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In Music History
1959 Ali Campbell (lead singer of UB40) is born in Birmingham, England, to Scottish folk singer Ian Campbell.
1958 ABC debuts a new show hosted by Dick Clark, hoping to duplicate the success of American Bandstand. The first guests on The Dick Clark Show include Connie Francis, Pat Boone and Jerry Lee Lewis.
1954 Big Joe Turner records one of the first rock songs, "Shake, Rattle And Roll," at Atlantic Records studios in New York.
1951 Melissa Manchester is born in the Bronx, New York.
1947 David Brown (bassist for Santana) is born in Daly City, California.
1945 John Helliwell (saxophonist for Supertramp) is born in Todmorden, Yorkshire, England.
1944 Mick Avory (drummer for The Kinks) is born in Surrey, England.
1941 Duke Ellington records "Take the A Train."
1941 Motown songwriter Brian Holland is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1939 Pop singer Alvin Cash is born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1928 "Among My Souvenirs" is the top song in America according to Variety.
1918 Country singer Hank Locklin ("Please Help Me, I'm Falling", "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On") is born in McLellan, Florida.
1905 Harold Arlen is born Hyman Arluck in Buffalo, New York. A prolific composer, he writes "Over The Rainbow" with lyricist Yip Harburg.
1888 Frederick Lawrence Wright, founder of Melody Maker, is born at 23 Upper Conduit Street, Leicester.
Rolling Stone Explains Groupie Culture
1969Rolling Stone's front cover features an article on "groupies" - introducing a new term to the popular lexicon.
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