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Today In Music History: Happy B-Day Chris Walla

Posted at 6:12 AM on November 2, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays;

Keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 65.
Singer k.d. lang is 48.
Bassist Bobby Dall of Poison is 46.

Today in:

1963 - Dion walked out of a live taping of the British TV program "Ready, Steady, Go," claiming that he was distracted by the go-go dancers.
1963 - The single "Be True to Your School" by the Beach Boys was released.
1979 - The movie version of the Who's Quadrophenia opened.
1985 - The TV soundtrack from Miami Vice went to No.1 on the US album chart. It spent a total of 11 weeks at No.1.

Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie is 34 today. In addition to his work with Death Cab (both performing in the band and producing as well), Walla has earned a reputation as an acclaimed producer for other artists, including The Postal Service, The Long Winters, Teagan and Sara, Hot Hot Heat, and even The Decemberists' The Crane Wife. Today we honor Chris with a track from his solo record Field Manual, "Sing Again."

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