Stevie Wonder

2004 - Blues singer Arnold "Gatemouth" Moore dies in Yazoo City, Miss., after a long illness. He is 90.

1994 - Sting and Nancy Wilson received honorary doctorates from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

1985 - Prince released the single "Raspberry Beret."

2005 - Bluegrass vocalist Jimmy Martin dies of bladder cancer in Nashville at the age of 77.

1998 - Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles at the age of 82.

1998 - Singer George Michael pleads no contest in Beverly Hills Municipal Court to committing a lewd act in a park restroom.

1988 - Jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker dies.

2008 - Rapper Remy Ma is sentenced to eight years in prison for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion in conjunction with the shooting of a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.

2007 - Rock legend Bo Diddley is hospitalized after a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa, during which he appears disoriented. He is placed in intensive care at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., after suffering a stroke.

1989 - R&B singer Chris Brown is born in Tappahannock, Va.

1986 - Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun announces that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will be built in Cleveland, Ohio.

1969 - Stevie Wonder met President Nixon at the White House.

2001 - Jazz drummer Billy Higgins dies in L.A. of liver failure. He is 65.

1974 - Stevie Wonder wins four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for "Innervisions."

1966 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Monday, Monday," the Mamas & the Papas.

1960 - Ben E. King leaves the Drifters.

2003 - R&B singer Angie Stone makes her Broadway debut when she joins the cast of "Chicago."

1999 - It was reported that Prince intended to re-record the entire catalog of his music and re-release it.

1980 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Call Me," Blondie.

1998 - Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) died in a hotel room in Frankfurt, Germany.

1993 - Roberta Flack appeared on the ABC-TV soap opera "Loving."

1987 - The Prince album "Sign O' The Times" was released worldwide.

1977 - Stevie Wonder's tribute to Duke Ellington, "Sir Duke," was released.

2001 - Pianist John Lewis, leader of the Modern Jazz Quartet, dies of cancer in New York at the age of 80.

1999 - Jazz singer Joe Williams dies in Las Vegas. He is 80.

1993 - "A Whole New World" from the Disney animated film "Aladdin" wins an Academy Award for best song. It is performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle.

1991 - Eric Clapton's 4-year-old son, Conor, dies after falling 53 stories from a New York City apartment window. His death inspires Clapton to write "Tears in Heaven."

1970 - David Bowie marries model Angela Barnett.

1969 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.