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Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben Harper is 54 years old today

Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas was born 109 years ago today

Mahalia Jackson — “The Queen of Gospel Music” — was born 112 years ago today

Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, was born 142 years ago today

Bill Wyman, former English bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones, is 87 years old today

Singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam is 67 years old today

Psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary was born 103 years ago today

Dizzy Gillespie, one of the great trumpeters in jazz history, was born 105 years ago today

Wanda Jackson, Queen of Rockabilly music, is 86 years old today

Jeannie C. Riley is 78 years old today

Chuck Berry, pioneer of rock and roll, was born 97 years old today

On this day in 1930 — 93 years ago — Duke Ellington recorded "Mood Indigo.”

Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, is 76 years old today

Barry McGuire, singer-songwriter best known for the hit song, "Eve of Destruction," is 88 years old today

On this day in 1947 — 77 years ago today — U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon is 82 years old today

Southern soul and R&B singer Sam Moore is 88 years old today

On this day in 1975 — 48 years ago — Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC

Singer-songwriter John Prine was born 77 years ago today

John Lennon, founder of the Beatles, was born 83 years ago today

Jerry Lee Lewis, bible school dropout, recorded "Great Balls of Fire" at Sun Records 66 years ago today

On this day in 1955 — 68 years ago — Allen Ginsberg first read his new poem, "Howl," at Six Gallery in San Francisco

Screwball comedy queen Carole Lombard was born 115 years ago today

Steve Miller, guitarist and singer-songwriter, is 80 years old today

Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose on this day in 1970 — 53 years ago

Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was born 69 years ago today

Gillian Welch - master of Appalachian, Americana and bluegrass music - is 56 years old today

Jimmy Carter - America's oldest living president - is 99 years old today

Marty Stuart - country musician, musicologist and photographer - is 65 years old today

Rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis was born 88 years ago today

Brigitte Bardot is 89 years old today

Bebop jazz pianist Bud Powell was born 99 years ago today

Composer and pianist George Gershwin was born 125 years ago today

Ian Tyson of Ian and Sylvia was born 90 years ago today

Blind Lemon Jefferson, Texas blues singer and guitarist, was born 130 years ago today

Bruce Springsteen — “the Boss” — is 74 years old today

The first Farm Aid concert was held on this day in 1985 — 38 years ago

Poet and singer Leonard Cohen was born 89 years ago today

Italy's most awarded actress - Sophia Loren - is 89 years old today

Folksinger David Bromberg is 78 years old today

Film star Greta Garbo was born 118 years ago today

Hank Williams - master of country love songs - was born 100 years ago today

Bluesman B.B. King was born 98 years ago today

The most iconic photo of Marilyn Monroe was made 69 years ago today on a New York subway vent

On this day in 1955 — 68 years ago today — Little Richard walked into a New Orleans recording studio and gave birth to "Tutti Frutti."

Bill Monroe, father of bluegrass music, was born 112 years ago today

Country singer George Jones was born 92 years ago today

Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart is 80 years old today

Puerto Rican musician José Feliciano is 78 years old today

Soul man Otis Redding was born 82 years ago today

Country music singer Patsy Cline was born 91 years ago today

Jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 93 years old today

The Mostly Unknown Story of a Mill Town Murder

Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was published 66 years ago today

Danny Gatton, guitarist who fused rockabilly, jazz and country, was born 78 years ago

The Texas Cannonball, Freddie King, was born 89 years ago today

Soul and R&B singer Joe Simon is 80 years old today

Lily Tomlin is 84 years old today

Van Morrison is 78 years old today

R. Crumb is 80 years old today

Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist and composer, was born 103 years ago today

The March on Washington made history 60 years ago today

Modernist artist Man Ray was born 133 years ago today

On this day — 55 years ago — the 1968 Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago

Musical maestro Leonard Bernstein was born 105 years ago today

Musician and actress Ronee Blakley is 78 years old today

Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, was born 77 years ago today

Father of photojournalism - Henri Cartier-Bresson - was born 115 years ago today

Guitarist James Burton is 84 years old today

Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant is 75 years old today

Ginger Baker, wild man drummer for Cream, was born 84 years ago today

Woodstock is over, the cleanup begins...

On this day in 1969 — 54 years ago — the Woodstock Music Festival drew to a close in upstate New York

Poet, novelist and short story writer Charles Bukowski was born 103 years ago today

The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened on this day 54 years ago at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in upstate New York

David Crosby was born 82 years ago today

Bluesman Jimmy McCracklin was born 102 years ago today

A Great Day in Harlem, the iconic photograph by Art Kane, was taken on this day in 1958 — 65 years ago

Guitarist Charlie Sexton is 55 years old today

Electric guitar pioneer Leo Fender was born 114 years ago today

The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia died 28 years ago today

American honky-tonk vocalist Webb Pierce was born 102 years ago today

Country singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell is 73 years old today

Jazz vocalist, songwriter and actress Abbey Lincoln was born 93 years ago today

Marilyn Monroe died 61 years ago today

Louis Armstrong, American music icon, was born 122 years ago today

Actor Martin Sheen is 83 years old today

Garth Hudson, principal architect of the unique sound of The Band, is 86 years old today

Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American folk troubadour, is 92 years old today

Ahmet Ertegun, one of the most influential figures in American music, was born 100 years ago today

Blues singer and guitarist Buddy Guy is 87 years old today

On this day in 1965 — 58 years ago — the recording session for Highway 61 Revisited resumed after Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival

Master blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield was born 80 years ago today

New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell was born 115 years ago today

The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger is 80 years old today

Folk singer-songwriter Steve Goodman was born 75 years ago today

On this day in 1967 — 56 years ago — The Beatles met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and learned Transcendental Meditation

Alison Krauss, who brings sophistication to blue grass music, is 52 years old today

Edward Hopper, American visual artist, was born 141 years ago today

Don Knotts, master TV funnyman, was born 99 years ago today

Fifty-four years ago today, the first man walked on the moon

Folk blues artist Karen Dalton was born 86 years ago today

The pioneer of "gonzo" journalism — Hunter S. Thompson — was born on this day 86 years ago

James Cagney, stage and film actor, was born 124 years ago today

On this day in 1969 — 54 years ago today — Apollo 11 was launched on the first historic journey to the moon

Linda Ronstadt, singer-songwriter, is 77 years old today

Woody Guthrie, American troubadour, was born 111 years ago today

Singer-songwriter Roger McGuinn is 81 years old today

Henry David Thoreau was born 206 years ago

E. B. White, master writer, was born 124 years ago

Mavis Staples, musician from a storied legacy, is 84 years old today

David Hockney, British visual artist, is 86 years old today

Joan Osborne, singer-songwriter, is 61 years old today

Ringo Starr, drummer for the Beatles, is 83 years old today

Rock pioneer Bill Haley was born 98 years ago today

On July 5, 1946 — 77 years ago — French designer Louis Reard unveiled the bikini

Harvey Brooks, master bass player for Bob Dylan to Miles Davis, is 79 years old today

Ken Russell, flamboyant English film director, was born 96 years ago today

The historic 1964 Civil Rights Act became law 59 years ago today

Music from Big Pink, the Band's debut album, was released 55 years ago today

Dave Van Ronk, folk musician nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street," was born 87 years ago today

Slim Pickens, rodeo performer and actor who was the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, was born 104 years ago today

Mel Brooks, master of comedy, is 97 years old today

The iconic cross-American highway — Route 66 — was decertified 38 years ago today

Big Bill Broonzy, prolific blues performer, was born 120 years ago today

Carly Simon, singer-songwriter, is 78 years old today

Jeff Beck, master guitarist, was born 79 years ago today

June Carter Cash, member of music's Carter Family, was born 94 years ago today

Kris Kristofferson, musician and actor, is 87 years old today

Released 58 years ago — the Byrds' debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, marked a critical beginning of the folk-rock revolution

Brian Wilson, leader of The Beach Boys, is 81 years old today

Lester Flatt, member of the Flatt & Scruggs bluegrass duo, was born 109 years ago today

Paul McCartney is 81 years old today

Igor Stravinsky, composer extraordinaire, was born 141 years ago today

Bob Dylan finished recording one of the most pivotal songs of his career, Like a Rolling Stone, 58 years ago today

Waylon Jennings, country musician, was born 86 years ago today

Burl Ives, prominent folk singer and actor, was born 114 years ago today

Linda Ronstadt - billed the "First Lady of Rock" - moved to #1 on the country charts 48 years ago today

Weegee — photographer of realistic scenes from urban life — was born 124 years ago

Hank Williams first appeared on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry 74 years ago today

Howlin' Wolf — master of the blues — was born 113 years ago today

Music and sound pioneer Les Paul was born 108 years ago today

Derek Trucks, guitarist and songwriter in the Tedeschi Trucks Band, is 44 years old today

Tom Jones, popular vocalist since the British Invasion, is 83 years old today

On this day in 1933 — 90 years ago — eager motorists parked their cars on the grounds of Park-In Theaters, the first-ever drive-in movie theater in Camden, New Jersey

Laurie Anderson, performance artist, is 76 years old today

Michelle Phillips, the last survivor of the Mamas & the Papas, is 79 years old today

Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, was born 97 years ago today

Charlie Watts, longtime drummer for the Rolling Stones, was born 82 years ago today

Marilyn Monroe — beauty icon of the 1950s and 60s — was born 97 years ago

Peter Yarrow, member of Peter, Paul and Mary, is 85 years old today

Benny Goodman, King of Swing, was born 114 years ago today

Harry Smith — visual artist, experimental filmmaker, record collector, bohemian & mystic —was born 100 years ago

T-Bone Walker, blues musician, was one of the most influential pioneers and innovators of the jump blues and electric blues sound

Junior Parker, Memphis blues singer remembered for his velvet-smooth voice, was born 91 years ago today

Miles Davis, jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader and composer, was born 97 years ago today

Blues pioneer Sonny Boy Williamson II died 58 years ago today

Bob Dylan is 82 years old today

Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, was born 89 years ago today

On this day in 1958 — 65 years ago — the 13-year-old child bride of musician Jerry Lee Lewis was revealed. It caused him to be blacklisted and permanently damaged his music career.

Touch of Evil, a classic thriller written, directed and starring Orson Welles, was released in New York City 65 years ago today

On this day in 1955 — 67 years ago — Chuck Berry cut the record that would make him famous: Maybellene

What is the Cloud?

Milt Gabler, innovative record producer, was born 112 years ago today

Jimmy Stewart, American film actor, was born 115 years ago today

Cher is 77 years old today

Joe Cocker was born 79 years ago today

Fifty-nine years ago this summer, The Beatles and Bob Dylan met for the first time and smoked a joint together

George Gobel, guitarist and comedian, was born 104 years ago today

In Search of a Perfect “Forever” Archival Storage Medium for Audio and Video

On this day in 1973 — 50 years ago — Paul Simon released his hit song, “Kodachrome”

Pete Townshend, guitarist and primary songwriter for The Who, is 78 years old today

Mickey Newbury, singer-songwriter, was born 83 years ago today

On this day in 1897 — 126 years ago — writer Oscar Wilde was released from jail after two years of hard labor

Malcolm X was born 98 years ago today

Wynn Handman, acclaimed acting teacher and theatre director, was born 101 years ago today

After 55 Years, the Tragedy of the Orangeburg Massacre Lives On

Big Joe Turner — The Boss of the Blues — was born 112 years ago today

Film director Frank Capra was born 126 years ago today

Meredith Willson, the Music Man, was born 121 years ago today

Dwayne Hickman — TV's Dobie Gillis — was born 89 years ago today

Film Director Richard Brooks was born 111 years ago today

Dennis Hopper was born 87 years ago today

Taj Mahal is 81 years old today

On this day — 30 years ago — folk singer Peter Seeger ended his long-running dispute with Burl Ives over the Black List

Dorothy Richardson, English writer whose stream-of-consciousness style would later influence James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, was born on this day in 1873 — 150 years ago

Jesse Winchester was born 79 years ago today

On this day — 57 years ago — the FBI declared the lyrics of "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen to be officially unintelligible, ending outrage by angry parents

On May 17, 1966 — 57 years ago today — in the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England, a fan shouted the word “Judas” to Bob Dylan on stage

New York City began its love affair with bicycling 204 years ago

Tuesday May 16, 2023

Studs Terkel was born 111 years ago today

Liberace was born 104 years ago today

Henry Fonda was born 118 years ago today

Billy Cobham, fusion drummer, is 79 years old today

Woody Herman was born 110 years ago today.

Pet Sounds, a classic Beach Boys album, was released 57 years ago today

Richard Avedon, fashion and portrait photographer, was born 100 years ago today

Ralph Steadman is 87 years old today

Joseph Cotten was born 118 years ago today

Jasper Johns is 93 years old today

Eddy Arnold was born 105 years ago today

K. T. Oslin was born 81 years ago today

Brian Eno is 75 years old today

Trini López was born 86 years ago today

Wavy Gravy is 87 years old today

Sunday May 14, 2023

Cate Blanchett is 54 years old today

Bobby Darin was born 87 years ago today

Sidney Bechet, jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer, was born 126 years ago today

Charlie Gracie, rock and roll pioneer from Philadelphia, was born 87 years ago today

David Byrne is 71 years old today

George Lucas is 79 years old today

Bob Johnston, record producer known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen and Simon and Garfunkel, was born 91 years ago today

On this day in 1998 — 25 years ago — the legendary singer, actor and show business icon, Frank Sinatra, died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at the age of 82

Stevie Wonder is 73 years old today

Stephen Colbert is 59 years old today

Ritchie Valens was born 82 years ago today

Mary Wells, a singer who helped define the emerging sound of Motown in the 1960s, was born 80 years ago today

Gil Evans, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader, was born 111 years ago today

Georges Braque was born 140 years ago today

British writer Daphne Du Maurier, author of many romantic suspense novels, including the popular, Rebecca (1938), was born on this day in 1907 — 116 years ago