The phrase “heavy metal thunder” in Steppenwolf’s 1968 hit “Born to Be Wild” is one of the earliest uses of the term “heavy metal” in a musical context — predating the musical genre itself by about two years.

At just 17 years old, Ella Fitzgerald won first place singing at an amateur night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, which included a weeklong engagement — a huge opportunity that the legendary venue never gave her.

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