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2022 73-year-old Bonnie Raitt wins the Grammy for Song Of The Year, beating out songs by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Harry Styles with the title track to her album Just Like That. Her first Grammy wins came in 1990, when she was 40, after releasing her album Nick Of Time.

2014 Arthur Smith, one of postwar country music's finest guitar pickers, dies at age 93 of natural causes. His 1949 instrumental "Guitar Boogie" was one of the first to showcase the electric guitar and as such had a major influence on the development of rockabilly and rock in general.

2007 During a Season 6 episode of American Idol, Ryan Seacrest announces the American Idol Songwriter Competition. The entry fee is $10, and the winning song gets to be the winner's first single. After judges cull the 25,000 entries to 20 finalists, it's put to an online vote and the winner is "This is My Now."More

1999 British composer Lionel Bart, known for the Broadway smash Oliver!, dies at age 68 of cancer.

1994 About 300 radio stations accept Pearl Jam's offer to broadcast their concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta for free. It goes over so well, the band does a series of similar broadcasts over the next few years, bringing a steady stream of live music to their fans.

1990 Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan dies at age 66 of lung cancer.

1985 Pop/R&B singer Leona Lewis is born in Islington, London, England.

1983 Danny Rapp (of Danny & the Juniors) dies at age 41 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He's discovered in a hotel room in Quartzsite, Arizona.

1982 Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager marry. Five days earlier, the songwriters took home Oscars for Best Original Song for their work on "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)" from the movie Arthur.

1981 The Elvis Presley documentary movie This Is Elvis (with Ral Donner narrating) premieres in Memphis.

1974 Drew Shirley (guitarist for Switchfoot) is born in Key West, Florida.

1971 The Temptations' "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

1968 Skid Row lead singer Sebastian Bach is born Sebastian Philip Bierk is born in Freeport, Bahamas, raised in Canada.

1963 Elvis Presley's It Happened At The World's Fair movie opens in Los Angeles (it opens nationally a week later).

1961 The Marcels' "Blue Moon" hits #1 in America.

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Jay Z Gets His Own Record Label

2008

Jay-Z joins Madonna and U2 in signing a huge contract with Live Nation; he scores a 360 deal that includes his own label.

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