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    08/05/20151

    On This Day: Billboard Magazine First Published

    Billboard is known as the “Music Business Bible” for its recorded music sales/airplay charts and trade reporting on the music industry

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    08/05/20154

    October 31, 1963: Ed Sullivan Sees Beatlemania

    American TV host Ed Sullivan was at London’s Heathrow Airport on this day when The Beatles arrived back from Sweden, greeted by hundreds of screaming girls.

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    08/05/20151

    Happy Birthday, Timothy B. Schmit!

    The one member of the California country-rock band The Eagles that is from the state, he was also a member of Poco and has worked with many other acts.

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    08/05/20155

    October 29, 1971: Duane Allman Dies

    His death in a motorcycle accident on this day cut short the career of an astonishingly talented guitar player who became a six-string icon

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    08/05/20154

    Oct 28, 2022: Jerry Lee Lewis, Colorful Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer Known as ‘The Killer’—Obituary

    The Louisiana-born musician was known for his wild piano playing, larger-than-life personality, seven marriages (including one to an underage cousin), and his early pop chart success

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    08/05/20150

    Oct 28, 1964: ‘The T.A.M.I Show’ Concert Filmed

    It’s the hip granddaddy of rock concert movies with an amazing line-up of acts: The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Beach Boys, Supremes, Chuck Berry & more!

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    08/05/20150

    Oct 28, 2020: Billy Joe Shaver, Who Wrote Songs of Sin and Redemption—Obituary

    He never earned significant success with his own recordings, but his songs were recorded by Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, the Allman Brothers Band, and more

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    08/05/20150

    Oct 26, 1961: Bob Dylan Signs With Columbia Records

    Dylan landed a major label recorded deal a mere 10 months after arriving in the Greenwich Village folk scene in 1961. Here’s how it happened.

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    08/05/20152

    Oct 26, 2019: Paul Barrere of Little Feat Dies

    The guitarist and singer had been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2015. He co-wrote several of the band’s favorites including “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”

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    08/05/20151

    Oct 25, 1991: Bill Graham Dies in Copter Crash

    The most legendary promoter in the rock concert business escaped the Holocaust as a child to transform the industry with his Fillmore West & East venues

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