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1912 After years spent playing the clubs of New Orleans' Storyville district, Jelly Roll Morton moves to Chicago.
1929 Charley Patton makes his first recordings.
1946 Rolling Stone founder and editor Jann Wenner is born in New York City.
1949 Louis Jordan hits #1 on the R&B chart and #21 on the pop chart with "Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1)."
1956 The Moonglows appear in 'Rock Rock Rock', a rock and roll movie featuring Alan Freed. A year later they return in 'Go Johnny Go.'
1957 Harry Belafonte reaches # 5 with "Banana Boat (Day-O)".
1961 Little Ceasar and the Romans reach #9 with "Those Oldies But Goodies".
1967 The Move hits #2 in the UK with "Night of Fear".
1968 David Gilmour is asked to join Pink Floyd, briefly making them a five-piece band.
1969 'Traffic' hits #17 in the US.
1970 Bill Monroe is elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1975 Jethro Tull hits #11 in the US with "Bungle In The Jungle."
1989 Kenny G hits #13 with "Silhouette"
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
1899 - Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)
1903 - Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer
1903 - Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, composer
1917 - Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer
1921 - John Lanigan, tenor
1923 - Charles Russell Woolen, composer
1935 - Noam Sheriff, composer
1936 - Eldee Young, US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy)
1941 - Robert Hicks, rocker (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
1944 - Mike McGear, Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney's brother)
1946 - Andy Brown, rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham)
1947 - David Porcelijn, Dutch composer/conductor
1948 - Kaz Lux, Poland/Netherland, singer
1948 - Kenny Loggins, Everett WA, singer (and Messina-This is it, Footloose)
1949 - John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)
1949 - Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg SC, country singer
1953 - Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
1959 - Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat)
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