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1940
Mike Hugg (Manfred Mann) is born.

1947
Vocalist/organist Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge is born in Bayonne, N.J.
Vanilla Fudge "Keep Me Hangin' On"

1948
George Kooymans, guitarist with Golden Earring, is born.

1950
Singer Bobby McFerrin is born.

1957
Singer Cheryl Lynn is born in Los Angeles. After performing on TV's Gong Show, she signed with Columbia and went on to have several hits, including 1979's "Got to Be Real."

1964
Elvis Presley's 14th movie, Kissin' Cousins, is released.

1966
Wilson Pickett performs at the Flamingo Club in London.
Wilson Pickett "Mustang Sally"

1968
"Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" earns Otis Redding his only gold record-three months after his death.

1970
The world's greatest rock 'n' roll movie, Jean-Luc Godard's One Plus One, starring the Rolling Stones, opens in the U.S. The obtuse film features Godard's trademark Marxist lecturing interspersed with scenes of the Stones composing "Sympathy for the Devil." The producers later recut the footage to include more Mick and redub the movie Sympathy for the Devil. Critics remain baffled.
Sympathy for the Devil Trailer

1970
The 1969 Grammy Award winners are announced. The Fifth Dimension's "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is Record of the Year. Blood, Sweat and Tears, by the band of the same name is "Album of the Year" and Joe South's "Games People Play" is Song of the Year. Also, Crosby, Stills and Nash won the Best New Artist.

1971
First it was the Monkees, then the Archies, now the Partridge Family. On this date, TV's first fictional family of rock receives a gold record for "Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted." It's the second of their five Top Twenty hits.
The Partridge Family "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"

1974
Rhino record retailers offer their customers a nickel to take home a copy of Danny Bonaduce's self-titled solo disc.

1974
An insurance company pays out $112,000 on Janis Joplin's life insurance policy following her accidental overdose in 1970.

1975
Mick Jagger stops by Los Angeles' Record Plant studios and ends up getting involved in a jam session with Wings and Ron Wood.

1976
Paul Simon awarded gold disc for "50 Ways to leave Your Lover."
Paul Simon "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"

1977
Billy Idol's Generation X play a concert at Leicester University in England that ends in violence when a glass is broken over bassist Bob Andrews' head.

1977
All-girl punk band the Slits make their live debut supporting the Clash in London.

1978
Jazz guitarist George Benson's crossover to soul-pop continues as his cover version of the Drifters hit "On Broadway" enters the soul singles chart, where it will climb to Number Two.
George Benson "On Broadway"

1982
Jimmy Page releases his first solo album, the soundtrack to Death Wish II.
Jimmy Page "Prelude" from the Death Wish II Soundtrack

1986
Mr. Mister is No. 1 on the American singles chart with "Kyrie."

1987
No. 1 Hit: "Jacob's Ladder," Huey Lewis & the News. The song is written by brothers John and Bruce Hornsby.

1991
Janet Jackson signs a $30 million deal with Virgin Records. It's the largest record deal ever until brother Michael signs with Sony a week later.

1992
Eric Clapton records an episode of MTV Unplugged. The subsequent record becomes one of the best-selling of his career.

1995
At the Grammys this evening, Sheryl Crow is awarded Song of the Year for "All I Wanna Do" and is named Best New Artist. Album of the Year is Tony Bennett's Unplugged.

1997
Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1998
Stacey Guess of the Squirrel Nut Zippers dies of a drug overdose.

2002
Limp Bizkit's tour manager testifies at an inquest into a fan's death at a 2001 Australian concert. He said the show was understaffed and poorly managed.

2002
Britney Spears tells MTV Italy that she has not split up with Justin Timberlake. To the frustration of logicians everywhere, this leads many to believe that they have indeed ended their relationship.

2002
Country artist Pat Green is hospitalized in Brownsville, Texas with multiple facial fractures after being attacked by two men on South Padre Island.

2003
A casualty of the Feb. 20 Rhode Island nightclub fire set off by rock band Great White's pyrotechnics dies in hospital, bringing the death toll to 98.

2003
To celebrate their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, AC/DC play a one-off show at New York's Roseland Ballroom.

2003
Thanks to its numeric moniker, funk-rock hybrid quintet 311 designates the day as its own personal holiday. The band celebrates its day by posting a bunch of stuff to its website. In addition to a host of new photos and special deals on 311 merchandise, four previously unreleased mp3 songs are available to fans for free download.

2004
Time Warner sell the Warner Music Group to an investment group led by former Universal chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. The WMG is home to Madonna, Metallica, Linkin Park and Faith Hill, among others.

2004
Edmund Sylvers, former lead singer of ’70s family group the Sylvers, dies after a battle with lung cancer. He is 47-years-old.

2005
Martin Bashir, producer of the Living with Michael Jackson documentary, appears as a witness for the prosecution at the King of Pop’s child molestation trial in California, but refuses to answer questions.

2006
Jackson 5 drummer Johnny Jackson is found stabbed to death in his Gary, Indiana, home. The Jackson family cousin, who was part of the group's live band, was 54.

2008
Metal Underground reports: After postponing a handful of dates last week in order for guitarist Eddie Van Halen to undergo tests for an unspecified medical condition, Van Halen is postponing all tour activity until April 19. According to organizers, Van Halen, who has battled cancer and substance abuse, "is currently under doctors' care" and will "continue medical tests to define a course of treatment." No further details were made available.

2008
TMZ reports: Reports surfaced over the weekend that Courtney Love went to the LAPD to report she’s the victim of a massive identity theft. But sources tell TMZ Courtney is simply (and possibly medically) delusional.

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