Five years ago today

Billy Guy of the Coasters died;
ITV revealed it has made £3.75million from text votes on Popstars: The Rivals (it was a lot prouder of its premium-rate numbers back then, for some reason);
in the aftermath of that kidnap-plot-that-wasn't, Victoria Beckham's mum suggested she go for counselling;
Robbie Williams pretended he wasn't arsed about America
Philips suggested they might sue labels who sold copy-protected recordings while claiming they were CDs as
the first recorded incidence of music piracy in space was revealed.