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Speaker 1: This month the music history. I'm buzzs Night, the host

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Speaker 1: of the Taking a Walk podcast, Music History on Foot

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Speaker 1: and let's take a look at May in music history.

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Speaker 1: May first, twenty twenty three, Canadian singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot

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Speaker 1: passed away at the age of eighty four. May first,

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy six. The number one album was Presence by

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Speaker 1: led Zeppelin. On that one Nobody's Fault, but Mine was

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Speaker 1: the real standout song. May second, nineteen eighty eight. Melissa

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Speaker 1: Ethridge releases her self titled debut album May second, nineteen

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Speaker 1: eighty seven. The number one song Cutting Crew I Just

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Speaker 1: Died in Your Arms. May second, nineteen seventy eight. Tom

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Speaker 1: Petty releases the album You're Gonna Get It. May second,

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty four. The number one album was The Beatles

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Speaker 1: second album, stayed there for five consecutive weeks. May third,

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Speaker 1: nineteen eighty eight. The band Living Color releases their debut

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Speaker 1: album called Vivid. May third, nineteen eighty six. The number

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Speaker 1: one song Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer. May fourth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety six. The number one album was Evil Empire

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Speaker 1: by Rage Against the Machine. May fourth, nineteen eighty two

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Speaker 1: thirty eight Special releases their album Special Forces May fourth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy two. Mike Dirnt, the basis for Green Day,

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Speaker 1: was born in Oakland, California, May fifth, nineteen eighty four.

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Speaker 1: Jim Kerr of the band's Simple Minds, Mary's Chrissy Hind

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Speaker 1: of the Pretenders May fifth, nineteen eighty one, another Tom

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Speaker 1: Petty moment. Tom Petty releases the album Hard Promises on

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Speaker 1: that day, and May fifth, nineteen seventy eight, Bob Seger

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Speaker 1: releases the album Stranger in Town Hollywood Knights an old

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Speaker 1: time rock and Roll Just to name a few off

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Speaker 1: of that one. May fifth, nineteen fifty nine. Steve Stevens,

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Speaker 1: the guitarist for Billy Idol, was born in New York City.

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Speaker 1: May sixth, nineteen ninety six. The band Butthole Surfers releases

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Speaker 1: their album Electric Larry Land May sixth, nineteen ninety five.

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Speaker 1: The number one album was Throwing Copper by the band

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Speaker 1: Live May sixth, nineteen fifty one. Davey Johnston, guitarist for

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Speaker 1: Elton john was born in Scotland and May six, nineteen

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Speaker 1: forty five is when Bob Seger was born in Detroit, Michigan.

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Speaker 1: May seventh, nineteen eighty eight, the number one song Wishing

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Speaker 1: Well by Terrence Trent Darby May seventh, nineteen sixty six.

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Speaker 1: The number one song Monday Monday by The Mamas and

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Speaker 1: the Papas. May eighth, nineteen ninety three, The number one

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Speaker 1: album was Getting Gripped by Aerosmith. May eighth, nineteen seventy,

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Speaker 1: The Beatles last album, Let It Be, was released, released

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Speaker 1: almost a month after their public breakup. May ninth, two

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Speaker 1: thousand and six. The Red Hot Chili Peppers released Stadium

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Speaker 1: Arcadium May ninth, nineteen seventy the number one song American

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Speaker 1: Woman by the Guess Who. May tenth, nineteen sixty one.

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Speaker 1: Danny Carey, drummer for the band Tool, was born in Laurence,

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Speaker 1: Kansas on that day in music history, and May tenth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty Bona was born in Dublin, Ireland. May eleventh,

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Speaker 1: two thousand and three. Noel Reading, the basis for the

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Speaker 1: Jimi Hendrix experience, passed away on that day at the

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Speaker 1: age of fifty seven, and also May eleventh, another sad

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Speaker 1: day in nineteen eighty one, Bob Marley dies of cancer

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Speaker 1: at the age of thirty six. May twelfth, nineteen ninety two,

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Speaker 1: the Black Crows released their album The Southern Harmony and

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Speaker 1: Musical Companion May twelfth, nineteen seventy three. The number one

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Speaker 1: album was Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin, and

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Speaker 1: May twelfth, nineteen seventy two, The Rolling Stones released the

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Speaker 1: album Exile on Main Street May twelfth, nineteen fifty Billy

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Speaker 1: Squire born down the road from here in Wellesley, Massachusetts,

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Speaker 1: May twelfth, nineteen forty eight. Steve Winwood vocalist with the

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Speaker 1: Spencer Davis Group in Traffic before going solo. He was

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Speaker 1: born in Birmingham, England, May thirteenth, nineteen sixty nine. The

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Speaker 1: guitarist the name Buckethead. He was born in Pomona, California,

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Speaker 1: May thirteenth, nineteen sixty six. The Great Darius Rucker, frontman

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Speaker 1: for Hoodie and the Blowfish, born in Charleston, South Carolina,

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Speaker 1: and also May thirteenth, nineteen fifty is when Stevie Wonder

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Speaker 1: was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and also May thirteenth, nineteen

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Speaker 1: forty five. Magic Dick, the harmonica player for the Jay

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Speaker 1: Giles Band, born in New London, Connecticut. May fourteenth, two

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Speaker 1: thousand and seven. Lincoln Park releases their album Minutes to

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Speaker 1: Midnight and May fourteenth, nineteen eighty two is when The

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Speaker 1: Clash released their album Combat Rock. May fourteenth, nineteen seventy

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Speaker 1: seven is when Hart released their album Little Queen, Love

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Speaker 1: Alive and Barracuda, among others. On that one. May fourteenth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy six, Aerosmith released the album Rocks with Back

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Speaker 1: in the Saddle and Last Child. May fifteen, two thousand

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Speaker 1: and one, the band Wheezer releases their second self self

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Speaker 1: titled album, known as The Green Album. May fifteenth, nineteen

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Speaker 1: eighty three, Remember the Fix. They released their album Reached

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Speaker 1: the Beach. One Thing Leads to Another and my favorite

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Speaker 1: off of that one Saved by Zero. May sixteenth, nineteen

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Speaker 1: eighty seven, the number one song with or Without You

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Speaker 1: by You two stayed there for three weeks. And May sixteenth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy eight, Joe Walsh releases the album But Seriously, Folks,

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Speaker 1: Life'spin Good was the single off of that one. May sixteenth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty six, the Beach Boys released their Quintessential Pet

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Speaker 1: Sounds album. May seventeenth, nineteen seventy one is when Paul

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Speaker 1: McCartney released the album ram And. May seventeenth, nineteen sixty nine,

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Speaker 1: The Who released their album Tommy. May seventeenth, nineteen forty nine.

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Speaker 1: Bill Brufford, drummer and founding member of Yes, born on

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Speaker 1: that day. May eighteenth, nineteen ninety one, the number one

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Speaker 1: album was Out of Time by R. E. M. And

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Speaker 1: also May eighteenth, nineteen eighty five, the number one song

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Speaker 1: was Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds. May nineteenth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen eighty six, Peter Gabriel released the album So and

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Speaker 1: May nineteenth, nineteen seventy two, Elton John releases Honky Chateau

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Speaker 1: and also May nineteenth, nineteen forty five, The Great Pete

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Speaker 1: Townsend of The Who was born in Chiswick, England. May twentieth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety seven, The Foo Fighters released the album The

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Speaker 1: Color and the Shape. May twentieth, nineteen forty six is

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Speaker 1: when Cher was born in El Centro, California. May twenty first,

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Speaker 1: two thousand and five, the number one album with Teeth

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Speaker 1: by Nine Inch Nails, and May twenty one, nineteen teen

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Speaker 1: ninety seven, Radiohead released their album Okay Computer. Also May

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Speaker 1: twenty one, nineteen ninety six, To Wallflowers released the album

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Speaker 1: Bringing Down the Horse and May twenty first, nineteen eighty three,

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Speaker 1: the number one song Let's Dance by David Bowie. May

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Speaker 1: twenty first, nineteen seventy six. Blue Oyster Cult released the

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Speaker 1: The number one song Silly Loved Songs by Paul McCartney.

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Speaker 1: May twenty second, nineteen seventy one, the number one album

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Speaker 1: Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones, Brown Sugar, Wild Horses,

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Speaker 1: Can't You Hear Me Knocking? Among others on that one

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Speaker 1: May twenty second, nineteen fifty. Bernie toppin Elton John's Lyricists

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Speaker 1: was born in Sleaford, England. On this day. May twenty third,

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety five. Ever Clear released the album Sparkle and Fade.

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Speaker 1: May twenty four, twenty twenty three. We lost the great

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Speaker 1: singer Tina Turner after a long illness. May twenty fourth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy fours, when David Bowie released the album Diamond Dogs,

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Speaker 1: and also May twenty fourth, nineteen sixty nine. Rich Robinson

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Speaker 1: Guitars for the Black Crows, was born on that day

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Speaker 1: in Atlanta, Georgia. May twenty fourth, nineteen forty one. Bob

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Speaker 1: Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota. May twenty fifth, nineteen

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Speaker 1: eighty three, the band Dio released their album Bowley Diver.

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Speaker 1: May twenty fifth, nineteen sixty eight the number one album

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Speaker 1: book Ends by Simon and Garfunkel. Also May twenty fifth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen fifty eight is when Paul Weller, founder in frontman

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Speaker 1: for the band The Jam, was born. On that day

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Speaker 1: in music history, May twenty six, nineteen seventy three, the

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Speaker 1: number one song Frankenstein by Edgar Winter the Edgar Winter Group.

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Speaker 1: Also May twenty six, nineteen sixty seven, the Beatles released

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Speaker 1: the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. May twenty six,

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty four is when Lenny Kravitz was born in

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Speaker 1: New York City, and also May twenty sixth, nineteen forty

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Speaker 1: eight is when Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Speaker 1: Sad Day. May twenty seventh, twenty seventeen. We lost the

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Speaker 1: great Greg Almond on that day. May twenty seven, two

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Speaker 1: thousand and three, Shine Down at least their debut album

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Speaker 1: Leave a Whisper, Simple Man and Burning Bright on that one,

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Speaker 1: and do check out a past episode to take in

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Speaker 1: a Walk with the amazing Brent Smith the frontman for

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Speaker 1: the band Shined Down. May twenty seventh, nineteen fifty eight.

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Speaker 1: Neil Finn, the frontman for Split Ends and Crowded House,

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Speaker 1: was born in New Zealand. May twenty eighth, nineteen seventy one.

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Speaker 1: Rod Stewart released the album Every Picture Tells the Story.

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Speaker 1: May twenty ninth, nineteen seventy one. The number one song

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Speaker 1: was Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones. May twenty ninth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty seven. Noel Gallagher of the ban Oasis was

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Speaker 1: born in Manchester, England. May thirtieth, nineteen sixty four. The

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Speaker 1: number one song Love Me Due by the Beatles. Also

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Speaker 1: May thirtieth, nineteen sixty four. The great guitarist Tom Morello

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Speaker 1: for the Rage Against the Machine band and done work

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Speaker 1: of course with Audio Slave and also with Bruce Springsteen.

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Speaker 1: He was born in New York City. May thirty first,

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Speaker 1: nineteen forty eight. John Bonham, led Zeppelin drummer, was born

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Speaker 1: in Redditch, England. Well, do check out the Take on

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