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On this day in 1966, 60 years ago: The Beach Boys release 'Good Vibrations' in the US. Brian Wilson built it over roughly 20 sessions in four Hollywood studios across seven months, using more than 90 hours of tape; it hit No. 1 in both the US and UK. Here's The Beach Boys with “Good Vibrations.”
On this day in 1969, 57 years ago: King Crimson debut with In the Court of the Crimson King. Often called the most influential prog-rock album, its famous cover was the only painting Barry Godber ever made; he died months later at 24.
On this day in 1995, 31 years ago: No Doubt release Tragic Kingdom. The album went Diamond in the US, sold over 16 million copies worldwide and helped ignite the '90s ska revival.
On this day in 2007, 19 years ago: Radiohead drop In Rainbows as a pay-what-you-want download. Fans could pay anything, even nothing; 62% paid zero, yet Thom Yorke said it out-earned all their earlier albums' digital sales combined.
On this day in 1917, 109 years ago: Thelonious Monk is born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Composer of ''Round Midnight', he was once the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Ellington and famously said the piano has no wrong notes.
On this day in 1946, 80 years ago: Songwriter John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois. A former mail carrier, he was discovered by Kris Kristofferson, who marveled that a 24-year-old could write like he was 220.
On this day in 1954, 72 years ago: David Lee Roth, Van Halen's 'Diamond Dave,' is born. Beyond fronting Van Halen, he later trained and worked as a New York City EMT, logging more than 200 ambulance runs.
On this day in 1958, 68 years ago: Country star Tanya Tucker is born. She scored her first hit 'Delta Dawn' at age 13 and, nearly five decades later, won two Grammys in 2020.
On this day in 1963, 63 years ago: Édith Piaf dies in Grasse at 47. Her funeral brought Paris traffic to a complete standstill, something Charles Aznavour said had not happened since World War II.
On this day in 2010, 16 years ago: Soul pioneer Solomon Burke dies on a flight to Amsterdam. Jerry Wexler called the 'King of Rock 'n' Soul' the greatest male soul singer ever; he died aboard a plane at Schiphol Airport.
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