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On This Day in Music - February 19FEATURED: The Passing of AC/DC Frontman Bon Scott (1980)The rock world was stunned when Bon Scott, the charismatic lead singer of Australian band AC/DC, was found dead in a car in London at the age of 33. His death occurred just as the band was achieving massive international success with the album 'Highway to Hell'. In a historic recovery, the band would go on to record 'Back in Black' later that year as a tribute to him, which became one of the best-selling albums of all time.ALSO ON THIS DAY- 1974: The Inaugural American Music Awards Airs Created by Dick Clark as a fan-voted alternative to the Grammys, the first AMAs premiered on ABC with hosts Smokey Robinson, Helen Reddy, and Roger Miller.

- 1978: Passing of Bollywood Pioneer Pankaj Mullick The influential Indian singer and composer, who was instrumental in the early days of Bollywood music and the popularization of Rabindra Sangeet, passed away.- 1995: Roxette Breaks Barriers in Beijing The Swedish pop duo performed at the Workers' Indoor Arena, marking the first major Western pop concert in China since Wham! visited ten years prior.- 1998: Birth of NCT Star Jungwoo South Korean singer and NCT member Jungwoo was born; he later became a vital part of the global K-pop movement with hits in sub-units like NCT 127.- 2020: The Death of Drill Rapper Pop Smoke Influential Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke was tragically killed in Los Angeles, shortly before his debut album became a global commercial juggernaut.