What happened on January 6
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1724302 yrs ago
Bach premieres an Epiphany cantata in Leipzig
Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, was first heard on the Feast of the Epiphany, closing Bach's first Christmas season in Leipzig. He scored it for two horns, two recorders and two oboes da caccia alongside strings.
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195769 yrs ago
Elvis makes his last Ed Sullivan appearance
On his third and final visit, cameras showed Elvis only from the waist up. He closed with the gospel song "Peace in the Valley," and Sullivan then called him a "real decent, fine boy."
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195868 yrs ago
"At the Hop" tops the Billboard best sellers
Danny & the Juniors' dance-party anthem took over Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart and became the first record to reach No. 1 on all three of the magazine's main pop charts.
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197353 yrs ago
Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" hits No. 1
Carly Simon's sly put-down knocked Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones" off the top and held the Hot 100 for three weeks. It was her first chart-topper, nearly a decade after she first charted with her sister.
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1838188 yrs ago
Composer Max Bruch is born in Cologne
Bruch wrote plenty of music, but his Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor became one of the most loved Romantic concertos. His Kol Nidrei for cello is built on a Yom Kippur melody.
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1924102 yrs ago
Banjo legend Earl Scruggs is born
Born in Cleveland County, North Carolina, Scruggs popularized a rolling three-finger picking style that turned the banjo into a solo instrument and became a hallmark of bluegrass. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" later featured in Bonnie and Clyde.
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194779 yrs ago
Folk-rock singer Sandy Denny is born in London
Fairport Convention's voice wrote "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?", later recorded by Judy Collins, Nina Simone and others. Her duet with Robert Plant on "The Battle of Evermore" made her the lone guest vocalist on any Led Zeppelin album.
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196759 yrs ago
A. R. Rahman is born in Madras
Rahman's film-scoring career began in the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. His Slumdog Millionaire work won two Oscars on one night, for the score and for the song "Jai Ho."
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199333 yrs ago
Bebop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie dies at 75
The trumpet star wrote "A Night in Tunisia" and "Salt Peanuts." His famous upturned trumpet began as an accident when dancers knocked over his horn, and he liked how it sounded.
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200620 yrs ago
Smooth-voiced soul singer Lou Rawls dies
Rawls won three Grammys and scored his biggest seller with "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine." His annual telethon raised more than $250 million for the United Negro College Fund.
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