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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2013

This Day in Music History: Monday, January 21st 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1966: George Harrison marries Patti Boyd, a model and actress he met on the set of A Hard Day's Night. Paul McCartney and Brian Epstein are the best men. Patti would eventually leave George for his friend, Eric Clapton, who had written "Layla" about her.

1982: Ozzy Osbourne is hospitalized after biting the head off a bat thrown at him by an audience member. After getting a rabies shot, Osbourne says he thought it was a plastic bat.

1997: Dave Matthews Band, Hootie and the Blowfish, Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman, Bo Diddley, 10,000 Maniacs, Jewel and Lucinda Williams perform at President Clinton's Inaugural Ball.

2007: An all-star tribute concert to Jim Capaldi takes place at The Roadhouse in London. The show features Capaldi's former Traffic bandmate Steve Winwood, Pete Townshend, Joe Walsh, former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, and Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke. Capaldi died January 28th, 2005 from stomach cancer at 60.

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