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This Day in Music - Oct 23rd

Posted Thu 23 Oct 2008 9:21AM BST by Neil Cossar in This Day In Music

Oct 23rd,

2007, Rapper Foxy Brown was given 11 weeks in solitary confinement after fighting with another inmate in prison. She was also said to have been abusive to guards and refused to take a random drug test. Brown was serving a year in jail for violating her probation after a fight she had in a New York nail salon. 

2002, Kanye West was involved in a car crash after he fell asleep at the wheel while driving home from a recording studio in West Hollywood. No other cars were involved in the incident which left West with his jaw fractured in three places. 

1989, Nirvana played their first ever European show when the appeared at Newcastle's Riverside Club in North East England. It was the first night of a 36 date European tour for the group who were sharing the bill with Tad. 

1966, The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded their first single 'Hey Joe', at De Lane Lea studios in London. 

1962, 12 year old Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first single for Motown Records, 'Thank You For Loving Me All The Way.'

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