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August 16, 1929: Three pianists born - Bill Evans in Plainfield, NJ, Mal Waldron, 1925 in New York, NY, and Carl Perkins, 1928 in Indianapolis, IN.

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• 1915
  Vocalist Al Hibbler born in Tyro, MS.

• 1929
  Three pianists born - Bill Evans in Plainfield, NJ, Mal Waldron, 1925 in New York, NY, and Carl Perkins, 1928 in Indianapolis, IN.

• 1937
  Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton records "Drum Stomp."

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