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When did J.K. Rowling's first album release?

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J.K. Rowling's first album Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone released on June 26, 1997.


Joanne Rowling was born on July 31st, 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire in England. As seen above, she had no middle name but chose “Kathleen”, after her paternal grandmother. When she first began writing she feared sexism as a female author so she penned the more unrevealing alias J.K. Rowling.

She began work as a researcher and secretary for a... Read More
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