Cunningham Jr., aged 70, finishes one of the most unusual lives in music history when he dies of a gunshot wound inflicted while working as a security guard at an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee.
More more featured eventsĢ019 Choi Jin-ri, the South Korean singer/actress known as Sulli, commits suicide at Busan aged only 25.Ģ018 Fifty years after they first started touring, Steppenwolf play their last show, a concert in Baxter Springs, Kansas.Ģ017 Kacey Musgraves marries Ruston Kelly (also a country singer) in Tennessee.Ģ016 JoJo releases her third album, Mad Love., her first since 2006, as legal issues have kept her from issuing new material.Ģ014 David Bowie debuts his new single "Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)," a jazzy seven-and-a-half-minute song, on BBC Radio 6 to promote his upcoming compilation album Nothing Has Changed.Ģ012 B. Moreġ972 Michael Jackson's " Ben," a song about a boy and his love for a pet rat, hits #1 in the US. The father is her personal trainer, Carlos Leon.ġ974 Nashville veterans worry about the sanctity of country music when Olivia Newton-John wins Female Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. The veteran rock artist says in a statement, "I have been in Boston for the last three weeks, having medical tests for a tremor which has become markedly worse over the last two years."Ģ000 The Beatles' official autobiography Anthology hits #1 on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list.ġ996 Madonna gives birth to her first child, a daughter named Lourdes. He is kicked off the tour and replaced by a talented newcomer named Taylor Swift.Ģ003 Ozzy Osbourne seeks treatment for Parkinson's Disease-like tremors and postpones a fall European tour. She cites years of physical, verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of the producer, who denies all charges.Ģ011 After 27 years of marriage, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth announce they are breaking up.Ģ006 Opening for Rascal Flatts at Madison Square Garden, Eric Church goes off-kilter, playing a little " Crazy Train" and staying on stage past his allotted time. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald), in a bid to be released from her contract.
2014 Pop singer Kesha files a civil lawsuit against her longtime producer, Dr.