What happened on October 12
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197155 yrs ago
Jesus Christ Superstar opens on Broadway
Unable to fund a stage show at first, Lloyd Webber and Rice released it as a concept album, whose success carried it to the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
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197947 yrs ago
Fleetwood Mac release the double album Tusk
At about $1.4 million it was the costliest rock album yet, and the USC Trojan Marching Band played on the title track.
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199135 yrs ago
Mariah Carey's 'Emotions' reaches No. 1
It made her the first act whose first five singles all reached No. 1 on the Hot 100, and it shows off her whistle register.
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200917 yrs ago
Michael Jackson's posthumous 'This Is It' premieres
The song, co-written with Paul Anka, dated back to a 1980 demo called 'I Never Heard'; his brothers added backing vocals.
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201313 yrs ago
Lorde's 'Royals' knocks 'Wrecking Ball' from No. 1
At 16, she became the youngest artist to top the Hot 100 with a song she wrote herself, and the first New Zealander to do so as lead artist.
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1872154 yrs ago
Ralph Vaughan Williams is born in Gloucestershire
He collected English folk songs in the countryside, and his The Lark Ascending has topped Classic FM listener polls.
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193591 yrs ago
Luciano Pavarotti is born in Modena
The son of a baker with a fine tenor voice, he turned 'Nessun dorma' into a pop hit as the BBC's 1990 World Cup theme.
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193591 yrs ago
Sam Moore of Sam & Dave is born in Miami
The voice behind 'Soul Man' and 'Hold On! I'm Comin'' was called the greatest soul singer on the planet by Bruce Springsteen.
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197155 yrs ago
Rockabilly star Gene Vincent dies at 36
The 'Be-Bop-a-Lula' singer had survived the 1960 taxi crash in England that killed Eddie Cochran.
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199729 yrs ago
John Denver dies in a plane crash off California
Flying his homebuilt aircraft alone over Monterey Bay, he lost control while trying to reach an awkwardly placed fuel selector.
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