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musical performers - events| 1910 | United Kingdom | The British singer and actor Gracie Fields makes her first professional appearance at the New Hippodrome Theatre, Rochdale, in the north-west of England. | | 17 December 1952 | USA | The US soprano Dorothy Maynor sings at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)'s Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, making her the first black person to sing there since 1939, breaking a formal ban that went into effect when the DAR refused to let Marian Anderson sing at their headquarters. | | 6 September 1961 | USA | The US folk/rock singer Bob Dylan makes his debut at the Gaslight Café in Greenwich Village, New York City, appearing with blues musician John Lee Hooker. | | 16–17 August 1977 | USA | Around 2 million Elvis Presley records sell within one day of his death. | | 16 August 1987 | USA | Fifty thousand people gather in Memphis, Tennessee, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. |
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