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April, 14

  • 2000 Embattled rap mogul Sean “Puffy” Combs denies allegations published in the New York Post that New York prosecutors are considering convening a grand jury to investigate possible witness tampering and perjury in conjunction with Comb’s role in a December nightclub shooting.
  • 2000 Filmmaker George Lucas’ Lucasfilm Ltd. files a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit against artist Dr. Dre, his Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records. The suit claims that the rapper used Lucasfilm’s trademarked “THX Deep Note” sound to open his current album “Dr. Dre _ 2001” without Lucasfilm’s permission.
  • 1999 The body of Tammy Wynette is exhumed and an autopsy performed in Nashville at the request of Wynette’s husband George Richey.
  • 1999 The Argentinean record industry honors its first award winners at a televised ceremony in Buenos Aires’ Coliseo Theater. Among the winners at the Premios Gardel a la Musica are Marcela Morelo and Alejandro Lerner as best female and male pop artist, respectively.
  • 1983 Pete Farndon of the Pretenders dies at the age of 29.
  • 1980 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Call Me,” Blondie. Billboard ranks the song as the No. 1 single of 1980.
  • 1974 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia),” MFSB featuring the Three Degrees. The song is the theme to the TV program “Soul Train.”
  • 1959 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Come Softly to Me,” The Fleetwoods.
  • 1951 Musician Matima Kinuani Mpiosso is born.