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Moby publishes his second memoir, 10 years ago
Happyness play at The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, England, UK, during the Liverpool Sound City Festival.
Using data based on analysing the total combined streams for each artist, Rihanna and Drake are named as music's most powerful couple by Spotify.
It is announced that a new scheme to help independent British music companies grow their overseas export markets has been launched, under the name The Music Export Growth Scheme. The scheme will allocate millions of pounds of grants to independent music companies and will be run by UK Trade And Investment (UKTI), the Government organisation that supports UK business overseas, and BPI, the trade body that represents British recorded music businesses. 
A memorial service for fashion designer (and girlfriend of Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones) L'Wren Scott is held at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan, New York City, USA. During the service, Jagger speaks some words of tribute and sings Bob Dylan's song Just Like a Woman.
Claudette Robinson, the former wife of hitmaking songwriter/performer Smokey Robinson, begins a court action to pursue her claim to half of the royalties earned by her husband during the period of their marriage.
In the early hours of the morning, after playing a gig in Santiago, Chile, South America, Liam Payne of One Direction posts several emotional Tweets which fuel speculation that he has split up with his girlfriend Sophia Smith.
On their 
Jessica Cleaves, female lead vocalist of successful late 60s/early 70s pop-soul combo The Friends Of Distinction, dies in Hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 65, of complications from a stroke. Cleaves also sang with Earth Wind And Fire and Parliament/Funkadelic.
The 2014 Beale Street Music Festival, a three-day event, begins in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The first day features artists including Snoop Dogg, 311, Dropkick Murphys, Foster The People, Fitz And The Tantrums, Third Eye Blind, Kenny Brown, Robert Wolfman Belfour and others.
Students from Pearl Hall Elementary school join Astronaut Cady Coleman, Houston Symphony violinist Sergei Galperin, and Bella Galia founder and violinist Kenji Williams in a live linkup between the Johnson Space Center and the International Space Station. Expedition 39 crew member Koichi Wakata joins Kenji Williams for a space-Earth duet of Gagaku music.
On his Burn It Down tour, Jason Aldean plays at The Bryce Jordan Center, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Cage The Elephant play at The Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
In a cabin in Tennessee, USA, Carrie Underwood writes Something In The Water with Chris DeStefano and Brett James, weaving in an I Saw The Light reference and a section of Amazing Grace.
25 years ago
Outrageous bluesman Curly 'Barefoot' Miller dies of a heart attack and stroke, in Dallas, Texas, USA, with his bank account standing at $4.Josephine Brock dies in Glen Falls, New York State, USA. She had found success in the 1920s as Bobbe Brox of The Brox Sisters, stars of Vaudeville, Broadway, films and radio.
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Theodor Meir Bikel is born in Vienna, Austria, Europe. He will move to the USA and find fame as folk singer and actor Theo Bikel.Popular radio pianist Art Gillham, known as The Whispering Pianist, has his first recording session, for Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana, USA. During the session, Gillham records The Deacon Told Me I Was Good, Mean Blues, You May Be Lonesome and Hesitation Blues, none of which are released.
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