2003 - Soul/R&B legend Luther Vandross is hospitalized after suffering a stroke. The artist is hospitalized and begins a slow recovery.

2001 - 63-year-old American composer John Corigliano wins the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in music for his “Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra.

1999 - Hip-hop entrepreneur and superstar Sean “Puffy” Combs turns himself in for and is charged in connection with an alleged assault in New York of Interscope Records executive Steven Scoute. Sources confirm that the beating came as a result of Nas video Hate Me Now, in which the artist and Combs, who participated in the shoot for the song willingly, are depicted hanging from crosses in mock crucifixion.

1994 - Bonnie Raitt : Longing In Their Hearts : US LP is no. 1 chart topper.

1994 - Jazz crooner and pianist Harry Connick Jr. marries model and video director Jill Goodacre in New Orleans.

1993 - David Lee Roth is busted by police after allegedly buying marijuana in New York’s Washington Square Park.

1993 - Billy Burnette announces he’s leaving Fleetwood Mac. He wants to concentrate on recording country music.

1993 - Paul McCartney headlines an Earth Day concert at the Hollywood Bowl with Ringo Starr, Steve Miller and Don Henley. He hasn’t performed there since he appeared with the Beatles in 1965.

1990 - At London’s Wembley Stadium, artists including Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Simple Minds, and Tracy Chapman take part in a musical celebration of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.

1977 - Fleetwood Mac release “Dreams,” which becomes their first chart-topping single.

1976 - When songwriter Boz Scaggs tries to go backstage at the Austin club Antone’s to see Bobby “Blue” Bland, he’s knocked out by two bouncers.

1974 - Queen play their first American concert at Denver’s Regis College.

1973 - Paul McCartney appears in the TV special James Paul McCartney with his wife, Linda, and his band Wings.

1972 - Electric Light Orchestra makes its live debut at the Greyhound Club in Surrey, England. The group has seven top 10 hits, the biggest of which is “Don’t Bring Me Down” in 1979.

1966 - Simon and Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence enters UK LP chart.

1965 - Hollies open their first US tour at the Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn.

1964 - Animals debut on UK chart with Baby Let Me Take You Home.

1963 - The Beatles perform on BBC TV for the first time on The 625 Show.

1956 - Rock `n’ roll pioneer Buddy Holly’s first single, “Blue Days, Black Nights,” is released.

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