Today in Music History for Sept. 11:

In 1850, soprano Jenny Lind, dubbed "The Swedish Nightingale," gave her first concert in the U.S., at Castle Garden in New York. Her tour was organized by showman P.T. Barnum.

In 1899, country singer, songwriter and two-time Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis was born in Quitman, La. He is the author of the perennial favourite "You Are My Sunshine." Davis was elected governor of Louisiana in 1944 and 1960. Between terms he concentrated on recording gospel music. Davis was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1972. He died Nov. 5, 2000.

In 1925, Harry Somers, one of Canada's most important composers, was born in Toronto. He was one of the few Canadian composers to receive international recognition. Somers' works reveal his interest in the new voc

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