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1958 Michael Ramos (keyboardist, accordionist for the BoDeans) is born.

1957 Ricky Nelson records "Stood Up" and "Waitin' In School."

1956 Fats Domino sings "Blueberry Hill" on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1954 ABC Radio stations ban Rosemary Clooney's "Mambo Italiano" due to what it considers "offensive lyrics," more than likely the exaggerated Italian patois and words "goombah" and "gidrool."

1952 Four days after he divorces his first wife, Bill Haley marries his pregnant girlfriend.

1952 John Parr is born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

1950 Sammy Kaye's "Harbor Lights" hits #1.

1950 Rudy Sarzo (bass guitarist for Quiet Riot, Whitesnake) is born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont in Havana, Cuba, but will be raised in Florida.

1950 Graham Parker (lead singer of Graham Parker & the Rumour) is born in London, England.

1949 Herman Rarebell (drummer for the Scorpions) is born in Schmelz, Germany.

1946 "Wonderful Summer" singer Robin Ward is born Jacqueline McDonnell in Hawaii but will be raised in Nebraska. Using the name Jackie Ward, she works as a session singer for commercials, TV shows, movies, and recording studios. She sings on the theme to The Partridge Family, dubs over Natalie Wood's vocals in The Great Race, and provides backup to Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra Streisand.

1941 Pop singer Con Cluskey (of The Bachelors) is born in Dublin, Ireland.

1936 Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry is born in Oklahoma. He'll soon move to Los Angeles, California, where he is influenced by a vibrant jazz scene.

1927 Hank Ballard, who wrote and originally recorded "The Twist," is born John Henry Kendricks in Detroit, Michigan. He is raised in Birmingham, Alabama.

1926 Dorothy Collins is born Marjorie Chandler in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The Broadway actress hits #16 on the pop chart with "My Boy - Flat Top" in 1955.

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Nirvana Unplugs

1993

Nirvana records an MTV Unplugged concert in New York. The show is shot in one take - imperfections and all - and is aired one month later.

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