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- 1898-03-05
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- 1980-07-05
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Ben Selvin (March 5, 1898 - July 15, 1980), son of Russian-immigrant Jewish parents, was a musician, bandleader, record producer and innovator in recorded music. He was known as The Dean of Recorded Music. Selvin started his professional life at age 15 as a fiddle player in New York City night clubs. A "husky" lad, he looked older than he was and as such was permitted into such establishments. A mere six years later, as leader of his own dance band <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ben+Selvin
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- Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome
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- A global reference for human genetic variation
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