What happened on November 21
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1877149 yrs ago
Thomas Edison announces his phonograph
Edison revealed the first phonograph, a machine that could capture sound and then play it back.
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193789 yrs ago
Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony premieres in Leningrad
Yevgeny Mravinsky led the Leningrad Philharmonic, and the crowd applauded for more than half an hour.
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195571 yrs ago
Elvis Presley signs with RCA
Within months, his first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel," became a No. 1 hit.
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195967 yrs ago
Rock and roll DJ Alan Freed is fired by WABC
The man who helped popularize the phrase "rock and roll" lost his New York radio job when he wouldn't sign an FCC statement swearing he had never accepted payola.
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198145 yrs ago
"Physical" starts a 10-week run at No. 1
Olivia Newton-John's hit took over the Hot 100 this week and held the top spot until late January 1982, the longest stay at No. 1 of any single in the 1980s.
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1852174 yrs ago
Spanish guitar master Francisco Tárrega is born
Best known for pieces like "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" and "Capricho Árabe," he also wrote "Gran Vals," a snippet of which became the Nokia tune, the default ringtone on Nokia phones.
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1904122 yrs ago
Tenor sax trailblazer Coleman Hawkins is born
Among the first prominent jazz players on his horn, he cut a landmark swing-era "Body and Soul" in 1939, whose bold harmonies have been called an early stirring of bebop.
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196561 yrs ago
Björk is born in Iceland
After fronting the Sugarcubes, she went solo with Debut, an album credited with bringing electronic music into mainstream pop.
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198541 yrs ago
Carly Rae Jepsen is born
The Canadian singer's "Call Me Maybe" went to No. 1 in the US and was the world's best-selling single of 2012.
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20179 yrs ago
Teen idol David Cassidy dies at 67
Playing Keith Partridge on TV, he became the lead singer of the Partridge Family's records, and the group's very first single, "I Think I Love You," was a hit.
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