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1960 Eddie Cochran is laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cypress, California, six days after his untimely death in a car accident.

1960 Thrash metal singer Paul Baloff (of Exodus) is born in San Francisco, California.

1960 Elvis Presley scores his first #1 of the '60s (and 13th of his career) when "Stuck on You" hits the top spot in America.

1955 The UN's commission on narcotics releases a report stating "definite connection between increased marijuana smoking and that form of entertainment known as bebop and rebop."

1955 David Sikes (bass player for Boston, Giuffria) is born near Cambridge, England, but will be raised in California.

1950 Steve Ferrone (drummer for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Average White Band) is born in Brighton, England.

1949 Baroque pop keyboardist Michael Brown (of The Left Banke) is born Michael David Lookofsky in New York to jazz violinist Harry Lookofsky.

1946 Ronnie Gilbert (bass guitarist for Blues Magoos) is born.

1945 Stu Cook (bass guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival) is born in Oakland, California.

1945 Bjorn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) is born in Gothenburg, Sweden.

1944 Michael Kogel (lead singer of Los Bravos) is born in Berlin, Germany.

1932 Jazz tenor saxophonist Willis "Gator" Jackson is born in Miami, Florida.

1923 Lyricist Jerry Leiber, who will go on to pen several Elvis Presley hits with composing partner Mike Stoller, is born in Baltimore, Maryland.

1923 Blues guitarist Albert King is born on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi.

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Michael Bolton Found Guilty Of Ripping Off The Isley Brothers

1994

A jury rules that Michael Bolton's 1991 hit "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" plagiarizes The Isley Brothers 1966 song of the same name and awards $5.4 million in damages, the largest ever in a music plagiarism case.

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