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In Music History
1935 Country singer Hank Cochran, who co-wrote Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces," is born in Isola, Mississippi.
1921 Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso dies of peritonitis at age 48. Son Enrico Caruso Jr. attributes his father's downward health spiral to an onstage injury, having being struck by a falling pillar during a production of Samson and Delilah the year before.
1910 Scottish playwright Roger MacDougall ("The Emperor Of Lancashire") is born in Glasgow.
1900 Torch singer and actress Helen Morgan is born in Danville, Illinois. She sings "Bill" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" in the original run of Show Boat in 1927.
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Featured Events
1998 The Beatles are named "Favourite Recording Artist Of All Time" in a poll conducted by the UK music magazine Mojo, beating out Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Queen, and Elton John in that order.
1975 The Eagles' "One Of These Nights" hits #1 in the US, where it stays for one week.
1962 Aretha Franklin makes her television debut, singing "Don't Cry Baby" and "Try A Little Tenderness" on American Bandstand.
1962 Bob Dylan makes his name change official, legally saying adieu to his birth name, Robert Zimmerman.
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