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1999 - BILL SAMETH sued CHER, claiming she owed him a 15 percent manager's fee from the proceeds of her hit single, Believe. He claims to have orchestrated Cher's big comeback.
1987 – BOB SEGER ended a tour that he claimed would be his last. It was not his last tour, however.
1978 - STEELY DAN's sixth album, Aja, became their first to be certified platinum.
1974 - BAD COMPANY made their live debut at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
1973 - PAUL McCARTNEY was arrested for growing marijuana on his farm in Scotland.
1973 - GRATEFUL DEAD organist RON "PIGPEN" McKERNAN died of a stomach hemorrhage.
1971 - Radio Hanoi broadcast JIMI HENDRIX's recording of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” ABBIE HOFFMAN sent them the tape.
1970 – DIANA ROSS opened her first outing as a solo performer in Framingham, MA.
1968 - The Fillmore East opened in New York City on 2nd Avenue.
1962 - THE BEATLES performed for the first time on the BBC in Great Britain. The show was Teenager's Turn.
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