American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter. She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her self-titled debut album, which became a commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, and was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received six Grammy Award nominations, including one for Album of the Year, three of which she won: Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album.

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1964

March 30

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1960s

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1964 Born

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598 Avar–Byzantine wars: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic army is decimated by the plague.
1282 The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
1296 Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
1699 Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.

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The world in 1964

When Tracy arrived

april 1 The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
april 11 Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
april 13 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
april 17 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

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Anitta 1993– Brazilian singer and entertainer Cha Eun-woo 1997– South Korean singer, actor, and model John Barnhill 1938–2013 American basketball player and coach (died 2013) Juan Manuel de Rosas 1793–1877 Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1793) Ron Johnston 1941– English geographer and academic (died 2020) Troels Lund Poulsen 1976– Danish politician, Minister for Education of Denmark Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1853)

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Abhisit Vejjajiva 1964– English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand Andrew Bartlett 1964– Australian social worker and politician Andy Serkis 1964– English actor and director Đặng Thân 1964– Vietnamese writer and poet Arlie Petters 1964– Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic Azmin Ali 1964– Malaysian mathematician and politician Brian Adams 1964–2007 American wrestler (died 2007) Bridget Fonda 1964– American actress Calista Flockhart 1964– American actress

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