This Day in Music - Oct 21st
Oct 21st,
2007, Kid Rock and five members of his entourage werearrested after an argument with a man escalated into a fight in a restaurant inAtlanta, Georgia. Kid Rock’s tour bus was pulled over by police after it leftthe scene; Rock was released after posting $1,000 (£490) bail.
2006, British broadcaster John Peel left over £1.8mand over 25,000 vinyl records in his will. Peel died suddenly at the age of 65from a heart attack in 2004.
2004, Jessica Simpson was being sued over her cosmeticline 'Dessert.' Cosmojet, a California-based cosmetics company, filed the suitin Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming Simpson, her cosmetic companyDessert Beauty Inc. and cosmetic retailing giant Sephora owe Cosmojet nearly$200,000 for products they say they manufactured and sold to Dessert. Cosmojetclaimed it sold nearly $1 million in products to Simpson and her company, andto date had only received close to $800,000 in payment.
1992, George Michael took Sony Records to court in afight over his contract with the company; he lost the case in 1994. Michaelworked with Sony again less than 10 years later.
1965, wanting to improve on a previous recordingsession The Beatles started from scratch on a new song called ‘Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown)’, finishing recordings in three takes. They also beginworking on a new John Lennon song ‘Nowhere Man.’
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