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Mar 5, 1898Bandleader and Columbia executive Ben Selvin is born in Queens, New York. He scores a #1 pop hit in 1927 with Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies." The song is revived in country music by Willie Nelson in 1978Jul 15, 1980Bandleader Ben Selvin dies of a heart attack on New York's Long Island. A pioneering recording artist, he snapped up a #1 pop single in 1927 with "Blue Skies," a song readapted for country music by Willie Nelson in 1978
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