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This Day in Music History: Lady Day's Birthday

Posted at 7:37 AM on April 7, 2010 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

RAVI SHANKAR is 90. (Sitar player and composer, best known for his influence on the Beatles; father of modern pop star Norah Jones)

John Oates of Hall and Oates is 61.

On this day in 1956, The CBS Radio Network began broadcasting the first regularly scheduled national rock & roll radio show, Rock & Roll Dance Party, with famed deejay Alan Freed hosting.
In 1962, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and early Rolling Stones pal Dick Taylor met Brian Jones for the first time at the Ealing Club, a London spot where Brit blues lovers liked to hang out.
In 1969, John and Yoko recorded "Give Peace A Chance" in their Toronto hotel room during one of their bed-ins for peace.
In 1975, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple. He went on to form Rainbow.
In 1990, Farm Aid IV was held at the Indiana Hoosierdome. Among the musicians contributing their services were Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Kris Kristofferson, John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne. Elton John, also one of the featured performers, dedicated "Candle In The Wind" to young AIDS patient Ryan White during the show. White died later that night.
In 1998, singer George Michael was arrested for committing a lewd act in a park restroom in Beverly Hills, California.

History Highlight:
BILLIE HOLIDAY was born on this day in 1915 in Baltimore. She died July 17, 1959, in New York from the affects of heroin addiction, and heart and liver disease. Known as Lady Day, her vocal style was a major influence on jazz and pop singing. We paid tribute to the late Billie Holiday this morning with a song she co-write, "Don't Explain."

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