"A Day in the Life" is a daily history segment about music and the ideas it inspires. This segment is part of Critical Karaoke, a KRCC affiliated radio show run by Prof Ryan Bañagale and Prof Steven Hayward, featuring a wide range of guest contributors.
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It was on this day in 1929 that the piano player Clarence Smith, better known as Pine Top Smith, died in Chicago from a bullet wound. On today's "A Day in the Life", learn more about the influential Boogie Woogie blues pianist.