What happened on January 30
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196165 yrs ago
The Shirelles top the Hot 100
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" reached No. 1, the first time a girl group had topped the Hot 100. It held the spot for two weeks.
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196165 yrs ago
Patsy Cline releases "I Fall to Pieces"
Decca issued the Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard ballad, which climbed to No. 1 on the country chart that summer and also reached No. 12 on the pop chart.
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196462 yrs ago
Sam Cooke records "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Cut at RCA's Hollywood studio, the song was shaped by Cooke's run-ins with segregation and by Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind." It became an anthem of the civil rights era.
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196957 yrs ago
The Beatles play their rooftop concert
Unannounced, the band and keyboardist Billy Preston played a 42-minute set atop Apple's Savile Row offices in London. Police asked them to turn it down, and it became their last public performance.
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198244 yrs ago
Hall & Oates hit No. 1 with "I Can't Go for That"
The song ended Olivia Newton-John's ten-week run with "Physical" and also topped the R&B chart. Michael Jackson later told Daryl Hall he had borrowed a Hall & Oates bass line for "Billie Jean," apparently this one.
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1911115 yrs ago
Trumpeter Roy Eldridge is born in Pittsburgh
Nicknamed "Little Jazz," he pushed the trumpet's high register and speed so far that Dizzy Gillespie called him the messiah of his generation. He played with Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw and Ella Fitzgerald.
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195175 yrs ago
Phil Collins is born in London
He joined Genesis as drummer, took over as singer when Peter Gabriel left, and built a solo career with seven US No. 1 singles, plus an Oscar for a song from Disney's Tarzan.
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198442 yrs ago
Kid Cudi is born in Cleveland, Ohio
His song "Day 'n' Nite" spread on music blogs after he posted it to MySpace, caught Kanye West's attention and led off his quadruple-platinum debut, Man on the Moon: The End of Day.
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196363 yrs ago
French composer Francis Poulenc dies at 64
A member of the group of composers known as Les Six, he wrote music both playful and devout, from the ballet Les Biches to the opera Dialogues des Carmélites and his Gloria.
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198046 yrs ago
New Orleans pianist Professor Longhair dies
Known as "Fess," he blended rumba and boogie into a style that defined New Orleans piano. His song "Tipitina" gave a famous local music club its name.
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201115 yrs ago
Film composer John Barry dies at 77
He scored eleven James Bond films, starting with From Russia with Love, and won five Academy Awards, including for Born Free, Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves.
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