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2008 – Associated Press – LONDON – Richard Wright, a founding member of the Read more

2008 – Associated Press – LONDON – Richard Wright, a founding member of the

2008 – Associated Press – LONDON – Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died today… this day in rock! He was 65. ADVERTISEMENT Pink Floyd’s spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says […]

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1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan… Read more

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan…

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The Beatles have 20 No. 1 songs, more than any other recording act, and McCartney by himself or in duets has another nine. His biggest post-Beatles hits are “Ebony and Ivory,” a duet with Stevie Wonder that stays at No. 1 for seven weeks, and “Say […]

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2007 – Bob Dylan and his brother bought Aultmore House a mansion Read more

2007 – Bob Dylan and his brother bought Aultmore House a mansion

2007 – Bob Dylan and his brother bought Aultmore House a mansion in the Scottish Cairngorms National Park, near Nethybridge, Inverness-shire. Bob Dylan has just purchased a sprawling Scottish estate. Britain’s The Telegraph reported that Dylan and his younger brother David Zimmerman purchased the secluded property for over $7.8 million under the family name, Zimmerman. […]

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2005 – Madonna tops the U.K. singles chart with “Hung Up.” The No Read more

2005 – Madonna tops the U.K. singles chart with “Hung Up.” The No

2005 – Madonna tops the U.K. singles chart with “Hung Up.” The No. 1 album in Britain is Ancora, by classical music heart-throbs Il Divo.

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2004 – Record executive Clive Calder, whose Zomba label… Read more

2004 – Record executive Clive Calder, whose Zomba label…

2004 – Record executive Clive Calder, whose Zomba label launched the careers of Britney Spears and ‘N Sync, is named Britain’s wealthiest music millionaire by The Sunday Times. Calder is said to be worth $2.28 billion. No. 2 on the list is Paul McCartney.

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2002 – Lonnie Donegan, known as the “king of skiff… Read more

2002 – Lonnie Donegan, known as the “king of skiff…

2002 – Lonnie Donegan, known as the “king of skiffle’ dies in his sleep in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. He is 71. Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. He is […]

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2002 – The Who’s John Entwistle is found dead in h… Read more

2002 – The Who’s John Entwistle is found dead in h…

2002 – The Who’s John Entwistle is found dead in his hotel room in Las Vegas. He has cocaine in his system, and the Deaths is ruled accidental. He is 57. John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known […]

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2002 – R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe takes… Read more

2002 – R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe takes…

2002 – R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe takes the stand to defend guitarist Peter Buck against air rage charges in Britain. Stipe describes Buck as a “Southern gentlemen.”

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2001 – American harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler, wh… Read more

2001 – American harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler, wh…

2001 – American harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era and had long made Britain his home, dies at a London hospital following a long illness. He is 87.

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2001 – The Brit awards committee announces that U2 will receive… Read more

2001 – The Brit awards committee announces that U2 will receive…

2001 – The Brit awards committee announces that U2 will receive an Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the February 26 ceremony in London, despite actually coming from Ireland – not Britain.

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2000 – Britain’s Daily Mirror reports that Madonna will star in her Read more

2000 – Britain’s Daily Mirror reports that Madonna will star in her

2000 – Britain’s Daily Mirror reports that Madonna will star in her new husband Guy Ritchie’s forthcoming movie The Mole.

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1999 – Jean Davis, co-founder of the Glastonbury F… Read more

1999 – Jean Davis, co-founder of the Glastonbury F…

1999 – Jean Davis, co-founder of the Glastonbury Festival dies of cancer. He is 60. The festival, first staged in 1970, grew into one of the leading outdoor events in Britain.

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