1961 - Del Shannon
Del Shannon was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Runaway. His only UK No.1 and the first of 14 UK Top 40 hits.

1974 - Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with She, the French singers only UK No.1. At the time it made Aznavour the oldest living male chart-topper in the UK charts (at fifty years old).

1988 - Lionel Richie
Brenda Richie, the wife of Lionel Richie was arrested in Beverly Hills, California after allegedly hitting the singer and a young woman after she found them in bed together. She was released on $5,000 bail and charges against her were eventually dropped.

2000 - Eminem
Eminems mother went to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million (£5.8 million) civil suit, after taking exception to the line My mother smokes more dope than I do from her sons single My Name Is.

2003 - Beyonce
Dess Child singer Beyonce started a five week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Dangerously In Love, also a US No.1.

2012 - Stone Roses
Photographers were planning to boycott the forthcoming Stone Roses reunion concerts in Manchester in a dispute over the use of their images. They claimed a contract issued by the band was unfair as it expected them to surrender all rights to their pictures. The National Union of Journalists was also supporting the boycott.