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This was the day when American music was invented!
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This was the beginning of the Spiritual Music from African Americans in slavery.
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This was the Music of the War, which is when musicians wrote songs of patriotism and wartime.
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This was the creation the Philharmonic, which is the nation’s first and oldest symphony orchestra.
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This was the day the first American symphony was founded
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This was when Columbia Records was founded as one of the nation’s major record companies.
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This was the Ragtime Craze, it flew across the nation into the Southern states.
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This was the official date of the Birth of Jazz in America.
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This was the date of the birth of blues.
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This was when Jazz when spread throughout the nation and became very popular.
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April 18th, 1924 was the opening of the Julliard Performing Arts School in New York City
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This was when “ the Swing” was introduced
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This was when “ The King” or otherwise known as Elvis Presley became one of the first major rockstars.
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This was when the Beatles began to tour, was at the height of their fame, and changed music
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August 15th, 1969 was when the famous hippie gathering known as “ Woodstock ” was held
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January 1st, 1977 was the mark of the 70’s disco and Saturday Night Fever
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This was the start of Hip Hop
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This was when MTV first aired on television
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This was when Michael Jackson, The King Of Pop, released his album “Thriller”
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This was when the compact disc, or CD’s were released into the public
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This was when the rivalry of the East coast and the West coast hip hop
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This was when internet and free music was available
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This was when the Ipod was created