Weekend Music news, notes and concert dates

By Art Shimko
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-- A misdemeanor assault charge against country singer Hank Williams Jr. was dismissed almost a year after cocktail waitress Holly Hornbeak accused Williams of verbal and physical abuse which she said left behind red marks and bruises on her neck following being choked by him. D.A. General Bill Gibbons said that he didn't feel the case could be proved but didn't say whether the case was dropped or if both parties settled financially.

-- Billboard's This Day In Music 2/25:
2004 - Blues saxophonist A.C. Reed dies in Chicago of complications from cancer. He is 77. Born Aaron Corthen in Wardell, Mo., Reed moved to Chicago in 1942, where he took up the sax and studied at the Chicago Conservatory of Music.

2003 - Massive Attack principal 3-D (real name: Robert Del Naja) is arrested at his home in Bristol, England, in connection with downloading child pornography form the Internet. The 36-year-old musician is also questioned on an alleged discovery of class-A drugs _ believed to be ecstasy _ before being released.

2001 - The Fox Network's hit animated series "The Simpsons" continues its tradition of featuring musical guests in an episode titled "New Kids On The Blecch," in which the members of 'N Sync add voices to their animated selves.

1999 - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince files a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit against nine Web sites, with allegations that include selling bootlegged recordings and offering unauthorized song downloads.

1998 - Vince Gill performs at the Grammy Awards, replacing an ailing George Strait who is suffering from laryngitis.

1992 - Natalie Cole is the sentimental favorite at the Grammy Awards in New York City. "Unforgettable", her tribute to her father, receives two awards, including album of the year. The single of the same name wins record of the year and traditional pop performance for Cole, plus two other honors, including song of the year for songwriter Irving Gordon.

1990 - Johnnie Ray, known as the "Prince of Wails" for his 1950s ballads, dies in Los Angeles of liver failure. Age 63. His biggest hit is "Just Walking in the Rain", a No. 2 song in 1956.

1983 - Men at Work wins a Grammy, Best New Group.

1983 - Marvin Gaye wins two Grammys for "Sexual Healing", Best Male Vocal R&B Performance and Best Instrumental R&B Performance.

1981 - The Manhattan Transfer wins a Grammy for "Birdland", Best Vocal or Instrumental Jazz Fusion Performance.

1965 - Filming begins on the Beatles' film "Help!" in the Bahamas.

1958 - Mike Peters, lead singer of the Alarm, is born.

1957 - Buddy Holly & the Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" in Clovis, N.M. The single sells more than 1 million copies and tops Billboard's pop chart.

-- The new Queens Of The Stone Age album Era Vulgaris features guest appearances by Trent Reznor, Julian Casablancas [the Strokes], Mark Lanegan and Billy F. Gibbons [ZZ Top] and is due out in June.

-- [BLENDER]: Anthony Kiedis: The Pursuit of Happiness

-- Line-up for this year's Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. Tickets go on sale 3/10 @ 10AM.

-- Upcoming concerts at the Theater Of Living Arts [334 South Street] in Philadelphia: (3/1) Robin Thicke; (3/2) Zach Galifianakis; (3/3) Badly Drawn Boy with Adem; (3/4) Pepper featuring special guests The Mad Caddies, The Supervillains and Splinta; (3/5) VH1 Soul Presents Alter Ego Tour 2007 featuring Tyrese with Luke & Q, Stixx and Black Buddafly; (3/8) Sister Hazel and Pat McGee Band; (3/9) Anti-Flag with Alexisonfire, Big D and The Kids Table, and Set Your Goals; (3/10) Switchfoot; (3/11) Janeane Garofalo; (3/12) The Saw Doctors; (3/13) Isis with Jesu and Torche; (3/140 Mute Math with The Cinematics and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin; (3/16) Pat Martino; (3/17) Cartel with Cobra Starship, Boys Like Girls and New Atlantic ; (3/18) Shaw/Blades; (3/21) Daughtry; (3/24) Finally Philly: Danny Gidi & Friends; (3/25) Augustana with Vega 4; (3/27) Lindsey Buckingham; (3/28) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists with Love of Diagrams and Love or Perish; (3/30) Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites with The Honorary Title

-- Electric Factory [Philadelphia] shows in March: (3/2) Scissor Sisters with DJ Sammy Jo; (3/3) Guster with Mason Jennings; (3/10) Relient K with Mae and Sherwood; (3/13) The Shins with Viva Voce; (3/14) Tempest Release Party hosted by Insane Clown Posse w/ performances by Dead By Wednesday, Wolfpac, Boondox and Stars of JCW; (3/16) The Pogues with Starving Goliath; (3/17) Pete Yorn with Minibar and Moses Mayfield; (3/22) Rodrigo y Gabriela with Krystle Warren; (3/23) Lamb of God with Trivium, Machine Head and Gojira; (3/24) Take Action Tour featuring Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Emery, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and A Static Lullaby; (4/1) Down
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This Day In Music: January 19 (Billboard.com)

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2006 - Soul/R&B legend Wilson Pickett dies of a heart attack at a Reston, Va., hospital near his home. He is 64. Born in Pratville, Ala., Pickett moved to Detroit as a teen and joined the Falcons, singing on their 1962 hit "I Found a Love."

2004 - Dancehall rapper Beenie Man suffers broken ribs and a broken nose in a car accident in Kingston, Jamaica. The 30-year-old artist, whose real name is Moses Davis, is alone in his vehicle when it flips over after running off a highway.

2003 - "Chicago," the splashy Broadway musical adapted for the silver screen, takes home three of the eight trophies for which it is nominated at the Golden Globe Awards, while Irish rock act U2 wins the best original song honor. "Chicago" wins the best motion picture _ musical or comedy honor at the event, held in Beverly Hills, Calif. Stars Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere win the best actress and best actor in a musical or comedy, respectively.

2003 - U.S.-born, Taiwan-based singer Wang Lee Hom wins three honors at the ninth annual Channel V Chinese Music Awards in Shanghai.

2001 - Travis Tritt performs at the Republican Texas Senators Ball in Washington, D.C., part of the festivities surrounding the inauguration of President-elect George W. Bush. Tritt supported Bush during his campaign, appearing at multiple rallies.

2000 - Josh Clayton-Felt, former vocalist for Los Angeles-based band School Of Fish, dies of testicular cancer. He is 33.

1999 - Buckwheat Zydeco leader Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural undergoes surgery in Nashville to remove vocal-cord lesions.

1999 - Jean-Michel Jarre, the French rock composer and performer, delivers a petition to the European Parliament signed by hundreds of leading European recording artists calling for better legal protection against music piracy on the internet.

1999 - Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, a Grammy Award-winning rapper goes on trial in Columbus, Ohio, on charges that he dragged a student barber down a flight of stairs.

1999 - The U.S. Supreme Court without comment refuses to hear a 1998 lawsuit brought by ticket buyers against Ticketmaster. The suit charges that the firm engaged in anticompetitive behavior and price-fixing with promoters.

1998 - Carl Perkins, the rockabilly pioneer whose song "Blue Suede Shoes" and lightning-quick guitar-playing influenced Elvis Presley, the Beatles and a slew of other performers, dies at the age of 65, from complications following a recent series of strokes.

1998 - The National Assn. of Chiefs of Police present Pat Boone with its first annual Michael the Archangel Award. The award recognizes the artist's efforts in support of families of officers killed in the line of duty.

1993 - A pre-inaugural gala in Landover, Md., toasting incoming president Bill Clinton features a reunion of Fleetwood Mac performing "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow),'' the unofficial campaign song for Clinton and his running mate, Al Gore. Other performers included Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Little Richard and Chuck Berry.

1993 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a $2.5 million award to gravel-voiced singer Tom Waits over use of a "sound alike'' artist to mimic his voice in a 1988 television commercial. The court rejects arguments by Frito-Lay and its advertising firm that federal copyright law bars such awards of damages.

1977 - Aretha Franklin performs "God Bless America'' at Jimmy Carter's inaugural eve presidential gala in Washington.

1957 - Johnny Cash makes his first network TV appearance, on CBS' "Jackie Gleason Show.''

1949 - Singer Robert Palmer is born in Batley, England. He hits No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1986 with the gold record ``Addicted to Love,'' for which he earns his first Grammy Award.

1946 - Dolly Parton is born in Locust Ridge, Tenn. She becomes one of the biggest stars in country music, winning her first Grammy Award for her self-titled 1978 album. Two of her songs top Billboard's pop singles chart: the title song to the film "9 to 5'' and "Islands in the Stream,'' a duet with Kenny Rogers.

1943 - Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas. She dies of a heroin overdose on Oct. 4, 1970. Her biggest hit is "Me and Bobby McGee,'' which is a posthumous No. 1 hit for two weeks in 1971.

1939 - Phil Everly is born in Chicago. He is the younger half of the duo the Everly Brothers. The two score five No. 1 hits, the biggest of which is "All I Have to Do Is Dream.''

This Day In Music - December 27 (Billboard.com)

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2003 - Vestal Goodman, the "Queen of Gospel Music," dies in Celebration, Fla., of the flu. She is 74. Goodman rose to fame in the '50s, performing with husband Howard "Happy" Goodman and his brothers as the Happy Goodman Family. The group, which recorded three indie albums before starting a 25-year relationship with Word's Canaan Records, was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1998

1999 - Sean "Puffy" Combs is arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon when a gun is found in his vehicle after he leaves a chaotic scene at a New York club where three people are shot. Jennifer Lopez, who is with him at the time of the arrest, is questioned and released. The following day, Combs (and his lawyer) meet with the press to deny any involvement in the shooting.

1999 - Diva Zappa, the late Frank Zappa's 20-year-old daughter, releases her first record to radio. The single, titled "When the Ball Drops," is "basically... about my hunt for someone to make out with for the millennium," Zappa explains.

1998 - Busta Rhymes - a.k.a. Trevor Smith - is arrested and charged with criminal possession after police find a loaded unregistered pistol in his car. Police originally pull Rhymes over for changing lanes three times without signaling.

1997 - Music industry veteran Ewart G. Abner dies at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles after a bout with respiratory illness. He is 74. Abner began his career in Chicago in 1948, pressing 78s. He founded Chance Records the following year. His diverse tour of the music industry at large brought him to Vee Jay Records, as well as Motown. He was instrumental in the careers of Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross & The Supremes, the Temptations and others.

1997 - U.K. artist Mark Morrison is arrested outside the Pink Coconut nightclub in central Derby. The singer is convicted of threatening an off-duty police officer with an electric stun gun.

1992 - Grammy-winning singer and pianist Harry Connick Jr. is arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport after guards discover a 9mm pistol in his carry-on luggage.

1981 - Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael dies of a heart attack at the age of 82.

1973 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Time in a Bottle," Jim Croce. The song is released as a single after Croce dies in a plane crash.

1964 - The Supremes make their first appearance on TV's "Ed Sullivan Show."

1963 - The Animals perform on their first radio broadcast, the BBC show "Saturday Club."

1947 - Drummer Peter Criss (Peter Crisscoula) of Kiss is born in Brooklyn, N.Y.

1944 - Mick Jones of Foreigner is born in London.

1914 - Concert promoter Ivan Sutton is born.