trisha Yearwood, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Wynonna, LeAnn Rimes, Jennifer Nettles, Brooks & Dunn, Kelly Clarkson and Martina McBride
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