Today in Rock and Roll History

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1946
Howard Duane Allman, of the Allman Brothers Band, is born in Nashville, Tennessee.

1947
Joe Walsh was born.

1955
Elvis Presley's contract with Sun Records, including all previously released and recorded material, is sold to the New York-based RCA label for $35,000.

1965
"I Hear a Symphony" by the Supremes hits #1.

1971
Traffic hits #26 in the US with 'Welcome to the Canteen'.

1971
“Theme from ‘Shaft,’” by Isaac Hayes, reaches #1 for the first of two weeks. Shaft, the soundtrack album from which it came, hits #1 as well.

1971
Isaac Hayes’ “Theme from ‘Shaft’” becomes the second Stax single to top the national charts.

1975
Earth, Wind and Fire hits #1 with "Shining Star".

1976
Gordon Lightfoot hits #2 with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

1982
Japan hits #29 in the UK with "Nightporter".

1982
Human League hits #2 in the UK with "Mirror Man".

1989
The Berlin Wall is dismantled as communist dictatorships across Europe are replaced by democratic governments.

1993
Seventeen years after their last live performance, the reunited Band – minus Robbie Robertson and the late Richard Manual – release a new album, 'Jericho.'