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ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY: 12.22

1958 - The Chipmunks' "The Chipmunk Song" hits #1 on the Hot 100, the last Christmas song to ever top the chart. ALVINNN!!!

1966 - Beatles producer George Martin and his engineer Geoff Emerick pull off one of the all-time great feats of sound editing: combining two takes of "Strawberry Fields Forever" - in different keys and tempos - to make one song. The edit is 59 seconds in, just before John Lennon sings, "Going to..."

1967 - The Graduate, starring Anne Bancroft and newcomer Dustin Hoffman, premieres in US theaters. It spawns a hit soundtrack featuring songs from Simon & Garfunkel, including "Mrs. Robinson." "Are you trying to seduce me Mrs. Robinson..."

1978 - One-time Faces drummer Kenney Jones became the replacement for the recently deceased Keith Moon in The Who – a tough act to follow.

2002 - Former Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer, born John Graham Mellor, died at age 50. As frontman and main songwriter of the Clash, Joe Strummer created some of the fieriest, most passionate punk rock -- and, indeed, rock & roll -- of all time. Strummer expanded punk's musical palette with his fondness for reggae and early rock & roll, and his signature bellow lent an impassioned urgency to the political sloganeering that filled some of his best songs. (Photo by Philippe WOJAZER / AFP)

2014 - Joe Cocker died at his Crawford, Colorado home at age 70. The singer had a career lasting more than 40 years, with hits including his cover of The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends", "You Are So Beautiful" and "Up Where We Belong".

2000 - The Coen Brothers movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? hits theaters. With the song "Man Of Constant Sorrow" a centerpiece of the film, it ignites interest in bluegrass music. The soundtrack, produced by T-Bone Burnett, sells over 7 million copies in America.

2010 - The British government declared the Beatles' famous Abbey Road zebra-crossing a national heritage site. Britain's Minister for Tourism and Heritage, John Penrose, said "This London zebra crossing is no castle or cathedral, but thanks to the Beatles and a 10-minute photo shoot one August morning in 1969, it has just as strong a claim as any to be seen as part of our heritage."

2020 - Leslie West died at age 75. He was a founding member and co-lead vocalist of Mountain and are best known for their cowbell-tinged song "Mississippi Queen", as well as the heavily sampled song "Long Red". My first concert was Mountain. Opening up, Montrose and Brownsville Station.

Birthdays:

Twin brothers Maurice and Robin Gibb were born on this day in 1949. The twins, along with brother Barry, form the Bee Gees. Relying on their top-notch songwriting and impeccable vocals, the Bee Gees were able to craft a long-running career that began in the late '50s in Australia. Along the way they became a hit-producing psychedelic pop group in England during the '60s and the biggest disco band in the world in the '70s, and had a late comeback as adult contemporary crooners in the '90s.

Rick Nielsen, lead guitarist and main songwriter for Cheap Trick, is 74. Combining a love for British guitar pop songcraft with crunching power chords and a flair for the absurd, Cheap Trick provided the necessary links between '60s pop, heavy metal, and punk.

On This Day In Music History was sourced from This Day in Music, Allmusic, Classic Bands, Song Facts and Wikipedia.


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