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Today in Music History - Dec. 21 The Canadian Press 2020-12-21 Today in Music History for Dec. 21:   In 1672, Benjamin Schmolck, German Lutheran clergyman and prolific hymn writer, was born. Though a busy pastor, he found time to pen 900 hymns, the best remembered of them being "My Jesus, As Thou Wilt." In 1934, jazz saxophonist Hank Crawford was born in Memphis, Tenn. He was the musical director for Ray Charles in the late 1950s and early '60s before embarking on a solo career. He died Jan. 29, 2009. In 1940, rock singer and composer Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore. The oldest of four...