January

With a reissue of his 1959 release, "One Night" (RCA),
Elvis Presley becomes the U.K.'s 1,000th No. 1 single. Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" also debuts at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart on the day after he would have turned 70 years old.
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Former Roc-A-Fella Records CEO
Damon Dash forms new label, Damon Dash Music Group, along with Kareem "Biggs" Burke. Both co-founded Roc-A-Fella with Jay-Z, who was earlier named President of Def Jam Records.
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A member of
Nickelback since 1998, drummer Ryan "Nik" Vikedal exits the Canadian rock act. Remaining band members issue a statement wishing him well. Vikedal followed Mitch Guindon and Brandon Krueger behind the band's kit.
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Jermaine Dupri is named president of Virgin Records' new Urban Music division. Dupri's also brings his So So Def label to the Virgin stable.
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Country singer
George Strait kicks off his 2005 tour in Charlotte, N.C., with support from
Dierks Bentley and
Amber Dotson.
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A previously unreleased tape of
Bob Dylan performing folk songs in a Minneapolis apartment is donated to the Minnesota Historical Society Library. The recordings were in the possession of Minneapolis resident Cleve Pettersen since 1960.
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Dick Clark is released from the hospital after seven weeks after suffering a minor stroke.
LEGALITIES:
Neptunes producer
Pharrell Williams drops his $4 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Reebok, regarding his Billionaire Boys Club apparel line and Ice Cream footwear collection.
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Country singer
Lynn Anderson is accused of shoplifting a "Harry Potter" DVD from a Taos, N.M., supermarket, and then punching a police officer as she is being placed into the patrol car.
A driver for the
Dave Matthews Band is charged with reckless conduct for dumping human waste over the side of a bridge from a tour bus onto passengers aboard a boat on the Chicago River.
Rapper
Young Buck pleads not guilty to an assault charge for allegedly stabbing a man during a brawl at the 2nd annual Vibe Awards.
R&B artist
D'Angelo is charged with drunken driving and drug possession.
A woman claiming to be an ex-girlfriend of Kiss bassist
Gene Simmons sues the singer for slander, saying he made her sound like a "sex-addicted nymphomaniac" on a VH-1 "rockumentary."
Los Lonely Boys drummer Ringo Garza and his wife are arrested for marijuana possession.