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On This Day In Music History (8 June 2012) Lauryn Hill Was Charged For Tax Evasion.

On This Day In Music History (8 June 2012) Lauryn Hill Was Charged For Tax Evasion. Lauryn Hill was charged with willfully failing to file income tax returns in the US. Authorities said the singer earned more than $1.6m (£1.03m) during the three years that she failed to file returns. US prosecutors said, her main source of income during the period 2005 - 2007 was royalties from her music and […]

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On This Day In Music History, (8 June 2016) Ed Sheeran Was sued For $20m (£13.8m) Over The Single Photograph.

On This Day In Music History, (8 June 2016) Ed Sheeran Was sued For $20m (£13.8m) Over The Single Photograph. Two US musicians sued Ed Sheeran for $20m (£13.8m) over his single 'Photograph'. Martin Harrington and American Thomas Leonard claimed it had a similar structure to their song, 'Amazing'. Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard said they penned Amazing in 2009 and in documents, that include musical note comparison and chord […]

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On This Day In Music History (8 June 1996) Fugees Killing Me Softly Was #1 In The UK

On This Day In Music History (8 June 1996) Fugees Killing Me Softly Was #1 In The UK On this day in music, The Fugees scored their first No.1 single in the UK with “Killing Me Softly.” Featured on the hip-hop group’s debut album, The Score, the track was an inspired cover of Roberta Flack’s 1973 hit, “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” incorporating samples from A Tribe Called Quest […]

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On This Day In Music History (7 June 1993) Prince Changes Name To Unpronounceable Symbol

On This Day In Music History (7 June 1993) Prince Changes Name To Unpronounceable Symbol On his 35th birthday, Prince changes his name to an unpronounceable symbol, making him, literally, an icon. Prince signed his first record contract at age 18 in 1977 when he made a deal with Warner Bros. Records that gave him lots of creative freedom and ensured that he would produce his own material. The arrangement […]

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