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Featured Events
2016Ariana Grande hosts Saturday Night Live, where she meets her future fiancé, cast member Pete Davidson.More
2008American Idol does an all-Beatles episode, somehow securing the rights to the songs after years of negotiations.
1988Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" hits #1 in the US. The video, which shows a buttoned-up Astley singing his way around London, does well on VH1, but really takes off two decades later with the Rickrolling trend, as webmasters point links to the song's YouTube video to trick unsuspecting readers into watching it.
1974John Lennon and Nilsson get drunk and disorderly at a Smothers Brothers comedy show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. They get thrown out, and Nilsson takes heat in the press for being a bad influence on Lennon. Said Nilsson: "It ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens."
1971The Allman Brothers Band play the first of two shows recorded for their seminal album Live At The Fillmore East.More
1969Paul McCartney marries girlfriend Linda Eastman at the register office in Marylebone, London, and again at the Anglican church in St. John's Wood. No other Beatles attend.
1966The theme song to the TV series Batman reaches its chart peak of #17.
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In Music History
2013Clive Burr, who was Iron Maiden's drummer from 1979-1982, dies at age 56 after a battle with multiple sclerosis.
2012Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack dies of cancer at age 65.
2011Joe Morello of The Dave Brubeck Quintet dies at age 82.
2007Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Patti Smith, R.E.M., The Ronettes and Van Halen are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in New York City.
2007Matchbook Romance announce on MySpace that they are taking an "indefinite hiatus," which lasts until 2015.
2003The Chinese government gives The Rolling Stones a list of songs they will not be allowed to play on their upcoming tour of the country. The list includes "Brown Sugar," "Honky Tonk Women" and "Let's Spend The Night Together."
2002John "Speedy" Keene of Thunderclap Newman dies at age 56.
2001Vince Gill and Amy Grant have their only child together, a girl named Corrina. Grant has three children from a previous marriage; Gill has one.
2001"Freud's Dilemma," the first ever episode of The Chris Isaak Show, airs on Showtime. The new adult comedy stars Chris Isaak playing a wannabe rock star.
1999Violinist Yehudi Menuhin dies at age 82 from complications of bronchitis.
1998Attorneys for KoRn send a cease-and-desist demand to a Michigan assistant principal who suspended a student for wearing a Korn T-shirt to school.
1996Nancy Sinatra gives her famous white go-go boots, the ones that were made for walkin', to the Beverly Hills Hard Rock Cafe.
1994Christina Grimmie is born at Marlton, New Jersey.
1983Run-DMC release their debut single, "It's Like That."
1975Elvis Presley records "Bringing It Back" and "Pieces of My Life."
American Acts Drop Off In The UK
1964For the first time in the history of the UK charts, there are no American acts in the Top 10, as British acts like The Rolling Stones take hold in their home country as well.
The British have not only invaded America, they've caught on at home. The UK Top 10, once filled with American acts like Brenda Lee, The Four Seasons and The Ronettes, is now loaded with local talent: nine of the entries are English, and the tenth, The Bachelors, is Irish. Here's the tally: 1) Cilla Black - "Anyone Who Had A Heart" 2) The Dave Clark Five - "Bits And Pieces" 3) Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - "Little Children" 4) The Bachelors - "Diane" 5) The Rolling Stones - "Not Fade Away" 6) The Hollies - "Just One Look" 7) The Searchers - "Needles And Pins" 8) The Merseybeats - "I Think Of You" 9) Eden Kane - "Boys Cry 10) Kathy Kirby - "Let Me Go, Lover" Surprisingly, the biggest band in Britain - The Beatles - isn't in the Top 10 this week.
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