Rock Almanac: April 12, 2008

On This Date in 1932: Singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim is born Herbert Khaury in New York.

The Almanac Advises for April 12: "Sometimes people who possess virtuoso level vocal or instrumental talent are not appreciated at first. Revolutionary concepts in sound -- and those musical geniuses who are responsible for them -- often go unrecognized for years and are usually initially dismissed as whimsical folly or as just noise."


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