What happened on November 23
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193690 yrs ago
Robert Johnson begins his first recording session
In a San Antonio hotel room he cut songs including "Cross Road Blues" and "Sweet Home Chicago," which became blues standards.
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199135 yrs ago
Freddie Mercury tells the world he has AIDS
The Queen singer released his statement about 24 hours before he died.
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200818 yrs ago
Guns N' Roses finally release Chinese Democracy
Recorded on and off for about a decade at a reported cost of over $13 million, it arrived in the US as a Best Buy exclusive and debuted at No. 3.
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200917 yrs ago
Rihanna releases Rated R in the US and UK
The album produced "Rude Boy," which spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
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1876150 yrs ago
Spanish composer Manuel de Falla is born
His ballets El amor brujo and The Three-Cornered Hat, the latter designed by Picasso, put Spanish sounds on the world's concert stages.
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195571 yrs ago
Pianist-composer Ludovico Einaudi is born
Pieces like "Nuvole Bianche" and "Una Mattina" reached far beyond classical fans, and he has been called one of the world's most-streamed classical musicians.
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197254 yrs ago
West Coast rapper Kurupt is born
Half of Tha Dogg Pound, he rapped on Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, and Kendrick Lamar has named him one of his biggest influences.
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199234 yrs ago
Miley Cyrus is born
The Hannah Montana star grew into a chart-topper with "Wrecking Ball" and "Flowers," which held No. 1 for eight weeks.
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199234 yrs ago
Roy Acuff, the King of Country Music, dies at 89
"Wabash Cannonball" was his band's best-known song. He co-founded the publisher Acuff-Rose and was the first living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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199531 yrs ago
Motown saxophonist Junior Walker dies at 64
His honking 1965 hit "Shotgun" topped the R&B chart and reached No. 4 on the Hot 100.
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