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Today in Music History - Dec. 29
The Canadian Press
2020-12-18
Today in Music History for Dec. 29:  
In 1849, the Christmas hymn by Edmund Sears, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, was first published in The Christian Register.
In 1939, Radio Luxembourg was given government permission to begin broadcasting. It was the only commercial radio station in Europe to broadcast in English during the 1950s and 60s, and was the only European station to play rock n roll. Part of Radio Luxembourg s Saturday night programming was a rebroadcast of disc jockey Alan Freed s show from the U.S.
In 1941, sax and flute player Ray Thomas of The Moody Blues was born in Stourport-on-Severn, England. Thomas, along with lead singer Denny Laine, keyboard player Michael Pinder, bassist Clint Warwick and drummer Graeme Edge, began The Moody Blues as a R&B band in 1964 in Birmingham. After their first major hit, Go Now, Laine and Warwick left the group and Justin Hayward a ....

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