What happened on January 27
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195670 yrs ago
Elvis releases "Heartbreak Hotel," his first RCA single
His debut for his new label went to No. 1, became the best-selling single of 1956 and gave him his first million-seller.
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196264 yrs ago
"Peppermint Twist" dethrones "The Twist" at No. 1
Joey Dee and the Starliters cashed in on the twist dance craze with their only No. 1, which held the top spot for three weeks.
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197353 yrs ago
Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" tops the Hot 100
The riff-driven single from Talking Book knocked Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" from No. 1. Jeff Beck had helped shape the song in the studio and later cut his own version.
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20188 yrs ago
Camila Cabello's "Havana" reaches No. 1
Featuring Young Thug, the hit spent a week at the top and gave both singers their first Hot 100 chart-topper.
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1756270 yrs ago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born in Salzburg
Baptized the next day with a string of names including Theophilus, he went on to complete more than 800 works before his death at 35.
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1918108 yrs ago
Elmore James is born in Mississippi
His loudly amplified 1951 recording of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom" turned into a surprise R&B hit, and his headstone hails him as the King of the Slide Guitar.
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196858 yrs ago
Trip-hop pioneer Tricky is born in Bristol
He rapped on Massive Attack's debut Blue Lines before going solo with the brooding 1995 album Maxinquaye, a landmark of the Bristol sound.
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197254 yrs ago
Gospel great Mahalia Jackson dies at 60
Her 1947 record "Move On Up a Little Higher" sold about two million copies, and in 1963 she sang at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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201412 yrs ago
Folk singer Pete Seeger dies at 94
A founder of the Weavers, he wrote or co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer," "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?".
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