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Today-Music-History-Nov04

Today in Music History for Nov. 4: In 1740, English clergyman Augustus Toplady, who wrote the hymn "Rock of Ages," was born. In 1847, composer Felix Mendelssohn died at Leipzig at age 38.
Two definitive blues albums, The Best of Muddy Waters and Moanin’ in the Moonlight, are each, in their own right, a powerful collection of blues songs.
These three iconic rock songs from 1965 deserved to reach No. 1 on the most popular chart in the world, but unfortunately, they came up short.
Benson Boone brought out Brian May to perform 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Beautiful Things' during Boone's show at the O2 Arena in London.