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2017President Donald Trump tweets about Snoop Dogg's "Lavender" video, where the rapper points a toy gun at "Ronald Klump," the ruler of a world run by clowns.More
2010The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2010 - ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, The Hollies, The Stooges - are inducted at the 25th Annual Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
2003The Offspring announce that their new album will be called Chinese Democracy, mocking the long-delayed Guns N' Roses release. Offspring lead singer Dexter Holland says, "Axl ripped-off my braids, so I ripped-off his album title."
1969John Lennon and Yoko Ono get caught "standing in the dock at Southampton, trying to get to Holland or France" as passport problems stall their wedding. They get married five days later in Gibraltar, and use their adventure in the lyrics to "The Ballad Of John And Yoko."
1955Dee Snider (lead singer of Twisted Sister) is born in Astoria, Queens, New York.More
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In Music History
2019The New York Public Library opens the Lou Reed Archive, with photos, recordings and other media documenting his career.More
2019Sam Smith says he is nonbinary, telling Jameela Jamil, "I am not male or female. I think I float somewhere in between."
2015Kendrick Lamar releases his third studio album, To Pimp A Butterfly, which debuts at #1.
2014Scott Asheton (drummer for The Stooges) dies of a heart attack at age 64.
2008The musical I Am Who I Am, based on the life of singer Teddy Pendergrass, opens in Chicago.
2005The third offering from Daft Punk, Human After All, is released in the US a day after its launch in the rest of the world. Recorded in just six weeks, it is a critical and commercial disappointment, leading the French duo to retreat into the studio to reconsider their direction and to call up some big-name collaborators for their next effort, Random Access Memories.
2004The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inducts Bob Seger, George Harrison, The Dells, ZZ Top, Jackson Browne, Prince, and Traffic at their annual ceremony in New York City.
2003Brad Paisley marries actress Kimberly Williams at Pepperdine University's Stauffer Chapel. They first met when the singer cast her as his female lead in his music video for "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)."
2002Marshall Leib (of The Teddy Bears) dies of a heart attack at age 63.
1999Curtis Mayfield, Del Shannon, Dusty Springfield, Paul McCartney, The Staple Singers, Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Springsteen reunites with the E Street Band to perform at the ceremony.
1988Talking Heads release their eighth album, Naked, which ends up being their last, as David Bryne breaks up the group three years later. It's produced by Steve Lillywhite, whose wife, Kirsty MacColl, sings on the track "(Nothing But) Flowers."
1986Starship's "Sara" hits #1 on the Hot 100. It's the second chart-topper (following "We Built This City") for the third iteration of the group, which was previously Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
1983Cathy Smith is arrested for second-degree murder for providing the drugs that killed John Belushi.
1982The Songwriters Hall Of Fame, formed in 1969, finally lets Bob Dylan in.
1979At a party following a Stephen Stills concert, Elvis Costello gets in an argument with Bonnie Bramlett of Delaney and Bonnie, and reportedly refers to Ray Charles as a "blind, ignorant ni--er." Costello pleads inebriation, and says he was just trying to outrage her.
Fats Domino's Pianos Salvaged From Hurricane Katrina
2006Remnants of Fats Domino's two pianos are discovered and saved by the Louisiana State Museum after attempting to salvage his Ninth Ward home after Hurricane Katrina.
Fats Domino was rescued from the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, but it takes a little longer to save his pianos, which were destroyed along with his Ninth Ward home. Two Steinways, a white grand and black baby grand, are put into storage by the Louisiana State Museum until funds can be raised for their restoration. It takes six years, but with a little help from Domino fan Paul McCartney, who contributes $1,000 in seed money, the rest of the $35,000 pours in. While the black baby grand was Domino's go-to piano when he played at home, the focus of the project is the white grand, which stood as the centerpiece of the rock and roll legend's home from its esteemed place in the family's living room. It's also in the worst shape. The piano had been submerged in water for two weeks, full of raw sewage and covered with cracks and peeling paint. The restoration team completely dismantles the instrument, carefully examining nearly 6,000 pieces and making sure there's no water trapped inside, before putting it back together again. When all is said and done, the gleaming white piano stands as a museum showpiece almost as proudly as it did in Domino's living room - except it doesn't play. Lead conservator Shane Winter explains any efforts to make it playable would mean creating a different piano. With most of the relics of New Orleans' rich musical history - including instruments, compositions, photographs, and landmarks - destroyed by the storm, the rescue of the two pianos is culturally significant. The black one stands at the Katrina exhibit at the Presbytère on Jackson Square. At the Old US Mint in New Orleans, the white piano is more than a piece of musical heritage but, ravaged and restored, it's a symbol of the resilience of Katrina's survivors: forever altered, but standing strong.
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