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2019 Mark Hollis of Talk Talk dies at 64.

2015 Madonna falls down a set of stage stairs during her performance of "Living For Love" at the Brit Awards when the cape she is wearing doesn't release properly when pulled by a dancer. She gamely gets up and finishes the performance, later reassuring fans that she is fine, and that "love really lifted me up."

2014 Kelis' Saucy and Sweet show premieres on The Cooking Channel. The singer trained part-time as a chef in the late 2000s, eventually graduating from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school.

2012 Bluesman Louisiana Red (real name: Iverson Minter) dies after suffering a stroke in Hanover, Germany, at age 79. Known for his 1975 song "Sweet Blood Call."

2011 Rick Coonce (drummer for The Grass Roots) dies of heart failure in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at age 64.

2009 Memphis bluesman Mark Sallings (Mark Sallings and the Famous Unknowns) dies in a car accident in Arkansas at age 56.

2008 Stephen "Static Major" Garrett, who co-wrote Ginuwine's "Pony," Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" and many tracks for Aaliyah, dies at age 32 after contracting a rare autoimmune disorder.

2004 Estelle Axton, co-founder of Stax Records, dies at age 85.

2003 Having recently signed with Columbia Records, Switchfoot release The Beautiful Letdown, their major-label debut album.

2002 New York City rock band The Strokes are named Band of the Year and Best New Act at the NME Awards (founded by the titular British music magazine). Their debut, Is This It, is also awarded Best Album.

1999 Prince, who is now using an unpronounceable symbol for his moniker, sues nine websites to prevent unauthorized downloads. He takes another stand in 2007 when he sues other sites to remove images of him.

1998 Future spouses Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood win the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "In Another's Eyes." Yearwood also wins Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "How Do I Live" (besting LeAnn Rimes' version).

1998 Bo Diddley and Roy Orbison receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys.

1997 At Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party, DMC of Run-DMC meets Sarah McLachlan, whose music he credits with keeping him alive as he fights off depression. Years later, after DMC learns he was adopted, he collaborates with McLachlan on the song "Just Like Me" and learns that she was also adopted.

1995 Madonna's "Take A Bow" hits #1 on the Hot 100 and stays for seven weeks. The song is produced by Babyface.

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Soy Bomb And ODB Disrupt Grammy Awards

1998

Strange things are afoot at the Grammy Awards. A shirtless dude with "Soy Bomb" written on his chest intrudes on Bob Dylan's performance, and when Shawn Colvin wins Song Of The Year (for "Sunny Came Home"), Ol' Dirty Bastard of Wu-Tang Clan rushes the stage, commandeering the microphone and talking about how his group should have won the Best Rap Album award over Puff Daddy because "Wu-Tang is for the children."

"Soy Bomb" is a performance artist named Michael Portnoy. For a good 30 seconds, he dances wildly next to Dylan, who is completely unfazed. When security finally comes for him, Dylan simply goes on performing the song, "Love Sick." Portnoy infiltrated the show by getting work as a "head nodder," whose job is to appear in the background during performances and act like he's having fun. These folks are often hired for awards shows since regular fans can be unpredictable. He explains that "Soy Bomb" is a two-word poem with a deep meaning. "Soy represents dense nutritional life. Bomb is, obviously, an explosive destructive force. So, 'soy bomb' is what I think art should be: dense, transformational, explosive life." In 2005, Eels write a song about him called "Whatever Happened to Soy Bomb." Colvin is a big winner. She and her co-writer John Leventhal win Record of the Year for "Sunny Came Home" and accept it without incident, but when they win for Song of the Year, ODB beats them to the podium and gives a bizarre speech. "I went and bought me an outfit today that costed a lot of money, because I thought Wu-Tang was going to win," he says. "Wu-Tang is for the children. We teach the children. Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best." Colvin is confused, but accepts the award without further incident. Other winners at the ceremony include Paula Cole for Best New Artist and Dylan for Time Out of Mind, which wins Album of the Year.

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