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Billboard magazine in the USA reports that Ike Turner has formed his own record label, Sonja Records, and has already made recordings for the label with Tina Turner and The Ikettes.
By trading live performances aboard ship for tickets, Australian pop group The 
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The The Bee Gees play in the Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg, Germany, Europe, supported by Procol Harum.
Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees collapses from exhaustion and is hospitalised at Regent's Park Nursing Home, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Allman Brothers Band plays the first of two nights at The College Discotheque, Macon, Georgia, USA.
Bob Dylan is recording tracks for the soundtrack of the film Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, in CBS Disco Studios, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
String Driven Thing play at the Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
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On his Hotter Than July Tour, Stevie Wonder plays the fifth of six [non-consecutive] nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.The new No1 in the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA is Take My Heart by Kool and the Gang.
UK tv show Top Of The Pops celebrates its 20th birthday. By a happy coincidence, two artists in this week’s chart, Paul McCartney and Cliff Richard, were also in the Top 20 for the first show. The show is also memorable as the first TOTP appearance of Frankie Goes To Hollywood singing Relax.
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Prince's movie Purple Rain has its world premiere at Graumann's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Guests at the screening include Little Richard, Eddie Murphy, Steven Spielberg and Lionel Richie. Hints of discontent in The Jacksons' camp come when the New York Post reports that, after Michael Jackson walked out of a video shoot for the new single, Torture, he was replaced by a wax dummy. The story is officially denied.
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James Brown plays at The Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
World music star Manu Dibango begins a legal action in Paris, France, Europe, claiming that part of Michael Jackson's hit Wanna Be Starting Somethin' is taken from Dibango's composition, Soul Makossa.
5 Star have their second UK Top 20 entry when Let Me Be The One peaks at No18.
Tina Turner performs her current single, One Of The Living, on the tv show Countdown in Australia, Oceania.
The Spinners play at The Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
Rock censorship rears its ugly head again when MTV in the USA refuses to air the Neil Young video for his current single, This Note's For You. In the video, the hair of a Michael Jackson lookalike catches fire during filming of what appears to be a Pepsi commercial. The blaze is extinguished by 'Whitney Houston' pouring Coke on Jacko's head.
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Diana Ross plays the first of two nights at The Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA.
On her Farewell Tour, Tina Turner plays the last of five nights at The NEC Arena, Birmingham, England, UK.On her Foreign Affair tour (aka The Farewell Tour), Tina Turner plays at Estadio Riazor, A Coruna, Spain, Europe.
Roy Ayers plays the first of thirteen nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of two nights at the Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia.
Michael Jackson is briefly hospitalised following the collapse of a stage-prop bridge which hurled him into the pit during the previous night's concert in the Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany, Europe.It is announced that actor Corey Feldman has been subpoenaed in the Michael Jackson child molestation case in Santa Maria, California, USA.Maria Ellen Ortiz, daughter of 74-year-old heart attack victim Manuela Gomez Ruiz tells US tv show Good Morning America, that she plans to sue Michael Jackson, because the star's recent stay in the Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, USA, resulted in Mrs Ruiz being moved, as a result of which she died.Cher's first child, born a girl, files a petition in Los Angeles, California, USA, to have her name legally changed from Chastity Sun to Chaz Salvatore. Chastity underwent sex change surgery a year earlier. (Salvatore was Chaz's father Sonny Bono's real first name.)
Grace Jones headlines the final night of Love Box, a three-day music festival in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK. Also appearing are Hot Chip, Peaches, Chromeo, Cut Copy and others.
Earth, Wind And Fire play at The Chateau Sainte Michelle Winery, Woodinville, Washington, USA.
On his All The Hits All Night Long tour, Lionel Richie plays at Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.1950 |
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