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well-known for his movie scores, which include Star Wars, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler's List, Indiana Jones (all three), and many, many more. He was also the 19th conductor of the Boston Pops.
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01/01 Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 1942
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01/03 Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 1945
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01/04 Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979
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01/08 David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) is born in London, 1947
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01/09 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) is born in Middlesex, England, 1945
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01/10 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976
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01/10 Jim Croce is born in Phildelphia, 1943
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01/10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952
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01/10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945
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01/13 Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973
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01/17 Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 1969
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01/19 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943
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01/22 Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 1935
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01/24 Warren Zevon is born, 1947
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01/25 Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 1978
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01/27 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) is born in Tennessee, 1930
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01/27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg, 1756
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01/28 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970
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01/30 Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 1982
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01/31 The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 1970
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02/01 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949
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02/02 Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 1942
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02/03 The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big
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Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959
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02/07 Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964
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02/07 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979
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02/08 John Towner Williams born in New York City, 1932; composer
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well-known for his many motion picture and television scores
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02/09 Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 1941
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02/12 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964
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02/17 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982
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02/18 Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933
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02/19 Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in
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Britain, 1972
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02/19 William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940
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02/20 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946
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02/20 Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974
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02/23 Handel born, 1685
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02/23 Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944
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02/29 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904
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03/01 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969
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03/02 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949
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03/03 Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles, 1966
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03/04 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678
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03/07 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896
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03/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 1973
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03/09 Robin Trower is born in London, 1945
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03/13 The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 1971
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03/15 Sly Stone born, 1944
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03/17 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born in San Francisco, 1942
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03/21 J.S. Bach born, 1685
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03/22 Ten Years After plays their last concert, 1974
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03/25 Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943
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03/26 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 1971
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03/29 Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 1973
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03/30 Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England, 1945
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04/02 Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C., 1939
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04/04 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Rolling Fork,
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Mississippi, 1915
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04/09 Paul Robeson born, 1898
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04/10 Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting the Beatles, 1970
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04/14 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) is born, 1945
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04/18 Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981
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04/25 Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 1925
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04/25 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918
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04/26 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 1933
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04/29 "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1968
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05/01 Kate Smith born, 1909
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05/03 Bob Seger is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945
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05/07 Johannes Brahms born in Hamburg, 1833
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05/07 Tchaikowsky born, 1840
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05/10 Dave Mason is born in Worcester, England, 1945
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05/11 Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 1981
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05/12 Pink Floyd performs the first quadrophonic concert, 1977
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05/18 Rick Wakeman is born in West London, England, 1949
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05/19 Pete Townshend is born in London, 1945
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05/20 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 1967
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05/22 Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, Germany, 1665
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05/23 Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963
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05/24 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, 1941
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05/26 Al Jolson born, 1886
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05/31 The Who perform the loudest concert ever -- 76,000 watts of PA, 1976
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06/01 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967
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06/06 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's #1 slot, 1955
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06/07 Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 1969
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06/09 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1923
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06/10 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910
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06/10 Judy Garland born, 1922
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06/15 Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, 1941
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06/16 The Monterey Pop festival opens, 1967
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06/18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942
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06/21 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LP's, 1948
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06/22 Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1948
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06/24 Jeff Beck is born in Surrey, England, 1944
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07/02 Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 1969
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07/03 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971
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07/06 The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 1965
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07/07 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 1940
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07/12 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Kamisky Park, 1979
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07/14 Woodie Guthrie born, 1912
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07/16 Cream forms in the U.K., 1966
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07/16 Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 1981
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07/17 "Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilon, 1968
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07/20 Carlos Santana is born in Autlan, Mexico, 1947
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07/25 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965
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07/25 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 1969
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07/26 Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 1943
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07/28 Bach dies, 1750
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07/28 The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 1973
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08/01 The Concert for Bangla Desh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 1971
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08/04 John Lennon points out that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus",
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1966
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08/10 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947
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08/13 Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951
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08/15 Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey
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08/15 The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 1965
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08/15 Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 1969
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08/26 Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 1970
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08/26 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 1970
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09/07 Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978
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09/08 Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia, 1841
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09/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno,
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California, 1945
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09/14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814
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09/16 B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925
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09/19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981
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09/20 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973
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09/23 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969
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09/23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949
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09/25 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980
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09/26 George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, NY
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10/04 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970
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10/05 Steve Miller is born in Dallas, 1943
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10/07 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957
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10/09 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 1940
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10/10 John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946
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10/12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London, 1966
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10/16 Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, 1947
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10/17 "Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 1967
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10/18 Chuck Berry is born in San Jose, California, 1926
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10/20 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash, 1977
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10/22 Franz Liszt born, 1811
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10/25 Jon Anderson (Yes) is born in Lancashire, England, 1944
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10/25 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964
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10/29 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 1971
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10/30 Grace Slick is born in Chicago, 1939
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11/02 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at #1, 1968
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11/02 Keith Emerson is born, 1944
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11/03 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 1972
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11/07 Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) is born in Alberta, Canada, 1943
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11/08 Patti Page born, 1927
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11/09 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 1967
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11/10 Greg Lake is born in Bournemouth, England, 1948
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11/12 Neil Young is born in Toronto, 1945
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11/13 Paul Simon born, 1942
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11/16 Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 1965
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11/20 Duane Allman is born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1946
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11/20 Joe Walsh is born in Cleveland, 1947
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11/24 Scott Joplin born, 1868
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11/25 "The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 1976
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11/25 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867
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11/26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968
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11/27 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942
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12/05 Mozart dies, 1791
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12/06 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877
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12/06 The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969
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12/07 Harry Chapin is born in New York City, 1942
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12/08 Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida, 1943
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12/08 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 1980
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12/09 The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 1973
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12/13 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born in Detroit, 1949
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12/15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 1877
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12/16 Beethoven born, 1770
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12/16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971
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12/16 Ludwig von Beethoven christened in Bonn, Germany, 1770
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12/21 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, 1940
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12/23 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871
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12/28 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas, 1946
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12/31 Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969
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