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2022 Gary Brooker, the lead singer, piano player, and songwriter for Procol Harum, dies of cancer at 76.

2020 The rapper Pop Smoke is shot and killed at age 20. Five months later, his debut album, Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, is released and goes to #1 in the US.

2020 In a promotion for Buffalo Wild Wings, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony announce they have changed their name to Boneless Thugs-N-Harmony because they love the restaurant's boneless wings.

2017 Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell dies at age 73.

2009 Kelly Groucutt of Electric Light Orchestra dies of a heart attack at age 63.

2008 Jagjaguwar Records officially release Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago in the US.

2008 Jazz musician Teo Macero dies at age 82.

2005 Good Charlotte's "I Just Wanna Live" peaks at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100.

2003 Johnny Paycheck dies of respiratory failure at age 64. His most famous song: "Take This Job and Shove It."

2002 A Los Angeles Superior Court jury finds James Brown not guilty of sexually harassing a former employee, rejecting four of the five counts brought against the singer.

2002 Ten months after his death, Joey Ramone's only solo album, Don't Worry About Me, is released. He worked on it at the end of his life while battling lymphoma.

2001 French singer Charles Trenet dies at age 87.

1998 With Brian Setzer leading the swing revival at the helm of The Brian Setzer Orchestra, he reunites Stray Cats for a show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, with proceeds going to the Carl Perkins Center For The Prevention Of Child Abuse.

1998 Country singer Lorrie Morgan denies a Star magazine report that she had "a wild ride in the back seat of a limousine with President Bill Clinton." Her statement reads: "The only accurate information in the article with regard to my relationship with President Clinton was that I joined him onstage for the Christmas tree lighting in Washington - I have never met with him in a private situation."

1998 Grandpa Jones, famous for his banjo performances and appearances on Hee Haw, dies at age 84.

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Jarvis Cocker Disrupts Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" In Protest

1996

During Michael Jackson's performance of "Earth Song" at the 1996 BRIT Awards, Jarvis Cocker of the band Pulp jumps on stage and makes demeaning gestures toward Jackson. Cocker says he did it because Jackson was "pretending to be Jesus."

Jackson's performance is filled with tattered children who seem to worship him as he strikes lots of messianic poses, aided by wind machines and spotlights that bathe him in a divine glow. He even goes up in a cherry picker to look down on the masses. It's all too much for Jarvis Cocker, who comes on stage and mocks the act, bending over and waving from his butt. The director stays on Cocker as security chases him around the stage, finally running him off after about 30 seconds. Jackson doesn't seem to notice, and the performance continues. Cocker explains: "My actions were a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing. The music industry allows him to indulge his fantasies because of his wealth and power. People go along with it even though they know it's a bit sick. I just couldn't go along with it anymore."

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Zhi from BurgasWho the f... is Jarvis Cocker anyway? To me it looks like he just saw opportunity to get famous for the sake of someone else.. AND he took it.

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