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* Today in Black History - January 6 *
1929 - Wilbert Harrison is born. He will become a singer and will be
best known for his recordings "Kansas City," and "Let's Work
Together."
1937 - Doris Troy is born. She will become a rhythm and blues singer best
known for her song "Just One Look."
1993 - Jazz great, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, joins the ancestors in
Englewood, New Jersey at the age of 76. He had played actively
until early 1992.
* Today in Black History - January 7 *
1955 - Marian Anderson appears as Ulrica in Verdi's "Un Ballo in
Maschera" with the New York Metropolitan Opera. In her debut
performance at the Met, Anderson becomes the first African
American ever to sing with the company.
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