1999 - Bill Sammeth files suit against Cher, charging that she owes him a 15% personal manager's fee involving the proceeds of "Believe," her hit single. Sammeth says he masterminded her comeback as a recording artist, but after 22 years he was "unceremoniously terminated" just before the Super Bowl gig he claims he got her.
1993 - Bandleader Billy Eckstein dies in Pittsburgh of complications from a stroke. He is 78. Among the musicians he recruited for his orchestra were Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis and Art Blakey. His million-selling records include ``My Foolish Heart'' and ``I Apologize.''
1974 - Bad Company gives its debut performance in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
1973 - Paul McCartney is arrested for growing marijuana on his farm in Scotland.
1973 - Ron ``Pigpen'' McKernan of the Grateful Dead dies of a stomach hemorrhage.
1971 - Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's ``Star Spangled Banner.'' The tape is sent by Abbie Hoffman.
1968 - The Fillmore East opens in New York City.
1958 - Gary Numan is born in Hammersmith, England. His only song to make the Hot 100 is ``Cars,'' a No. 9 song in 1980.
1945 - Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees is born in Tarzana, Calif. The Monkees have three million-selling No. 1 songs: ``Last Train to Clarksville'' (1966), ``I'm a Believer'' (1966-67) and ``Daydream Believer'' (1967).
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