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1929 Composer and pianist Andre Previn - known for Academy Award-winning scores to Gigi, Porgy & Bess, Irma la Douce, and My Fair Lady - is born Andreas Ludwig Priwin in Berlin, Germany.
1927 Jazz musician Gerry Mulligan is born in Queens, New York City.
1925 Eddie Cantor records "If You Knew Susie."
1922 Jazz pianist Dorothy Donegan is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1917 Blues harmonica player Walter Horton is born in Horn Lake, Mississippi.
ABBA Wins Eurovision With "Waterloo"
1974ABBA become European stars overnight when their composition "Waterloo" wins the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
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2016 On his 79th birthday, Merle Haggard dies at his ranch in Northern California. Haggard placed 71 songs in the Top 10 of the Country chart during his lifetime.
1992 Annie Lennox releases her first solo album, Diva, with the hits "Why" and "Walking On Broken Glass."More
1980 Andrew Wood forms the group Malfunkshun in Seattle, Washington, marking what some consider the beginning of grunge. The music of Malfunkshun makes an impact on Wood's roommate Chris Cornell, who forms Soundgarden. Wood moves on to Mother Love Bone, and after he dies of a heart attack in 1990, that group adds Eddie Vedder and becomes Pearl Jam.
1974 Billy Joel makes the Top 40 for the first time when "Piano Man" comes in at #33 (it peaks at #25 two weeks later).
1968 The Graduate soundtrack hits #1 in America thanks to Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," which tops the Hot 100 less than two months later.More
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