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1926 Jazz organist/bandleader Brother Jack McDuff is born Eugene McDuffy in Champaign, Illinois.

1926 Rock 'n Roller Bill Black is born in Memphis, Tennessee. He would later play slap bass in Elvis Presley's early trio, The Blue Moon Boys, before fronting his own Bill Black's Combo.

1923 Country musician Hank Williams is born Hiram King Williams in Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama.

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Pink Floyd's Movie The Wall Opens In Theaters

1982

Pink Floyd's seminal double album The Wall makes it to the big screen as a feature-length musical. Few expected the sprawling concept album to be turned into a feature film, but the band's celluloid collaboration with director Alan Parker and animator Gerald Scarfe becomes a surprise box office hit and a cult classic.

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