Suede's management company sacked their accountants after becoming concerned about financial irregularities. A court order was issued to seize the group's accounts from the last eight years.
It was reported that Dr Dre had become the richest music star after earning £62m in the last year, £37m from his own earnings plus £25m from his record label Aftermath.
Jimi Hendrix's family won an injuntion against a New York-based music production company from releasing recordings that Hendrix had performed.
Born on July 5th, 2008
- János Starker (Hungarian cello player). Smiley Lewis - US R&B singer, songwriter George Rochberg - Composer
Dead on July 5th, 2008
Bill Justis (56) - Sun records musical director Tracey Pew (28) - bass player, Birthday Party (epileptic fit) Ernie K Doe Jr (65) - R&B singer; scored one of the biggest hits (possibly the biggest) in the history of New Orleans R&B with "Mother-in-Law," a humorous lament that struck a chord with listeners of all stripes on its way to the top of both the pop and R&B charts in 1961 (kidney and liver failure)
