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On this day in 1968, 58 years ago: The Beatles release the White Album in the UK. Thirty songs over 93 minutes in a plain white sleeve, it was their first album on their own Apple label and topped the charts in Britain and America. Here's The Beatles with “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
On this day in 1928, 98 years ago: Ravel's Boléro premieres at the Paris Opéra. Commissioned by dancer Ida Rubinstein and first staged with choreography, it was a sensation and became Ravel's most famous piece, which surprised him.
On this day in 1999, 27 years ago: Toby Keith releases "How Do You Like Me Now?!" The song went on to spend five weeks at No. 1 on the country chart in 2000.
On this day in 2010, 16 years ago: Kanye West releases My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It opened at No. 1 with 496,000 copies, topped many best-of-2010 lists and won the Grammy for Best Rap Album.
On this day in 1899, 127 years ago: Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael is born. He wrote "Stardust," "Georgia on My Mind" and "Heart and Soul," and won an Oscar in 1951 with Johnny Mercer.
On this day in 1901, 125 years ago: Joaquín Rodrigo, composer of the Concierto de Aranjuez, is born. Blind from age three, he composed in Braille. The slow movement of his guitar concerto is one of the best-known pieces of 20th-century classical music.
On this day in 1913, 113 years ago: Benjamin Britten is born on music's feast day. Fittingly born on St Cecilia's Day, he wrote Peter Grimes, the War Requiem and The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
On this day in 1950, 76 years ago: Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth is born. She anchored Talking Heads and co-founded Tom Tom Club with drummer Chris Frantz. She entered the Rock Hall with Talking Heads in 2002.
On this day in 1997, 29 years ago: INXS singer Michael Hutchence dies at 37. INXS sold over 50 million records, among Australia's biggest sellers ever, and "Need You Tonight," from the album Kick, topped the US chart.
On this day in 2001, 25 years ago: Verve Records founder Norman Granz dies. He launched Jazz at the Philharmonic, created Verve to put out Ella Fitzgerald's albums, stayed her manager through the remainder of her career, and later founded Pablo Records.
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