Whether you lived through the year or just want to find out what you missed, here are 20 music milestones from 1976.

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I was playing piano at a university when two opera singers walked by — and what happened next turned a quiet moment into a powerful performance. Their voices filled the space and caught everyone’s ...

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As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and 1957’s “Jingle Bell Rock,” respectively.

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