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On this day in 1999, 27 years ago: Dr. Dre returns with 2001. The album sold 516,000 copies in its opening week and spun off "Still D.R.E.," "Forgot About Dre" and "The Next Episode." It has gone six times platinum. Here's Dr. Dre with “Still D.R.E.”
On this day in 1960, 66 years ago: Patsy Cline records "I Fall to Pieces." Released the next January, the ballad went to No. 1 on the country chart and crossed over to No. 12 on the Hot 100.
On this day in 1966, 60 years ago: The Temptations release Greatest Hits. Packed with "My Girl," "Get Ready" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," it topped the R&B albums chart and stayed on the Billboard 200 for 120 weeks.
On this day in 1974, 52 years ago: John Lennon finally tops the Hot 100 on his own. "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" spent one week at No. 1, making Lennon the last of the four former Beatles to reach the top as a solo artist.
On this day in 2010, 16 years ago: The Beatles finally arrive on iTunes. After decades of trademark battles between Apple Inc. and the band's Apple Corps, the Beatles' 13 remastered studio albums went on sale as downloads, along with a digital box set.
On this day in 1873, 153 years ago: W. C. Handy, self-styled "Father of the Blues," is born. The Alabama-born trumpeter and composer published "Saint Louis Blues" in 1914. Among the first to put the blues into print, he helped carry a Delta style with a small audience to far wider popularity.
On this day in 1895, 131 years ago: German composer Paul Hindemith is born. Also a violist and conductor, he wrote Mathis der Maler and the Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes by Weber, probably his most popular piece.
On this day in 1964, 62 years ago: Jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall is born. The Canadian has sold more than 15 million albums, and The Look of Love went platinum and reached the Billboard 200 top 10.
On this day in 1993, 33 years ago: Soprano Lucia Popp dies at 54. The Slovak singer debuted as Mozart's Queen of the Night, then shifted to lyric parts and later took on weightier roles like the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro.
On this day in 2001, 25 years ago: Jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan dies at 71. He played on Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus and John Coltrane's Giant Steps, then spent years as Ella Fitzgerald's pianist and musical director.
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