Today in Music History

Aerosmith performed at The Marquee club in London. During the concert, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page joined the band on stage and played five songs with Aerosmith: “I Ain't Got You”, “Think About It”, “Red House”, “Immigrant Song” and “The Train Kept A-Rollin'”.

Black Sabbath released the album Tyr. It was the band's thirteenth studio album, with Tony Martin, Tony Iommi, Cozy Powell and other musicians in the lineup at the time. The album followed the band's previous work but featured a significant amount of keyboards while retaining its heavy sound.

Living Colour released their second studio album, Time's Up. The album followed the success of their debut Vivid and continued to combine hard rock and heavy metal with elements of funk, punk, hip-hop and jazz. It reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200, the song “Type” reached the Top 5 of the Mainstream Rock chart, and the album later won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance for the title track.

Prince released his twelfth studio album, “Graffiti Bridge”, which includes the songs “Thieves in the Temple” and “New Power Generation”. The album reached No. 1 in Britain and also served as the soundtrack to the film of the same name, in which Prince starred.

The film “Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man” was released in U.S. cinemas. The film featured the song “The Bigger They Come” by Peter Frampton and Steve Marriott, their first collaboration since they had been members of Humble Pie 20 years earlier.

Nirvana and Sonic Youth began their joint European tour at Sir Henry's Pub in Cork, Ireland.

Rock band Spin Doctors released their debut studio album, “Pocket Full of Kryptonite”. Driven by the hits “Little Miss Can't Be Wrong” and “Two Princes”, it sold more than 5 million copies. The album reached No. 1 in Australia, Canada and New Zealand and the Top 3 in the U.S. and Britain.

American pop singer, songwriter and actress Demi Lovato was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She became known, among other things, for her role as Mitchie Torres in the musical television film Camp Rock. In 2009, she had the No. 1 album in the U.S. with Here We Go Again.

A U.S. doctor filed a $35 million lawsuit against Southwest Bell. He claimed that his wife died because he was unable to get through to the 911 emergency line, as all telephone lines were overloaded by demand for tickets to a Garth Brooks concert.

During the controversy surrounding the song “Cop Killer”, Ice-T appeared in “Rolling Stone” magazine wearing a police uniform. Inside the magazine was an interview titled “You Gotta Problem With That?”. He had already removed the song from future editions of the “Body Count” album after employees of his record label Warner Bros. had received death threats.

Sting married Trudie Styler at his estate in Wiltshire, England. They first met in 1977, when Sting was an aspiring musician and Trudie was trying to establish herself as an actress.

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories spent their third week at No. 1 with “Stay (I Missed You)”. Boyz II Men surged from No. 31 to No. 2 with “I'll Make Love To You”.

Oasis’ “Live Forever” entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 10. The single later reached a peak position of No. 8.

After a long-running feud fueled by the press that culminated in the simultaneous release of their singles, “Country House” by Blur reached No. 1 on the British chart ahead of “Roll With It” by Oasis. Oasis subsequently achieved worldwide mainstream success, while Blur later moved away from the Britpop sound and developed a more artistic and experimental style, strongly influenced by Pavement.

Snoop Doggy Dogg reached an out-of-court settlement with the Woldemariam family in a wrongful-death case the family had filed against the rapper three years earlier. Their 20-year-old son Phillip Woldemariam had been shot by Snoop Doggy Dogg's bodyguard from the back of a moving car that the rapper himself was driving. Snoop Doggy Dogg and his bodyguard claimed the incident occurred in self-defense.

Governor of Alabama Fob James, together with the mayors of Montgomery and Georgiana, ceremonially dedicated a 50-mile section of Interstate 65 to the memory of Hank Williams. The section was renamed the “Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway”, beginning near his childhood home in Georgiana and ending in Montgomery, where Hank Williams is buried. The ceremony took place in Montgomery, and Hank Williams Jr. spoke at the event.

BBC broadcast the documentary Oasis Right Here Right Now, in which the group discussed their troubled previous year and also introduced three new songs.

Fatboy Slim married BBC presenter Zoe Ball in Somerset, England. Before their separation in 2016, they attracted considerable attention from the tabloid media.

Bon Jovi played the final concert at the historic Wembley Stadium before its demolition.

Coldplay, Barenaked Ladies, Moby and Cypress Hill performed on the final day of the V2000 festival in Staffordshire, England.

Janet Jackson reached No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Doesn't Really Matter”. At the same time, Nelly began a five-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with “Country Grammar”.

Spiller reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart with "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)." The Italian DJ and producer based the track on a sample of Carol Williams' 1977 song "Love Is You" and added vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, winning a high-profile chart battle against Victoria Beckham.

The remaining European tour dates for Foo Fighters were canceled after drummer Taylor Hawkins was hospitalized following a drug overdose.

In Rhode Island, OSHA fined Derco LLC, which operated The Station club, $85,200 for one willful and six serious violations related to the February 20 fire, in which 100 people died and nearly 200 were injured. Great White was fined $7,000 for failing to protect employees from fire hazards.

Olivia Newton-John postponed her tour so she could be in Australia with her dying 92-year-old mother.

Madame Tussauds in London opened an interactive Pop Idol exhibit featuring a talking wax figure of judge Simon Cowell. Among other things, the figure delivered ironic comments judging visitors' performances.

A man from Stoke-on-Trent, England, named singer Bryan Adams in his divorce papers as “the other man” after years of trying to cope with his wife's obsession with the singer. He said that she had a six-foot-tall cardboard cutout of Adams in the bedroom and posters on the walls.

Country singer Faith Hill scored her third U.S. No. 1 album when “Fireflies” reached the top. The single “Like We Never Loved at All” won a Grammy for Best Country Collaboration.

On the day Phil Lynott would have celebrated his 56th birthday, a concert was held in Dublin featuring Thin Lizzy members Brian Downey, Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson. Eric Bell, Thin Lizzy's original lead guitarist, and Gary Moore shared lead vocals and guitar on the famous song “Whiskey In The Jar”.

The Rolling Stones played the first of two concerts at Twickenham Stadium as part of the A Bigger Bang tour. Feeder and The Charlatans also performed.

The funeral of music producer, Factory Records founder and radio presenter Tony Wilson was held at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Manchester. Peter Hook and Stephen Morris of Joy Division, the first group signed to Factory Records who later also performed in New Order, attended, along with Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder.

Roseanne Cash criticized the use of her late father Johnny Cash's name in connection with support for a U.S. presidential candidate. Country singer John Rich suggested that Cash would have supported Republican candidate John McCain. Roseanne Cash called such a claim presumptuous and said that even she would not presume to publicly state what her father actually felt or thought.

American keyboardist and bassist Larry Knechtel, best known as a member of the studio collective The Wrecking Crew, died at the age of 69 at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Washington, apparently from a heart attack. In 1970, he won a Grammy for his piano part on Simon & Garfunkel's “Bridge over Troubled Water”. In 1972, he played on Johnny Rivers' recording “Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu”, and from 1971 to 1973 he was a member of Bread. As a member of The Wrecking Crew, he worked with Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees, The Doors, Jerry Garcia and Elvis Presley, among others. In 2007, he was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville along with other members of the Wrecking Crew studio collective.

A section of Interstate 40 near Memphis, Tennessee, was named the Isaac Hayes Memorial Highway in honor of Isaac Hayes on what would have been his 68th birthday.

A New York judge dismissed a $300 million lawsuit filed against Michael Jackson's estate by Allgood Entertainment. The company claimed that Michael Jackson and his agent Frank Dileo had backed out of planned Jackson 5 concerts. According to the court, the decisive factor was that Michael and his brothers had never signed the contract.

Adele returned to No. 1 on the U.S. chart with her second studio album, “21”. The album reached No. 1 in more than 30 countries and became one of the best-selling albums of all time.

A New York judge dismissed a $300 million lawsuit brought against Michael Jackson's estate by Allgood Entertainment because no contract with The Jackson 5 had been signed.

Electronic trio Nero scored their first UK No. 1 single with “Promises”.

Ross Barbour, singer and co-founder of the vocal quartet The Four Freshmen and the last original member of the group from the 1950s, died at the age of 82 from cancer in Southern California. The group's biggest hit was “Graduation Day”, which reached No. 17 in 1956.

A version of the video game Angry Birds dedicated to Green Day was released, featuring Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool as green pigs. Players could unlock a new Green Day song from level 10 of the game.

After her appearance at the V Festival in Britain, Beyoncé was reportedly said to have spent nearly £1,500 at a Nando's branch in Essex. The bill posted on Twitter included 48 whole chickens, 24 portions of coleslaw, 58 portions of chicken wings and 48 portions of fries. The branch manager confirmed that a member of her entourage had placed the order by phone.

Rapper and producer Dr. Dre reached No. 1 on the UK chart with his third studio album, “Compton”. The album also reached No. 1 that year in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland.

The LAPD Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force searched the home of Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed in Los Angeles. Authorities clarified that neither the rocker nor any member of his family was a suspect or person of interest; the investigation concerned a crime that had allegedly occurred on their property the previous year while Simmons was on tour with KISS. Simmons and his wife Shannon Tweed fully cooperated with the investigation.

Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor reached No. 1 on the British singles chart with their debut single “Marvin Gaye”.

Michael McDonald joined The Doobie Brothers on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, where they performed a medley of “Long Train Runnin'” and “Takin' It to the Streets”. The group also performed a web-exclusive version of “What a Fool Believes”.

Alice Cooper announced to CNN that he had decided to run for President of the United States and had chosen actor Tom Hanks as his running mate. Jokingly, he gave his campaign slogan as “I can do nothing as well as they can do nothing” and declared that his platform was “non-existent”. It was part of a long-running joke in which Cooper has claimed to be running for president every four years since the release of his song “Elected” in 1972.

DJ Khaled's ninth studio album, “Major Key”, reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album features twelve guest appearances, including J. Cole, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Drake and Lil Wayne.

Former 3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts died at the age of 38 in a hotel room in Wisconsin, probably as a result of an accidental prescription drug overdose. 3 Doors Down achieved international fame with their debut single “Kryptonite”, which reached the Top 3 of the Billboard chart. Their 2000 debut album “The Better Life” was the 11th best-selling album of the year and was certified six-times platinum in the U.S.

The Tragically Hip played their final concert together in the hometown of their singer Gord Downie, Kingston, Ontario, at the end of a 15-date farewell tour. Downie had been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer in December 2015. The sold-out concert took place at the Rogers K-Rock Centre and was broadcast to more than 11.7 million viewers. Public screenings were held across Canada, with approximately 22,000 fans attending the screening in Kingston. The concert was later released as “The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration”.

Tom Searle of Architects died at the age of 28 from skin cancer.