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	ZZ Top came together in 1970 and has been touring ever since, with the same members. Their hit singles include "Tush," "Tube Snake Boogie," "Sharp-Dressed Man," and "La Grange." Mungo Jerry was formed in 1970. The band's name was inspired by the poem Mungojerrie and Rumpelteaser from T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The group is best known for its debut single "In the Summertime," which stayed at the top of the UK charts for seven weeks. Janis Lyn Joplin became interested in blues and jazz music as a teenager. Her distinctive raspy yet powerful voice earned her notice, but her career was cut very short by a drug overdose. Her only #1 hit, Me and Bobby McGee," was not released until after her death. The New Vaudeville Band In 1966, English songwriter/producer Geof Stephens gathered a group of studio musicians to record his novelty composition "Winchester Cathedral," a song inspired by the dance hall bands of the 1920's; he called the group The New Vaudeville Band. Procol Harum was formed by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid in 1967 because they couldn't find a group to record their songs. The band hit the top of the UK charts with "A Whiter Shade of Pale" that same year. Samuel Ramey made his operatic debut with the New York City Opera as Zuiga in Carmen in March 11, 1973. He has subsequently performed with most of the major operas around the world. He is also arguably the most recorded bass in music history, with over 80 recordings to his name. Marion Nevada Talley debuted at the New York Metropolitan Opera on February 17, 1926, as Gilda in Rigoletto; she was the youngest prima donna in Met history at that time (she was 19). She retired after only four seasons, but whether it was because Met did not renew her contract or because she desired retirement was never determined. Marian Anderson was thrust into the national spotlight when the Daughters of the American Revolution banned her from doing a concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. She subsequently became the first African-American to sing a major role on the New York Metropolitan Opera stage, on January 7, 1955. John Knowles Paine was the first American composer to have a work performed in Europe, the first American to write a symphony, and the first professor of music in the United States. Andrés Segovia sought to have the guitar played on every major stage just as the piano and violin were, and to have music written specifically for the instrument; he succeeded.