Today In Music
2002 - Founding Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby succumbs to AIDS after an eight-year battle with the disease. Crosby, who co-wrote many of the pop-metal band's best-known songs, is 42.
2000 - Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood checks himself into rehab in London. Wood, who is accompanied by his wife, is admitted to the Priory Clinic in an effort to overcome his addiction to alcohol before the Rolling Stones launch another world tour.
1995 - Pink Floyd releases its two-CD live album, "Pulse."
1994 - A son, Evan Shane, is born in Los Angeles to Paul and Pamela Bowen Stanley. Paul Stanley is the lead singer and co-founder of the rock group Kiss.
1992 - David Bowie marries model and actress Iman in a church ceremony in Florence, Italy. The couple wed in a civil ceremony in May.
1991 - Jazz tenor saxophonist Stan Getz dies of liver cancer in Malibu, Calif., at age 64. His album "Jazz Samba" hit No. 1 on Billboard's pop album chart in 1962. The song "The Girl from Ipanema" (with Astrud Gilberto) reached No. 5 on the singles chart in 1964.
1990 - U.S. District Judge Jose Gonzalez in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., rules that 2 Live Crew's rap album "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" is obscene.
1987 - Michael Jackson severs his ties with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
1971 - Gladys Knight & the Pips are musical guests on the final episode of CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show."
1966 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Paint It Black," The Rolling Stones.
2000 - Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood checks himself into rehab in London. Wood, who is accompanied by his wife, is admitted to the Priory Clinic in an effort to overcome his addiction to alcohol before the Rolling Stones launch another world tour.
1995 - Pink Floyd releases its two-CD live album, "Pulse."
1994 - A son, Evan Shane, is born in Los Angeles to Paul and Pamela Bowen Stanley. Paul Stanley is the lead singer and co-founder of the rock group Kiss.
1992 - David Bowie marries model and actress Iman in a church ceremony in Florence, Italy. The couple wed in a civil ceremony in May.
1991 - Jazz tenor saxophonist Stan Getz dies of liver cancer in Malibu, Calif., at age 64. His album "Jazz Samba" hit No. 1 on Billboard's pop album chart in 1962. The song "The Girl from Ipanema" (with Astrud Gilberto) reached No. 5 on the singles chart in 1964.
1990 - U.S. District Judge Jose Gonzalez in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., rules that 2 Live Crew's rap album "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" is obscene.
1987 - Michael Jackson severs his ties with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
1971 - Gladys Knight & the Pips are musical guests on the final episode of CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show."
1966 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Paint It Black," The Rolling Stones.