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1912 Experimental composer John Cage is born in Los Angeles, California. Known for his composition "4'33," in which musicians were present but did not play their instruments. Instead, environmental sounds provided the music for the piece.

1791 Opera composer Giacomo Meyerbeer is born Jacob Liebmann Beer near Berlin, Germany.

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The Animals Take Folk Song "The House Of The Rising Sun" To #1

1964

British group The Animals hit #1 in America with "The House Of The Rising Sun," a folk song set in New Orleans about either a brothel or a prison.

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