What happened on October 13
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198442 yrs ago
Stevie Wonder's 'I Just Called...' climbs to No. 1
Stevie Wonder's 'I Just Called to Say I Love You' ended Prince's two-week run with 'Let's Go Crazy' and held No. 1 for three straight weeks.
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198640 yrs ago
Neil Young hosts the first Bridge School Benefit
Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Don Henley and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young played Shoreline Amphitheatre to fund a school for children with severe physical impairments.
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199234 yrs ago
Prince releases the Love Symbol Album
The unpronounceable glyph on its cover became his name from 1993 to 2000, a protest against Warner Bros.
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201610 yrs ago
Bob Dylan is named Nobel laureate in Literature
The first musician to win the prize was honored for creating new poetic expressions in the American song tradition, then stayed silent for days.
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20233 yrs ago
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour film opens worldwide
After bypassing studios to deal directly with AMC, Swift saw it become the highest-grossing concert film ever, at about $261.7 million.
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1909117 yrs ago
Piano titan Art Tatum is born in Toledo
Nearly blind for most of his life, he was hailed by Teddy Wilson as the master of all jazz pianists.
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194185 yrs ago
Paul Simon is born in Newark, New Jersey
He met Art Garfunkel in elementary school, started performing with him at 13, and later won 16 Grammys.
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194878 yrs ago
Qawwali giant Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is born
Known as the King of Kings of Qawwali, he recorded over 125 albums and collaborated with Peter Gabriel and Eddie Vedder.
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198739 yrs ago
Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar dies on his brother's birthday
Holder of the record eight Filmfare Best Male Playback wins, he died of a heart attack on Ashok Kumar's 76th birthday.
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200917 yrs ago
Al Martino, owner of the first UK No. 1, dies
'Here in My Heart' topped the very first UK singles chart in 1952; he later played crooner Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.
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