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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:53 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012

This Day in Music History: Thursday, September 13th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1965: The Beatles release "Yesterday" b/w "Naturally" in the U.S.

1969: The Plastic Ono Band, featuring John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Yoko Ono, plays the Toronto Rock 'n' Revival Show alongside Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent and Fats Domino.  The performance is recorded and released on the album Live in Toronto.

1996: Tupac Shakur dies in a Las Vegas hospital, six days after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

2006: Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted and Gilby Clarke choose Toronto's Lukas Rossi as their lead singer on the finale of the CBS reality show Rock Star: Supernova.

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