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On this day in 2008, 18 years ago: Taylor Swift releases Fearless. Her second album spent 11 weeks at No. 1, a record for a female country album, and made her the youngest Album of the Year winner at the Grammys, at 20. Here's Taylor Swift with “Love Story.”
On this day in 1970, 56 years ago: Elvis releases That's the Way It Is. The album came out alongside the documentary about his return to live performing, mixing Las Vegas concert cuts with songs recorded in Nashville.
On this day in 1975, 51 years ago: Earth, Wind & Fire release the live album Gratitude. The double album caught the band at full stage power and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Its new studio song "Sing a Song" topped the soul chart.
On this day in 1977, 49 years ago: Wings release "Mull of Kintyre." Paul McCartney's bagpipe-led tribute to a Scottish peninsula sat atop the UK chart for nine weeks and became Britain's first single to pass two million sales.
On this day in 1883, 143 years ago: Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet is born. He founded the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in 1918 and worked closely with Stravinsky, conducting Pulcinella and Les noces for the Ballets Russes in Paris.
On this day in 1927, 99 years ago: Jazz-blues wit Mose Allison is born in Mississippi. His dry, ironic songs reached rock audiences: The Who played "Young Man Blues" on Live at Leeds, and "Parchman Farm" was his most requested tune for decades.
On this day in 1929, 97 years ago: R&B pioneer LaVern Baker is born in Chicago. Her hits "Tweedle Dee" and "Jim Dandy" helped set the stage for rock and roll, and she entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
On this day in 1986, 40 years ago: Jon Batiste is born in Louisiana. The New Orleans-area pianist led the Late Show band, shared an Oscar for the score of Pixar's Soul, and won Album of the Year for We Are.
On this day in 1945, 81 years ago: Show Boat composer Jerome Kern dies at 60. He wrote more than 700 songs, including "Ol' Man River", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and the Oscar-winning "The Way You Look Tonight".
On this day in 2014, 12 years ago: Sugarhill Gang's Big Bank Hank dies at 58. His group's "Rapper's Delight" was the first hip hop record to cross over to the pop charts, in 1979.
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