1974 ABBA become European stars overnight when their composition "Waterloo" wins the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
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1992 Annie Lennox releases her first solo album, Diva, with the hits "Why" and "Walking On Broken Glass."
2016 On his 79th birthday, Merle Haggard dies at his ranch in Northern California. Haggard placed 71 songs in the Top 10 of the Country chart during his lifetime.
1980 Andrew Wood forms the group Malfunkshun in Seattle, Washington, marking what some consider the beginning of grunge. The music of Malfunkshun makes an impact on Wood's roommate Chris Cornell, who forms Soundgarden. Wood moves on to Mother Love Bone, and after he dies of a heart attack in 1990, that group adds Eddie Vedderand becomes Pearl Jam.
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