Category Archives: Music History

Today in Music History, 1829

Today in Music History, 1829, Vienna, Austria: The accordion patent is officially granted to Cyrill Demian. Since then, Western music has come a long way. Have fun listening to the accordion version of a-ha’s “Take On Me.”

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Happy Birthday, Ozzy Osbourne

Singer, songwriter, and actor John Michael Osbourne, b. 1948 in Birmingham, England, has sold more than 100 million heavy metal albums, thus dubbing him the “Godfather of Heavy Metal.”

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