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MAY 22

1934 ~ Peter Nero (born Bernard Nierow, 22 May 1934) is an American pianist and pops conductor. Nero recorded his first album in 1961, and won a Grammy Award that year for "Best New Artist." Since then, he has received another Grammy, garnered ten additional nominations and released 67 albums. Nero's early association with RCA Records produced 23 albums in eight years. His subsequent move to Columbia Records resulted in a million-selling single and album - Summer of '42.

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