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5 years ago
The Tim O'Brien Band plays at The Station Inn, 
On their World Tour 2019 The Eagles play at Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany, Europe.
A memorial bench in honour of Californian gangsta rapper Easy E of NWA is unveiled in the British seaside town of Newhaven, East Sussex, England, UK, Europe, despite the fact that the deceased rapper never had anything to do with Newhaven.10 years ago
On their Mechanical Bull Tour, Kings Of Leon play at Atlantis, The Palm Resort, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Asia.
Apple announces that it has bought Beats Electronics, the headphone and streaming music service owned by Dr Dre, for $3bn.
Singer-songwriter BANKS plays at The Independent, San Francisco, California, USA.
An analysis of Wikipedia articles by the University of Toulouse suggests that Frank Sinatra is the most important person in the English-speaking world, based on the methods used by Google to analyse Wikipedia pages and determine which individuals have the most important articles linking to them. Sinatra is followed by Michael Jackson and in third place is Pope Pius XII.
Sam Smith debuts at No1 in the Official Music Chart in the UK with his first LP, In The Lonely Hour, on Capitol Records.
Royksopp and Robyn release their collaborative EP Do It Again on Dog Triumph Records in Sweden, Europe.
50 years ago
The day after his father's funeral, bandleader, composer and arranger Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington, takes over the Ellington band and leaves with it on a tour of Bermuda.
75 years ago
Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys record Little Girl Little Girl, I'm Tired Of Living This Lie and Pliney Jane for MGM Records in Dallas, Texas, USA.100 years ago
Sylvester Weaver records Weaver's Blues, Smoketown Strut, I'm Busy And You Can't Come I and Mixing Them Up In C, for Okeh Records in New York City, USA.
Pioneering country-blues guitarist Sylvester Weaver records Weaver's Blues, Smoketown Strut, I'm Busy And You Can't Come I and Mixing Them Up In C, for Okeh Records in New York City, USA.
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