2006 - The SmithsThe Smiths turned down a $5m (£2.8m) offer to reform for a music festival. The band who split acrimoniously in 1987, rejected the bid to get back together for this years Coachella US festival

1979 - Gloria GaynorGloria Gaynor started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with I Will Survive. The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called Substitute.