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1944 R&B singer Marlena Davis (of The Orlons) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1943 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five release "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?"
1941 "Piano Concerto in B Flat" by the Freddy Martin Orchestra goes to #1 in America.
1939 Ted Weems records "That Old Gang Of Mine."
1937 Doo-wopper Pirkle Lee Moses Jr. (lead singer of The El Dorados) is born in Chicago, Illinois. Known for the 1955 hit "At My Front Door."
1929 Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is born in Mora, Missouri. Known for the hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk On By" (1961).
1922 Marie Lloyd collapses on stage at the Empire Hall, Edmonton. She dies three days later.
Janis Joplin Dies At Age 27
1970Janis Joplin is found dead at the Landmark Hotel in Los Angeles after a heroin overdose. She was just 27.
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2008 Darius Rucker, known as the frontman for the '90s pop band Hootie & the Blowfish, hits #1 on the Country chart with his first country single, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," making him the first African American singer to top that tally since 1985, when Ray Charles hit the top with "Seven Spanish Angels," a duet with Willie Nelson.
2005 Little Big Town gets the last laugh when their second album, The Road to Here, is released and spawns four Top 20 hits on the country chart. It's humble pie for critics who shredded the group and their self-titled debut in 2002.More
2000 Dixie Chicks are the big winners at the CMA Awards, taking Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year (for Fly), Vocal Group of the Year and Video of the Year for "Goodbye Earl."
1996 That Thing You Do!, a musical film starring its writer/director Tom Hanks, who plays the manager of fictional '60s band The Wonders, is released to US cinemas. The title track to the film was written by Adam Schlesinger, bass player for Fountains of Wayne.More
1986 The popular newsman Dan Rather is attacked by a man who hits him from behind and repeats the phrase "Kenneth, what is the frequency," prompting REM to write the song "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
1979 Jimmy Buffett appears on the cover of Rolling Stone ahead of his forthcoming Volcano album. The article details his experience recording the Caribbean-flavored tracks near a dormant volcano at George Martin's AIR Studios in Montserrat.More
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