On this day in 1912, Al Jolson‘s recording of “Ragging the Baby to Sleep” was released. Within a year it sold more than one million copies, making it the first (unofficial) “gold record.” 

Born on this day in 1912 soprano Marta Eggerth

Born on this day in 1914 soprano Janine Micheau

Born on this day in 1927 soprano Graziella Sciutti

Happy 75th birthday soprano Anja Silja

also Happy 75th to tenor Siegfried Jerusalem