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This Day in Music History – December 18th

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1961 – Britain’s EMI Records rejected the Beatles. They later signed them.

1964 – Funeral services were held in Chicago for Sam Cooke.

1965 – U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler recorded “Ballad of the Green Berets.”

1971 – Jerry Lee Lewis and his cousin Myra Brown were divorced. They were married when she was 13 years old.

1975 – Rod Stewart announced that he was leaving Faces for a solo career.


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Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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