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In Music History
1943 Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell is born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III in Galveston, Texas.
1942 Leon Russell is born Claude Russell Bridges in Lawton, Oklahoma.
1941 Kent Morrill, keyboardist and vocalist for the Fabulous Wailers, is born.
1938 Country singer Warner Mack, known for a string of chart-toppers including "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)," is born Warner Hensley McPherson Jr. in Nashville, Tennessee.
1928 Singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg is born Lucien Ginsburg in Paris, France.
1917 Italian American singer Lou Monte is born in Manhattan, New York.
1912 Jazz singer Herbert Mills (of The Mills Brothers) is born in Piqua, Ohio.
1805 Hans Christian Andersen is born in Odense, Denmark. The author is later the subject of a song by Danny Kaye.
1800 Opus 21: Symphony No. 1 in C major by Ludwig van Beethoven is first performed in Vienna for Baron Gottfried Van Swieten.
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Featured Events
2006 Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" makes history by becoming the UK's first-ever #1 single to top the chart solely on download sales.More
1991 Lenny Kravitz releases his sophomore album, Mama Said, with the hit "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over," a plea for reconciliation to his soon-to-be ex-wife, actress Lisa Bonet. More
1977 Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album hits #1 in America for the first time. It spends an astonishing 31 (non-consecutive) weeks at the top spot.
1967 An overzealous audience member throws a smoke bomb onto the stage at The Rolling Stones concert at the Town Hall in Vienna, Austria, leading to a riot and the arrest of 154 fans.
1966 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass become the first act with four albums in the US Top 10 simultaneously: #2 Going Places #3 Whipped Cream and Other Delights #9 South Of The Border #10 The Lonely Bull It's a record that stands until December 9, 2023, when Taylor Swift charts five albums simultaneously, including "Taylor's Version" reissues of 1989 and Speak Now.
1964 It's a big day for The Beach Boys, who record their first #1 hit, "I Get Around," and also fire their manager, Murry Wilson, who happens to be the father of three of the band members, including leader Brian Wilson, who feels his dad is hindering their progress with unwelcome critiques at their recording sessions.
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