What happened on December 6
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196858 yrs ago
The Rolling Stones release Beggars Banquet in the UK
Decca put the album out in Britain, with the US edition following a day later. Its songs include "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man", and it reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 5 in America.
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196957 yrs ago
Altamont: the free concert that turned deadly
About 300,000 people came to the Altamont Speedway near Tracy, California, to see the Rolling Stones, Santana, Jefferson Airplane and more. During the Stones’ set, a Hells Angel fatally stabbed 18-year-old Meredith Hunter after Hunter drew a revolver.
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196957 yrs ago
A band that didn't exist tops the Hot 100
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" knocked the Beatles’ "Come Together" from No. 1. Its writers credited it to Steam, a made-up group, and sports crowds still sing it to see off the losing team.
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200323 yrs ago
Ludacris lands his first Hot 100 No. 1 with "Stand Up"
Kanye West produced the track, with Ludacris co-producing and Shawnna as guest. It came from the album Chicken-n-Beer and spent 28 weeks on the chart.
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1896130 yrs ago
Songwriter Ira Gershwin is born
With his brother George he wrote over a dozen Broadway shows, giving the world "I Got Rhythm" and "Someone to Watch Over Me". He shared the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Of Thee I Sing.
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1920106 yrs ago
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is born
His quartet recorded Time Out in 1959, full of unusual time signatures, and it became the first jazz album to pass a million sales. Its single "Take Five", written by Paul Desmond, runs in 5/4.
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192997 yrs ago
Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt is born in Berlin
In 1953 he and his wife Alice founded Concentus Musicus Wien, an ensemble dedicated to performing on period instruments.
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199531 yrs ago
Rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie is born in the Bronx
His single "Drowning" made the Hot 100's top 40, and his album Hoodie SZN went to No. 1 in January 2019.
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198838 yrs ago
Roy Orbison dies at 52, the year he co-founded the Wilburys
He collapsed while visiting his mother in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and died of a heart attack in hospital. Earlier in 1988 he had formed the Traveling Wilburys with Harrison, Dylan, Petty and Lynne. "Oh, Pretty Woman" topped the US and UK charts in 1964.
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198937 yrs ago
Oscar-winning songwriter Sammy Fain dies
Nominated ten times for Best Original Song, he won twice with lyricist Paul Francis Webster: "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane and "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing".
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