What happened on December 12
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1920106 yrs ago
Ravel's La valse is first performed in Paris
Ravel called it a choreographic poem for orchestra. Though conceived as a ballet, it was first heard in Paris and only reached the ballet stage in Antwerp in 1926.
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197056 yrs ago
The Doors play their last show with Jim Morrison
At The Warehouse in New Orleans, Morrison reportedly fell apart on stage and stopped singing. The band never played in public with him again.
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198739 yrs ago
George Michael's "Faith" reaches No. 1 in America
The single held the top of the Hot 100 for four weeks, and Billboard later named it the biggest US single of 1988.
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201214 yrs ago
12-12-12 benefit brings rock royalty to Madison Square Garden
Springsteen, The Who, the Rolling Stones and more played for Hurricane Sandy victims. Paul McCartney closed with Grohl, Novoselic and Smear of Nirvana, their first time playing together in 18 years.
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1915111 yrs ago
Frank Sinatra is born in Hoboken, New Jersey
The singer and actor became one of the biggest-selling recording artists in history, with sales estimated at around 150 million records.
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192997 yrs ago
Jazz pianist and bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi is born
She became Berklee's first Japanese student in 1956, later led a big band with saxophonist Lew Tabackin, earned fourteen Grammy nominations and was named an NEA Jazz Master.
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194086 yrs ago
Dionne Warwick is born
Much of her early work came from songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, including 1964's "Walk On By," a million-selling international hit. Over her career, 56 of her singles reached the Hot 100.
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194383 yrs ago
Saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. is born in Buffalo
His 1980 album Winelight won a Grammy and included "Just the Two of Us" with Bill Withers, which climbed to No. 2 on the Hot 100.
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200719 yrs ago
Ike Turner dies at 76
His 1951 recording "Rocket 88" is often named among the candidates for the first rock and roll record. Ike & Tina Turner entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
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20206 yrs ago
Country star Charley Pride dies at 86
The first Black artist to become a country superstar, he spent five weeks at No. 1 on the country chart with "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" and joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
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