What happened on December 27
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1911115 yrs ago
"Jana Gana Mana" is sung in public for the first time
Rabindranath Tagore wrote both its words and music, and it was first heard at a Congress session in Calcutta. Its opening stanza became India's national anthem in 1950.
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192799 yrs ago
Show Boat opens on Broadway
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical ran 572 performances at the Ziegfeld Theatre. It gave the world "Ol' Man River."
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196957 yrs ago
"Someday We'll Be Together" gives the Supremes their last No. 1
It was the twelfth and final chart-topper for Diana Ross & the Supremes, and her last single with the group. Fellow Supremes Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong don't actually sing on it.
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197551 yrs ago
The Staple Singers top the Hot 100 with "Let's Do It Again"
Curtis Mayfield wrote and produced the song for the Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby film of the same name. It also spent two weeks at No. 1 on the soul chart.
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198046 yrs ago
"(Just Like) Starting Over" hits No. 1 weeks after Lennon's murder
The single had climbed to No. 3 before he was killed on December 8. It then spent five weeks on top, his biggest solo hit in America.
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193195 yrs ago
Elvis's guitarist Scotty Moore is born
He played on the 1954 Sun session of "That's All Right," Presley's first hit, and backed Elvis in the studio and on tour until 1968. He joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
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194383 yrs ago
Catalan singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat is born
Picked to sing Spain's 1968 Eurovision entry, he insisted on Catalan; the broadcaster said no and replaced him. His song "Mediterráneo" was later named Spain's most important song of the 20th century.
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198838 yrs ago
Paramore singer Hayley Williams is born
She is a founding member of Paramore and its lead voice. She and Taylor York won the 2015 Grammy for Best Rock Song with "Ain't It Fun."
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198145 yrs ago
Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael dies at 82
He wrote "Stardust," later recorded by hundreds of artists, and "Georgia on My Mind," now Georgia's state song. He also shared a 1951 Oscar with Johnny Mercer.
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201214 yrs ago
Jamaican singer and producer Lloyd Charmers dies
He produced Ken Boothe's version of "Everything I Own" with his band the Now Generation. His song "Birth Control" later became the Specials' "Too Much Too Young."
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