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22 OCTOBER

In Music History

1992 21 Savage is born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph in London but is raised in Atlanta, where he moves with his family when he's 7. His visa expires in 2006, so he lives as an undocumented immigrant until 2023, when he's granted residency.

1991 Neil Young & Crazy Horse release Weld, a collection of live songs from the Ragged Glory promotional tour.

1991 Black Sheep release their debut album, A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing, with the classic "The Choice Is Yours." The hip-hop duo are part of the Native Tongues collective along with De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest.

1989 Folk singer Ewan MacColl, whose songs include "Dirty Old Town" and "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," dies at 74.

1985 Zac Hanson (of Hanson) is born in Arlington, Virginia, to a family that includes older brothers - and future bandmates - Isaac and Taylor. He would be raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1978 Earth, Wind & Fire begin a 75-date, sold-out US tour in Louisville, Kentucky.

1976 Jon Foreman (frontman for Switchfoot) is born in San Bernardino, California, raised in Massachusetts and Virginia Beach.

1976 The Damned release "New Rose," the first ever British punk single.

1969 R&B singer/songwriter Tommy Edwards dies in Henrico County, Virginia, at age 47.

1968 Country singer Shelby Lynne is born Shelby Lynn Moorer in Quantico, Virginia.

1968 Reggae fusion artist Shaggy is born Orville Richard Burrell in Kingston, Jamaica.

1967 The day after it hits #1 in the US, Lulu performs "To Sir With Love" on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1966 Seven-year-old Weird Al Yankovic has his first accordion lesson. His parents rented the instrument from a door-to-door salesman.

1966 Chain Reaction, which would later become Aerosmith, opens for The Yardbirds at Staples High in Westport, Connecticut.

1965 The Kingston Trio guest star on the NBC show Convoy.