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For February 24, 2004

2003 - Veteran rock band Fleetwood Mac previews a new song, "Peacekeeper," on the NBC series "Third Watch." The song, which premieres at the end of the episode, is off the group's album "Say You Will."

2000 - The Spice Girls lose a lawsuit filed against them by Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilla SpA. The battle, in London's Hig Court, is over a sponsorship deal Aprilia claim is left in tatters after Geri Halliwell departed the group.

1999 - Johnny Rotten emcees VH1's live Grammy coverage - a two-hour pre-show and 30-minute post-show wrap at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

1998 - Despite a slight mix up in introduction, Elton John is honored to receive knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. Even though he is announced as "Sir John Elton," the singer maintains "They don't come any bigger than this."

1998 - John Fogerty, whose well-crafted guitar lines are a trademark of his solo work and classic output as ex-leader of Credence Clearwater Revival, receives the 1998 Orville E. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award.

1998 - Virgin Records America Inc. files suit against one of its biggest acts, the Smashing Pumpkins, for alleged breach of contract and non-delivery of albums.

1992 - Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Courtney Love of Hole are married in Hawaii.

1992 - U.S. Postmaster General Anthony Frank unveils two designs for an Elvis Presley stamp. The public ultimately chooses the stamp design of a young Elvis over a mature Elvis issued in 1993.

1990 - Bob Dylan unexpectedly joins Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and David Crosby to sing "Mr. Tambourine Man" at a Los Angeles tribute to the late Roy Orbison. It is the first time in 25 years that the three former Byrds perform together onstage.

1982 - Pat Benatar wins a Grammy for "Fire and Ice," Best Female Rock Performance.

1982 - Kim Carnes, a former member of the New Christy Minstrels, wins a Grammy for "Bette Davis Eyes," Record of the Year.

1982 - Al Jarreau wins a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocalist.

1980 - NBC premieres the TV movie "Harper Valley P.T.A.," based on Jeannie C. Riley's hit single.

1943 - George Harrison of the Beatles is born in Liverpool, England. (He tells Billboard magazine in a 1992 interview that he had only recently learned that his birthday was not Feb. 25.) After the breakup of the Beatles, Harrison scores No. 1 hits with "My Sweet Lord" in 1970-71 and "Got My Mind Set on You" in 1988. He teams up with Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison in 1988 to form the Traveling Wilburys.

1942 - Vocalist Paul Jones of Manfred Mann is born in Portsmouth, England. The group has two No. 1 hits: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" in 1964 and the million-selling "Blinded by the Light," in 1977.

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February 27, 2004

2001 - Returning home after a 46-year absence, guitarist Carlos Santana unveils a plaque in Autlan De Navarro declaring him the "favorite son" of the west-central Mexican town. Mayor Armando Perez also gives Santana the keys to the town where he spent his early childhood and where his father was a well-known musician. The town's main street is named for Santana, and a statue of his father, mariachi musician Jose Santana is unveiled.

1999 - Vince Gill pays tribute to an old friend. On stage on the Grand Ole Opry, Gill plays the Dobro while performing the old hymn "How Great Thou Art" in honor of 87-year-old Dobro player, Brother Oswald.

1998 - Motley Crue member Vince Neil, not to outdone by Tommy Lee, announces an agreement with Internet Entertainment Group and Vivid Video to distribute a 60-minute home video of him having sex with two adult film models while on vacation in Hawaii.

1998 - One day after being charged, rocker Tommy Lee is free on bail after pleading innocent to charges of abusing his wife, actress Pamela Anderson Lee, and their baby son. A judge reluctantly cuts Lee's $1 million bail in half despite a plea relayed through an attorney who says that Mrs. Lee is fearful.

1998 - Country singer Jason Sellers gets some help entertaining a lunchtime crowd at the 29th Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. His former wife, Lee Ann Womack, makes a special appearance as Sellers' duet partner. "Man, you look good," Sellers says. "I want you back." Womack has no patience for her ex's plea. "Well," she says, "maybe if you'da said that a little earlier..."

1995 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Take a Bow," Madonna.

1991 - James Brown is released from a South Carolina prison after serving two years of a six-year sentence.

1984 - The Jacksons' Pepsi commercial premieres on MTV.

1980 - Michael Jackson wins his first Grammy for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," Best R&B Performance.

1980 - Donna Summer wins a Grammy for "Hot Stuff," Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Earth, Wind & Fire wins a Grammy for "After the Love Has Gone," Best R&B Group Vocal Performance.

1980 - The Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes," wins Grammys for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

1970 - Jefferson Airplane is fined for using profanity during a show in Oklahoma City. The fine is $1,000.

1927 - Vocalist Guy Mitchell (Al Cernick) is born in Detroit. His biggest hit, "Singing the Blues," stays at No. 1 for 10 weeks in 1956-57.

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February 29, 2004

2000 _ Veteran hard rock act AC/DC returns with the release of the Elektra set "Stiff Upper Lip," its first studio album since 1995's "Ballbreaker." The album is produced by George Young, the older brother of AC/DC guitarists Malcolm and Angus.

1980 _ No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," Queen. The song is the group's biggest pop hit, topping Billboard's Hot 100 for four weeks and selling more than 1 million copies.

1972 _ No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Without You," Nilsson. Born Henry Edward Nelson III, the performer writes music for numerous films and TV series including "Best Friend," the theme to TV's "The Courtship of Eddie's Father."

1964 _ Trumpet virtuoso Al "He's the King" Hirt's "Java" reaches No. 4 on Billboard's Hot 100. It is the performer's first and highest-scoring pop hit.

1960 _ The Jimmy Jones song "Handy Man," reaches No. 2 on Billboard's Hot 100. It is the performer's first and highest-scoring pop hit.

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63 years ago Wilson Pickett is born. (1941)

47 years ago Bill Haley and the Comets are back from an eleven week tour of Australia, Europe and the British Isles. They played for a half-million fans. (1957)

42 years ago Gary "U.S." Bonds appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show" to perform his latest hit, "Twist, Twist, Senora." (1962)

39 years ago Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman engage in what police call "insulting behavior" in London. The "insulting behavior" turns out to be urinating on the wall of the Francis Garage, a gas station where the band members had sought use of the men's room; when the owner said it was out of order, they went. The owner brought on a private prosecution against the boys and each were fined five British pounds. (1965)

36 years ago At 3 a.m., the staff of San Francisco's "progressive" rock station KMPX-FM walks out on strike citing a lack of control over programming and "hassles over the whole long-hair riff." Performers like the Rolling Stones, Joan Baez, the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead request the station not play their music as long as the station is run by strikebreakers. (1968)

34 years ago Country Joe McDonald is convicted for obscenity and find $500 for leading a crowd in his infamous Fish Cheer ("Gimme an F..!") at a concert in Massachusetts. (1970)

32 years ago Ringo Starr begins work on his documentary on Marc Bolan, "Born to Boogie," by filming T. Rex's concert at Wembley, England. (1972)

27 years ago The Clash's first single, "White Riot" is released. (1977)

26 years ago The rock festival California Jam II is held in Ontario, California. 250,000 attend to hear the likes of Santana, Bob Welch, Aerosmith, Dave Mason, Heart, Ted Nugent and others. (1978)

22 years ago Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. The disco-soul singing star ends up paralyzed from the waist down. (1982)

15 years ago Phil Collins and his wife Jill become parents to daughter Lily Jane. (1989)

10 years ago Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain has 4 guns and 25 boxes of ammo confiscated after his wife, Courtney Love calls police fearing he would commit suicide. He of course did commit suicide about 3 weeks later. (1994)

10 years ago The Rolling Stones announce Darryl Jones as the replacement for Bill Wyman on bass. Wyman had previously announced that he would no longer tour with the band. (1994)

8 years ago The Sex Pistols announce they are reuniting for a 20th anniversary tour. The world yawns. (1996)

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53 years ago Roger Hodgson, guitar player with Supertramp, is born. (1951)

43 years ago The Beatles play Liverpool's Cavern Club for the first time. (1961)

40 years ago For the first time in British recording history, all Top Ten singles in the U.K. are by British acts. (1964)

34 years ago The re-formed Faces, with singer Rod Stewart, release their debut LP, "First Step." (1970)

34 years ago "ABC" by the Jackson Five is released. The song is the group's second hit and also their second hit to go to #1!

24 years ago British punk rockers the Jam enter the U.K. singles chart at Number One with "Going Underground." It's the first single to enter the singles chart there at the top spot since Gary Glitter's "I Love You Love Me Love" in 1973. (1980)

23 years ago New wave pop rockers, Blondie, enter the soul LPs chart with "Autoamerican," which peaks at #7 in 25 weeks on the chart. It has climed to #7 on the pop chart. One song off the album, "Rapture" is one of the first big crossover raps hits. It's goes to Number One for two weeks and another tune "The Tide is High" makes to the head of the class as well. (1981)

17 years ago ZZ Top plays the last show on their 14 month "Afterburner" tour in Honolulu. (1987)

15 years ago Madonna's "Like A Prayer" LP is released. (1989)

13 years ago The man who invented the electric guitar, Leo Fender, dies. (1991)

10 years ago Bruce Springsteen wins an Oscar for Best Original Song for "Streets Of Philadelphia," a song from the film "Philadelphia." (1994)

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45 years ago The winners of the first annual Grammy Awards are announced. Domenico Modugno's "Volare" is Record of the Year; Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" is Album of the Year and the Champs "Tequila" wins for best R&B performance. (1959)

41 years ago The Beach Boys "Surfin U.S.A." LP debuts on the chart. (1963)

40 years ago The Moody Blues are formed in Birmingham, England. Their second single, "Go Now," will be Number One in the U.K. and #10 in the U.S. early next year. (1964)

35 years ago Richard Tapper, drummer for L.A. rock band TIME (Trust in Men Everywhere) is critically hurt when two gunmen shoot him three times in the mid-section as he is on his way to a jam session at the L.A. club Thee Experience. (1969)

34 years ago Four students at Kent university are killed and eleven wounded by National Guard troops at a campus demonstration protesting the escalation of the Vietnam War. The incident inspires Neil Young to compose "Ohio" which becomes a hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. (1970)

31 years ago Led Zeppelin open their 1973 U.S. tour, which is billed as the "biggest and most profitable rock & roll tour in the history of the United States." A group spokesman predicts the group will gross over $3 million. (1973)

5 years ago Toto is inducted into Hollywood's Rock Walk in front of the Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd. (1999)

Am I the only who doesn't like Toto?

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Bob Marley, the eloquent ambassador of reggae

May 11 1981: On this day Bob Marley, who had brought reggae to the mainstream, died. :(

hard to believe it's been that long...

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Billy Squier was born May 12, 1950.

1956 The Sun Record Company in Memphis runs an ad in the music trade papers announcing the first record by what is termed "one of the truly great talent finds." The artist is Johnny Cash, and the record is "I Walk the Line."

1958 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40.

1958 the song "All I Have to Do Is Dream" by Everly Brothers topped the charts and stayed there for 5 weeks.

1960 Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley appeared on the same TV special and performed the other's hit. Elvis sang "Witchcraft" and Sinatra sang "Love Me Tender."

"Satisfaction" was recorded by The Rolling Stones on May 12, 1965.

1967 The psychedelic sound and light show of Pink Floyd graces the stage of the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. The concert, called "Games For May," is the first to feature quadraphonic sound.

1968 Jimi Hendrix was arrested for possession of hashish and heroin when he crossed the Canadian border for a concert in Toronto. He claimed the drugs were planted and he was later exonerated.

1972 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb".

1973 Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92.

2001 Perry Como dies at his home in Florida. He is 87. The legendary crooner dies in his sleep after a long illness. He charts 82 pop hits through 1952, and counts among his 11 No. 1 songs "Catch a Falling Star," which received the RIAA's first-ever gold record.

2003 Jimi Hendrix Experience bass player Noel Redding died aged 57 at his home in Ireland.

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Birthdays:

Bob Dylan (born as Robert Allen Zimmerman) (1941)

Composer Louis-Francois Dauprat (1781)

Charts:

Today the song "A Guy Is a Guy" by Doris Day topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1952)

Today the song "Get Back" by the Beatles topped the charts and stayed there for 5 weeks. (1969)

Today the song "Shining Star" by Earth Wind & Fire topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1975)

Today the song "Mmm Bop" by Hanson topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1997)

1998 - The first Native American Music Awards take place at the Fox Theater at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. The show is hosted by Wayne Newton, and presenters include Joe Walsh, Bruce Cockburn, Richie Havens and John Trudell. Lifetime achievement awards go to Robbie Robertson and Frederick Whiteface.

1998 - In an official ceremony backstage prior to Van Halen's show at the CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell proclaims May 24th Van Halen Day in Philadelphia. Each member of the band is given a personalized replica of the Liberty Bell.

1996 - Musician Barney (Bernard Jean) Wilen dies at the age of 59.

1991 - Byrds co-founder and Rock `n' Roll Hall of Fame member Gene Clark dies of a heart attack at the age of 46. He is found unconscious in his Sherman Oaks, Calif., home. The Byrds' biggest hits are the No. 1 songs "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)."

1984 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Let's Hear It for the Boy," Deniece Williams. The song is featured in the film "Footloose." Williams is a member of Stevie Wonder's backup group, Wonderlove, from 1972-75.

1975 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Shining Star," Earth, Wind & Fire.

1964 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Love Me Do," The Beatles.

1955 - Rosanne Cash is born, the daughter of Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto. Among her numerous No. 1 country singles are "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" and "Blue Moon with Heartache."

1944 - Patti LaBelle (Patricia Holt) is born in Philadelphia. She sings with Patti LaBelle & the Blue Belles (later shortened to LaBelle), which has the No. 1 hit "Lady Marmalade." The singer's solo career takes off in the 1980s and she has a No. 1 duet, "On My Own," in 1986 with Michael MacDonald.

1941 - Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, Minn. His biggest hit is "Like a Rolling Stone," a No. 2 song in 1965. Three of his albums top Billboard's album chart in the 1970s: "Planet Waves," "Blood on the Tracks" and "Desire." He is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 1991.

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SHOWS & PLAYS:

1st Performance of Victoria and Merrie England at the Alhambra Theatre (1897)

CHARTS:

Today the song "Everything She Wants" by Wham! topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1985)

Today the song "I Don't Wanna Cry" by Mariah Carey topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1991)

2002 - More than two dozen people are injured in a mosh pit stampede while rapper Eminem is performing at Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium. One man suffers a heart attack during the melee and is taken to a local hospital.

2001 - Modern rock acts Tantric, Powderfinger, Poe, and Ours inaugurate Atlanta's On The Bricks free weekly concert series. As previously reported, the concerts are to take place each Friday through Aug. 10 in the city's Centennial Park.

2000 - Paul McCartney wins the ultimate accolade from Britain's music industry when he is awarded the first Fellowship of the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters Award during the annual Ivor Novello awards in London.

2000 - The 21st annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards are webcast live via the House Of Blues website.

2000 - Wilson Pickett collects three W.C. Handy Awards during the Blues Foundation's ceremony at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis. The veteran R&B singer's set "It's Harder Now" is named soul/blues album of the year and comeback album of the year, and Pickett takes honors for soul/blues male artist of the year.

1999 - Nearly 70,000 readers of Country Weekly choose George Strait as favorite entertainer, favorite male artist and favorite video entertainer in voting for the publication's annual Golden Pick Awards. Strait also takes honors for favorite album, favorite song and favorite line dance song.

1996 - Bradly Nowell, lead singer of the group Sublime, dies of a heroin overdose in a San Francisco hotel room.

1992 - Khalil Rountree, tour manager for Boyz II Men, is shot and killed at a Chicago hotel. He and the group were staying at the hotel while in Chicago on tour with rap star Hammer.

1983 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Flashdance ... What a Feeling," Irene Cara.

1975 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," Freddy Fender.

1962 - The Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout."

1926 - Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis is born in Alton, Ill. He begins his career with Billy Eckstine's orchestra in a lineup that includes Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He goes on to record more than two dozen albums and is considered the originator of more jazz styles than any other artist. He earns the first of six Grammys in 1960 and receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.

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May 26, 1948

Stevie Nicks was born.

The Fleetwood Mac story is an episodic saga that spans more than 30 years. It is the saga of a British blues band formed in 1967 that became a California-based pop group in the mid-Seventies. In between came a period where Fleetwood Mac shuffled personnel and experimented with styles, all the while releasing solid albums that found a loyal core audience. Despite all the changes, two members have remained constant over the years: drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, whose surnames provided the group name Fleetwood Mac. Though most rock fans are familiar with the lineup that includes Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks-by far the longest-running edition of the band, responsible for the classic albums Fleetwood Mac and Rumours-the group possesses a rich and storied history that predates those epics. Earlier Fleetwood Mac lineups included guitarists Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch.

if you're interested in the band biography read it here:

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=103

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May 29

1913 - Igor Stravinsky's composition "The Rite of Spring" premiered in Paris

1942 - Bing Crosby records the Christmas classic, "White Christmas." It will go on to become the biggest selling single of all time. Only to be surpassed by "Candle in the Wind 1997," Elton John's tribute to the late Princess Diana.

1943 - "The Million Dollar Band" was heard for the first time on NBC radio

1952 - Hank Williams and his wife, Audrey, were divorced

1959 - One of rock's first outdoor festivals takes place at the Herndon Stadium in Atlanta. The bill features Ray Charles, B.B. King and Jimmy Reed among others. More than 9,000 show up.

1959 - Today in Blues History - one of the first outdoor festivals of the rock era took place at Herndon Stadium in Atlanta. Headliners featured Ray Charles, B.B. King and Jimmy Reed among others. The concert drew more than 9000 music lovers.

1961 - Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" tops the R&B singles chart.

1962 - Today in Blues History - Ray Charles won the "Best R&B Recording" Grammy for his "Hit The Road Jack".

1962 - Henry Mancini's "Moon River" wins a Grammy for Record of the Year, and Judy Garland's "Judy at Carnegie Hall" wins a Grammy for Album of the Year.

1963 - Del Shannon's cover of the Beatles' "From Me to You" became the first song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney to appear on the American charts

1964 - Britain's Daily Mirror says of the Rolling Stones, "Everthing seems to be against them on the surface. They are called the ugliest group in Britain. They are not looked on very kindly by most parents or adults in general. They are even used to the type of article that asks big brother if he would let his sister go out with one of them."

1965 - Bob Dylan's album "Bringing It All Back Home" hit #1 in the U.K. It knocked his album "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" out of the #1 spot

1965 - The Beach Boys started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Help Me Rhonda', the groups second US No.1. It only reached No.27 on the UK chart.

1967 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley held a second wedding reception at Graceland for family and friends that could not attend their wedding in Las Vegas.

1971 - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performed "Mr Bojangles" and "House on Pooh Corner" on American Bandstand.

1971 - The Rolling Stones achieve the rare distinction of having both the #1 LP, Sticky Fingers, and #1 single, "Brown Sugar," in the US.

1972 - Paul McCartney releases his version of the nursery rhyme, "Mary Had A Little Lamb" as a kind of tongue-in-cheek joke to get back at the BBC for banning his earlier single "Give Ireland Back to the Irish." It reaches the US Top-30.

1973 - Roger McGuinn makes his solo debut at New York's Academy of Music just prior to the release of his first album. McGuinn also confirms rumors that the Byrds are history, unless he can convince the orginal members to reunite.

1973 - Mike Oldfield releases his Tubular Bells LP. The title track will become the theme for "The Exorcist."

1976 - Elvis Presley's single "Hurt" hit #28 in the U.S.

1976 - Fifth Dimension performed "Love Hangover" on American Bandstand

1976 - Diana Ross started a two week run No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Hangover', her fourth US No.1, it made No.10 in the UK

1976 - Jim Stafford performed "Jasper" on American Bandstand.

1976 - The Elvis Presley compilation album "The Sun Sessions" hit #76 in the U.S.(This album shows how much Elvis influenced all Rock & Rollers especially the Beatles) These tracks were the first tracks that Sam Phillips recorded with Elvis. It shows you truely how "unique" Elvis's voice and phrasing were.

1977 - Elvis Presley walks off stage in the middle of a concert in Baltimore, Maryland — the first time in his 23-year career he has done so except in the cases of illness.

1977 - New Manchester band Warsaw, (later to become Joy Division) made their live debut supporting The Buzzcocks at The Electric Circus, Manchester, England

1979 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Hot Stuff," Donna Summer.

1981 - Prince's "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" was released in the U.K. The song was a non-album track.

1981 - Prince performed in Europe for the first time. The show was at Amsterdam's Paradiso Club

1982 - Patrice Rushen performed "Forget Me Not" on American Bandstand

1982 - Clash's Combat Rock LP is released

1982 - Duran Duran were at No.2 on the UK singles chart with 'Rio'.

1982 - Madness scored their only UK No.1 single with ' House Of Fun'.

1982 - Paul McCartney started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Tug Of War'

1987 - Michael Jackson bid $50,000 for the remains of John Merrick, the Elephant Man. Later, Jackson double his offer. Both offers were refused by the London Hospital. Jackson later denied the events took place in a 1993 with Oprah Winfrey.

1992 - The FBI recovered 44 nude photographs of Madonna which had been stolen from fashion photographer Steven Meisel

1993 - Janet Jackson went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her fourth LP 'Janet'.

1995 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman," Bryan Adams.

1995 - The 13-part radio series "Oobu Joobu" premiered in the U.S. The series, directed by Paul McCartney, included never-before heard McCartney recordings and rehearsal, Beatles soundchecks and rehearsals.

1997 - Sharitha Knight filed a suit at LA, Superior Court claiming over $1m she was owed as Snoop Doggy Dogg's personal manger between 1993 -96. The claim alleged that Snoop had withheld the 20% she was owed

1997 - The Manic Street Preachers won the best song award for 'A Design For Life' at the 42nd Ivor Novello awards. Other winners included The Spice Girls for Hit of the year with 'Wannabe' and Elvis Costello for Outstanding contribution to music

1998 - Prince performed on the "Today" show

1999 - The Rolling Stones launch the European leg of their Bridges to Babylon tour, performing in front of 80,000 enthusiastic fans in an open-air concert in Stuttgart, Germany

2000 - The Rhonda Smith album "Intellipop" was released.

2001 - The Eagles made their first-ever visit to Russia when they appeared at SC Olymisky in Moscow

2002 - Natalie Imbruglia became the new face of 'L'Oreal' when she signed a deal worth £100,000. with the French cosmetics manufacturer.

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1989 - Quicksilver Messenger Service founder John Cipollina dies of complications stemming from respiratory problems. He was 45.

1996 - Jazz pianist James George "Jimmy" Rowles dies at the age of 78.

1997 - Jeff Buckley drowned while swimming with a friend off Mud Island in Memphis.

1999 - Hikers discover the skeletal remains of Philip "Taylor" Kramer, former bassist for Iron Butterfly, in a minivan at the bottom of a canyon near Malibu, California. Taylor had been missing since February of 1995

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Famous birthdays for this day, May 29

1945 - Gary Brooker, keyboardist for Procul Harum, is born.

1960 - Mel Gaynor, drummer for Simple Minds.

1961 - Singer/songwriter Melissa Ethridge is born.

1967 - Noel Gallagher, [former?] Oasis guitarist, is born.

1975 - Melanie Brown, a.k.a. "Scary Spice" of the Spice Girls

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July 3, 1971: American rock singer Jim Morrison, leader of the Doors, dies in Paris of a drug overdose.

Morrison, Jim (1943-1971), American singer and songwriter, born in Melbourne, Florida, and educated at the University of California at Los Angeles. In 1965 he formed a group called the Doors with Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robby Krieger. The group became known for its extravagant performing style, combining sensual movements and a hard-hitting sound, amplified to huge proportions. Morrison and other group members also had a reputation for using drugs. After a 1969 performance in Miami, obscenity accusations led ten concert organizers to cancel scheduled dates; although the Miami case was dropped, the group never lost its reputation for obscenity. Eventually Morrison took a vacation in France in order to rethink the course his life was taking. He died there of a drug overdose.

The group's first album, The Doors (1967)— which included the singles “Light My Fire” and “The End”—became a number-one hit. Other albums included Waiting for the Sun (1968) and L.A. Woman (1971). The Lords and the New Creatures (1971) was one of several published collections of Morrison's poetry. Oliver Stone's film The Doors (1991), with Val Kilmer in the part of Jim Morrison, recounts the history of the group and its lead artist.

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Morrison, Jim (1943-1971), American singer and songwriter, born in Melbourne, Florida, and educated at the University of California at Los Angeles. In 1965 he formed a group called the Doors with Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robby Krieger.

Both Manzarek and Morrison met at the UCLA Film School, where they both were accomplished filmmakers... The Morrison Foundation still sponsors scholarships there, and Manzarek continues to work on film projects to this day, and has returned to the film school for impromptu concerts on occassion

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The Last Days of Jim Morrison

A rare look into the rock god's journals

By STEPHEN DAVIS

The retired Hollywood lawyer who played golf with Max Fink -- the attorney who defended Jim Morrison on the 1969 Miami obscenity and indecent-exposure charges -- said in 2002 that he believed Fink might have received a warning concerning Morrison about a month before Jim left for Paris, which would have been in early February 1971. According to this attorney, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Fink was given a tip by an associate of Mickey Rudin, the prominent Beverly Hills attorney whose clients included Frank Sinatra and who had ties to the Nixon administration. This retired lawyer was given to understand that Fink was quietly told that his famous client would be neutralized in prison -- murdered or incapacitated -- and should get out of the country before his legal appeals were exhausted and his passport confiscated. France, which has no extradition treaty with the United States for so-called sex crimes, was suggested as a logical place for Jim to take refuge. No direct or documentary evidence for this warning exists, only the unverifiable word of a respected former associate of both Rudin and Fink. Whatever the accuracy of this account, within one month Jim Morrison was in Paris, living incognito as a lodger in an apartment house, under the assumed names of James Douglas and/or Douglas James.

Pamela left for Paris first, on February 14th. The next day she checked into the Hotel George V and hooked up with her sometime boyfriend, Count Jean de Breteuil, a playboy and classy dope dealer -- his hashish and opium supposedly came from a Moroccan chauffeur attached to the French consulate in L.A. The de Breteuil family owned all the French-language newspapers in North Africa. When his father had died a few years earlier, Jean inherited his title of Comte de Breteuil, so he was an actual French count whose lineage went back 700 years.

Jim himself left four weeks later. He didn't pack much. He took prints of his two films, Feast of Friends and HWY; as many notebooks as he could find; the typed manuscripts of his unpublished poetry; the two quarter-inch-tape reels of his solo poetry readings; his Super-8 movie camera; a few copies of his poetry books; his personal photo file (including color transparencies of himself, a recent publicity photo of Joan Baez, pictures from the Miami trial and selected Elektra eight-by-ten-inch promotional glossies of himself); and a few precious books and clothes. He left his library and some files in Pamela's apartment and told the Doors' accountant to pay the rent while they were gone.

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Willie Dixon

Born Jul 1, 1915 in Vicksburg, MS

just a little tidbit:

Arc Music had sued Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement over "Bring It on Home" on Led Zeppelin II, saying that it was Dixon's song, and won a settlement that Dixon never saw any part of until his manager did an audit of Arc's accounts. Dixon and Muddy Waters would later file suit against Arc Music to recover royalties and the ownership of their copyrights. Additionally, many years later Dixon brought suit against Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement over "Whole Lotta Love" and its resemblance to Dixon's "You Need Love." Both cases resulted in out-of-court settlements that were generous to the songwriter.

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July Encounter sparks a musical revolution

July 6, 1957: John Lennon, Paul McCartney meet

By Stephanie Snipes

CNN

Monday, July 5, 2004 Posted: 11:34 AM EDT (1534 GMT)

(CNN) -- In 1957, as the gritty sounds of rock 'n' roll started filling the airwaves, two teens named John and Paul met for the first time just outside the industrial English town of Liverpool, trading riffs and setting the stage for a musical revolution.

Seven years later, the Beatles -- as John and Paul's group became known -- famously "invaded" America and took the musical world by storm. By the time the band broke up in 1970, it had broken numerous sales records and transformed the face of popular music.

The Beatles succeeded in large part because they were able to blend catchy melodies with meaningful lyrics and were willing to experiment with a variety of musical instruments and styles.

"As a cultural phenomenon, as musicians, to the way they changed people's dress, to the way they changed people's outlook on life, I don't think there's been any entertainers since that have had that kind of an impact," said Larry Kane, author of the book "Ticket To Ride" and the only American journalist allowed to tour with the group on their entire 1964 trek across America.

Despite recording together only from 1963 to 1970, the Beatles consistently ruled the charts and shattered music industry records.

The Beatles had the most No. 1 singles, 20, in the United States (topping even Elvis Presley, who holds the No. 2 spot with 17), and more than 40 top 40 hits.

In the week of April 4, 1964, two months after making their American debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," the Beatles held the first five slots on Billboard's Top Singles Chart -- a feat never achieved before or repeated since.

"The Beatles sang 'Until There Was You,' and they sang 'All You Need is Love,' and they sang 'I'll Follow The Sun,' and they sang 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' and 'She Loves You.' And those songs hung in there and they were very meaningful and they have great melodies and beautiful lyrics," said Joe Johnson, host of Westwood One's "Beatles Brunch," a syndicated radio show that pays tribute to the group.

Fateful meeting

As Paul McCartney tells it, the beginning came on a warm summer day in the small town of Woolton, England. The year was 1957. John Lennon, then 16 years old, was in the Liverpool suburb to play at a church picnic with his band, the Quarrymen.

Lennon arrived in the back of a pickup truck with his band mates, his hair in a short buzz-cut with a little flop of dark locks in front. He wore a checked shirt and carried an acoustic guitar.

In the audience a chubby faced 15-year-old named Paul McCartney, a stranger to Lennon even though both grew up only a few streets apart in their hometown of Liverpool, watched the Quarrymen perform.

McCartney was entranced by Lennon's rendition of the Dell Vikings' song "Come Go With Me," even though Lennon didn't know the words.

"Back then ... if you wanted the lyrics to a song you had to play it on the record and stop it, and then write it down, then play it again, then stop it," said Johnson. (In 1967, the Beatles would remedy this nuisance with the release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," the first album in history to include song lyrics, according to Johnson.)

McCartney, left, and Lennon pose for a picture in the early 1960s, prior to their first U.S. tour.

During a break from performing, a mutual friend introduced McCartney to Lennon and the band.

McCartney, who was well versed in popular music, impressed Lennon by teaching the band to play the Eddie Cochran song "Twenty Flight Rock." He also taught them the song lyrics to "Come Go With Me," which McCartney had studied mercilessly.

A few days later, Lennon, impressed with McCartney's musical abilities, invited him to join the Quarrymen.

Making history

For the first six years, there were a lot of changes within the group -- for starters, its name. The Quarrymen became the Silver Beetles, which then became simply, the Beatles.

As the name evolved, so did the band. George Harrison, a friend of McCartney's, joined in 1958. Stu Sutcliffe, who had been with the group for several years, left in 1961 to pursue his art. (He died a year later of a brain hemorrhage.) Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best, who served as the drummer from 1960 to 1962.

With these final changes, the "Fab Four" was set, and a few months later, guided by the foresight and perseverance of their manager, Brian Epstein, Beatlemania swept through the British Isles, then America, then the world.

The Beatles attained success, longevity and a massive cultural impact without the many trappings and gimmicks that defined big-name acts of their era and today.

"How many superstars have we had in music that didn't need, and think about this, that didn't need laser lights and an accompanying show of glitter and glamour to be successful?" asked Kane. "The Beatles were four guys with guitars and drums, and their music stands alone."

They not only earned millions from record sales, movies, merchandise and more, but the Beatles also garnered widespread respect from the music industry as a whole.

McCartney signs the press pass of Larry Kane, the only U.S. journalist to tour with the Beatles in 1964.

"As much as the R&B people, and the gospel people, and spiritual music, and the country-western people influenced them, I think the Beatles were the bar. And they set the bar, and nobody's quite been able to jump beyond it," Kane said.

According to Kane, the "bar" is the quality and individuality of their music. Whether they were adding Indian influences, orchestral arrangements or thumbing a matchbook, the Beatles found new and refreshing ways to bring their message, their words, to the world.

"I think that their impact is yet to be felt, their full impact. First of all, their music is now listened to as part of the psyche of everybody, day in and day out. It's the most recorded music in the world, the most copied music in the world, the most enviable music in the world. It's inspired thousands and thousands of artists," Kane said. "Culturally they've had a tremendous impact on the entire 20th century."

Throughout all the songs, all the performances, all the fashion and all the films, Kane attributed the Beatles' success and continued influence to three factors.

"I think the first factor is the music. I think the second is their individuality. And I really think the third was that if you take their music today, and you played it to an audience that never heard of the Beatles, and played their 20 or 30 best songs, the music would be as fresh today as it was in 1970 or 1966," Kane said. "It's timeless."

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Drummer Ringo Starr is 64.

(Lennon/McCartney)

When I get older losing my hair

Many years from now

Will you still be sending me a valentine

Birthday greetings, bottle of wine?

If I'd been out till quarter to three

Would you lock the door?

Will you still need me, will you still feed me

When I'm sixty-four?

You'll be older too

And if you say the word

I could stay with you

I could be handy, mending a fuse

When your lights have gone

You can knit a sweater by the fireside

Sunday mornings go for a ride

Doing the garden, digging the weeds

Who could ask for more?

Will you still need me, will you still feed me

When I'm sixty-four?

Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight

If it's not too dear

We shall scrimp and save

Grandchildren on your knee

Vera, Chuck & Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line

Stating point of view

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

Yours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form

Mine for evermore

Will you still need me, will you still feed me

When I'm sixty-four?

Ho

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Aug 22nd

1965, The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride', the groups eighth US No.1.

1966, sixteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen and his band The Castilles recorded their first and only track, ?That?s What You Get? in New Jersey.

1968, Gary Puckett And The Union Gap were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Young Girl.'

1970, this week?s UK Top 5 singles: No.5, ?Daughter Of Darkness?, Tom Jones, No.4, ?Question?, The Moody Blues, No.3, ?Yellow River?, Christie, No.2, ?Spirit In The Sky?, Norman Greenbaum and No.1, ?Back Home?, The England World Cup Squad.

1971, The Rolling Stones album 'Sticky Fingers' started a four week run at No.1 on the US charts, the groups second US cart topper.

1976, The Rolling Stones played at Earls Court in London.

1976, Wings started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Silly Love Songs', McCartney's fifth US No.1 since leaving The Beatles. It made No.2 in the UK.

1980, appearing live at the Electic Ballroom, London, Adam And The Ants.

1980, Wishbone Ash kicked of a 13 date UK tour at Bracknell Sports Centre.

1981, appearing at Dundee Caird Hall, Scotland, Stiff Little Fingers.

1982, Madness went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Complete Madness', their first No. 1 album.

1989, appearing at Dingwalls, London, The Stone Roses, tickets £5.

1989, rap group Public Enemy fired one of its members, Professor Griff, after he made anti-Semitic remarks in the Washington Post.

1991, Wil Sin from The Shamen drowned when he was pulled under by strong currents while taking a break from filming the groups new video in Tenerife.

1993, Ace Of Base started a three week run at No.1 in the UK with the single 'All That She Wants.'

2000, Robbie Williams set up a children's charity with the cash he earned from a deal with Pepsi. The trust, 'Give It Sum', boasted £2m seed money. Beneficiaries would include UNICEF and Jeans For Genes.

2000, Travis swept the board at the Ivor Novello awards. Singer Fran Healy won two awards for Best Contemporary Song for the single 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me?' And Songwriter Of The Year for the Travis album 'The Man Who.'

2002, Adam Ant appeared at The Old Bailey in London charged with possession of an imitation firearm. Ant, (Stuart Goddard) had been arrested in January after an altercation at The Prince of Wales pub in London when a bouncer refused to let him in.

2002, all the members from Alien Ant Farm were hospitalised after their tour bus was involved in a crash in Spain. The bands driver was killed.

2003, A new model of J-Lo was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London. It was part of a new A-list celebrity area that also features Naomi Campbell and Samuel L Jackson.The waxwork cost £52,000 to make.

2003, Soul singer Ruben Studdard won the second series of talent show American Idol after 24 million viewers voted in the final. Studdard beat fellow finalist Clay Aiken in a tense live showdown.

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