Today in Music History

Welcome to Today in Music for Thursday, July 2, 2009.

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1951 - Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system
1964 - Cilla Black records Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano
1969 - Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
1973 - Nation Black Network begins operation on radio

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1925 - Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1925 - Yasushi Akutagawa, composer
1926 - Billy Usselton, saxophonist
1926 - Lee Allen, Pittsburg, Ks, tenor sax (Walkin' With Mr Lee)
1932 - Sammy Turner, Paterson NJ, vocalist (Lavender Blue)

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1794 - Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65
1878 - Fran‡ois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61
1895 - William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72
1911 - Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54
1940 - Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69

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