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In Music History
1948 Rock 'n roll singer Dave "Chico" Ryan (of The Happenings, Sha Na Na, Bill Haley & His Comets) is born in Arlington, Massachusetts.
1945 Rock 'n roll singer Emil Stucchio (of The Classics) is born in New York.
1943 Music producer Terry Knight (Grand Funk Railroad, Bloodrock) is born Richard Terrance Knapp in Lapeer, Michigan.
1941 Country singer Kay Adams, known for the 1966 hit "Little Pink Mack," is born Princetta Kay Adams in Knox City, Texas.
1932 Rockabilly singer Carl Perkins is born in Ridgely, Tennessee.
1887 Classical composer Florence Beatrice Price is born in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Europop Rules In America With "Dancing Queen"
1977ABBA goes to #1 on the US singles chart with "Dancing Queen," the group's seventh US Top 40 hit and first #1. The song is also a #1 in the UK and 12 other countries.
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2018 The chain is broken: Fleetwood Mac announce that Lindsey Buckingham has been fired from the band and will be replaced with Mike Campbell and Neil Finn on their upcoming tour.
1996 The New York Yankees grounds crew dances to "Y.M.C.A." as they drag the field in the fifth inning of their home opener, eliciting roars of approval from the crowd. The routine, with improved choreography, becomes a regular feature at Yankee Stadium.
1994 Heavy metal makes a mark as Pantera's album Far Beyond Driven debuts at #1 in America.
1976 Folk singer-songwriter Phil Ochs commits suicide at age 35 in Far Rockaway, New York City, after a long battle with bipolar disorder and alcoholism.
1973 Queen play the Marquee Theater in London, their first concert since signing with EMI Records.
1965 Bruce Johnston joins The Beach Boys as the permanent replacement for Brian Wilson.
1860 An anonymous vocalist sings "Au Clair De La Lune" to Parisian inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, who makes the first known and oldest surviving recording of the human voice.More
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