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On this day in 1939, 87 years ago: Tina Turner is born in Brownsville, Tennessee. Decades into her career, she came back with the multi-platinum Private Dancer. "What's Love Got to Do with It" became her only Hot 100 No. 1 and won the Grammy for Record of the Year. Here's Tina Turner with “What's Love Got to Do with It.”
On this day in 1921, 105 years ago: Langgaard's otherworldly Music of the Spheres premieres. The Danish composer's piece was first heard in Karlsruhe. When György Ligeti saw the score in the late 1960s, he declared himself a Langgaard follower.
On this day in 1945, 81 years ago: Charlie Parker leads a landmark bebop session for Savoy. Billed as the "greatest Jazz session ever," the date put Parker alongside Dizzy Gillespie, a young Miles Davis, Curley Russell and Max Roach.
On this day in 1962, 64 years ago: The Beatles cut the speeded-up "Please Please Me." George Martin had found the first, slower version dreary. The livelier arrangement took 18 takes, and Martin told them right away that this one would give them their first big hit.
On this day in 1968, 58 years ago: Cream say goodbye at the Royal Albert Hall. The power trio of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker played the second of two farewell nights. They would not return to that stage together until 2005.
On this day in 1976, 50 years ago: Sex Pistols release "Anarchy in the U.K." Their debut single reached only No. 38 before EMI dropped the band in January. It stayed the only Sex Pistols record EMI ever put out.
On this day in 1975, 51 years ago: DJ Khaled is born in New Orleans. The hitmaker built songs around big-name guest lists. "I'm the One," with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne, went to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2017.
On this day in 1992, 34 years ago: Latin trap star Anuel AA is born in Puerto Rico. XXL counts him among the genre's founders. His 2019 posse cut "China" with Daddy Yankee, Karol G, Ozuna and J Balvin became a global hit.
On this day in 1956, 70 years ago: Bandleader Tommy Dorsey dies at 51. His smooth trombone theme "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" is in the Grammy Hall of Fame, and he hired a young Frank Sinatra in 1940. "I'll Never Smile Again" spent 12 weeks at No. 1.
On this day in 2021, 5 years ago: Broadway giant Stephen Sondheim dies at 91. He wrote the lyrics for West Side Story. His best-known song, "Send in the Clowns," became a hit for Judy Collins and drew versions from Sinatra and Streisand.
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