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29 SEPTEMBER

In Music History

2003 Country singer Wesley Tuttle dies of heart failure at age 85. Known for the 1945 hits "Detour" and "With Tears in My Eyes." He also yodeled for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' "Silly Song."

2003 DMX guest stars on an episode of the UPN sitcom Eve. Starring fellow rapper Eve, the series is set in Miami, where DMX' character plays "the best tattoo artist in Miami."

2003 "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne is released. The music video stars model/actress Rachel Hunter, who plays Stacy's mom - the obsession of her teenage daughter's friend.

2002 Country/pop songwriter Mickey Newbury dies in Springfield, Oregon, after a battle with emphysema at age 62.

2001 With her song "I'm Real" at #1 in America, Jennifer Lopez marries the dancer Cris Judd. The couple get divorced in June 2002.

2001 Lorrie Morgan marries her fifth husband, fellow country singer Sammy Kershaw. They divorce in 2007.

1999 Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk launches the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater with a punk and ska soundtrack that introduces gamers to acts like Goldfinger, Dead Kennedys, Primus, and The Vandals.More

1998 Jay-Z releases his third album, Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, with the hits "Can I Get A..." and the Annie-sampling "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)." It's his first #1 album and his biggest seller, with over 6 million copies sold in America.

1997 Blues Traveler bassist Bobby Sheehan is arrested for cocaine possession in Winnipeg. He is later released on $5,000 bond.

1997 The Clinton White House awards Don Henley a National Medal of the Humanities for his work on the Walden Woods Project, which was set up to preserve the area in Massachusetts where Henry David Thoreau did his writing.

1997 Epic's Sons of the Desert are caught in a hotel fire during the group's first trip to New York City. The group's bassist, Doug Virden, sees smoke and flames and reports the blaze at the front desk.

1997 The Verve, which broke up just two years earlier, release their breakthrough album Urban Hymns. The album started as a solo project for frontman Richard Ashcroft, but ended up pulling the band back together.

1996 In Randall's Island, New York, Pearl Jam play their longest show ever: 32 songs over two hours, 48 minutes. During "Porch," Eddie Vedder duct tapes himself and leaps into the mosh pit.

1996 Alanis Morissette finishes her first US tour in Houston, Texas.

1994 Oasis temporarily split during their first US tour, with guitarist Noel Gallagher walking off stage mid-show in Los Angeles. During a lackluster performance, singer Liam hits his brother over the head with a tambourine. After being tracked down in Las Vegas, Noel is persuaded to return and rejoins the band in Minneapolis.