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Today in Music History: Bjork Was Robbed

September 02, 2014

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History Highlight:

Today in 2002, Thieves broke into the London home of Icelandic singer Bjork and stole valuable recording equipment. The 36-year-old singer was asleep in the home at the time of the incident.

Also, Today in:

1964 - The Rolling Stones recorded their version of the Willie Dixon song 'Little Red Rooster' at Regent Sound Studios in London, England.

1965 - The Doors recorded their first demos in Los Angeles, California, where they cut six songs.

1971 - Grateful Dead's former manager was arrested after disappearing with over $70,000 of the bands money.

1995 - Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with a song written by R. Kelly, "You Are Not Alone." It holds a Guinness World Record as the first song in the 37 year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to debut at No.1.

2006 - Lead singer of the Isley Brothers, Ronald Isley was sentenced to three years in a US prison for multiple counts of tax fraud. The 64-year-old, was also ordered to pay more than $3.1m to the US tax service for "pathological" evasion.