A look at Hollywood headlines from years past.
January 18
1969: Former Beatles drummer Pete Best won his defamation suit against the Beatles. He had sought $8 million, but was awarded considerably less.
1973: The Rolling Stones held a benefit concert in Los Angeles for victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. Mick Jagger’s wife Bianca had relatives in Nicaragua. The concert raised more than $400,000.
1974: The band Bad Company was formed.
1987: Musician Steve Winwood married Eugenia Grafton.
1989: The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and the late Otis Redding were among those inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One of the highlights of the ceremony was a tribute to Roy Orbison, who had died the previous month.
1991: Three people were crushed to death at an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City. The victims had been pinned by people who rushed the stage.
1996: In January 1996, citing irreconcilable differences, Lisa Marie filed for divorce, according to legal papers. Michael Jackson had originally planned to file for divorce first. However after Presley begged him not to file, Jackson caved in only to discover front page the next day that Presley had filed for divorce.
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January 19
1976: Promoter Bill Sargent offered The Beatles at least $30 million to reunite for a concert in the U.S. Sargent estimated that the reunion show could gross up to $300 million. They refused.
1977: Aretha Franklin sang “God Bless America” at a special inaugural concert for President-elect Jimmy Carter, who took the oath of office the next day.
1980: Michael Jackson got his first gold record, for “Off the Wall.”
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1989: Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle teamed up for a version of “Stand By Your Man” in honor of President-elect George Bush. Other celebrities at the Inaugural Gala included Clint Eastwood, Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra.
1993: Fleetwood Mac reunited for the Inaugural Gala for President-elect Bill Clinton.
1993: Singer Tom Waits was allowed to keep the $2.5 million that a judge awarded him after he sued Frito-Lay for using a sound-alike in a commercial. The Supreme Court refused to change the amount of the award.
2006: Singer Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack in Reston, Virginia. He was 64.
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