1958: Bill Haley & the Comets performed in Buenes Aires, South America.
1964: Capitol Records won the rights to distribute music by the Beatles in the U.S.
1965: Bruce Johnston permanently replaced Brian Wilson in the Beach Boys.
1965: The Rolling Stones made their first live performance on the British TV show "Ready Steady Go!"
1966: Guitarist Jeff Beck collapsed onstage during a Yardbirds concert in France.
1966: "When A Man Loves A Woman", by Percy Sledge was released.
1966: The Righteous Brothers began a three-week stay at #1 with "You're My Soul and Inspiration". Here is the rest of the Top Ten: #2 "Daydream" by Lovin' Spoonful, #3 "19th Nervous Breakdown" by the Rolling Stones, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Cher, Ssgt. Barry Sadler fell from #1 to #5 with "The Ballad of the Green Berets", the Beatles had #6 with "Nowhere Man", Johnny Rivers was #7 with a fast-climbing "Secret Agent Man", #8 was "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by B.J. Thomas, Gary Lewis & the Playboys had #9 with "Sure Gonna' Miss Her" and the Mamas & Papas were at #10 with their former #4 song "California Dreamin'".
1967: The Doors and Jefferson Airplane appeared in concert at Cheetah on the Santa Monica Pier in Venice, California.
1968: Gene Pitney and Status Quo ("Pictures of Matchstick Men") gave a concert at the Odeon in Glasgow, Scotland.
1969: King Crimson made their debut at the Speakeasy in London.
1970: Pink Floyd began their second tour of North America at the Fillmore East in Manhattan, New York.
1970: Paul McCartney quit the Beatles.
1973: Queen played at the Marquee Club in London.
1973: Paul McCartney and Wings released "My Love".
1974: Terry Jacks became the first Canadian to hit #1 on the UK singles chart since Paul Anka in 1957 with the smash "Seasons in the Sun".
1974: The Jackson 5 played the first of 15 concerts at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
1974: Bruce Springsteen met Jon Landau, who would become his manager and producer.
1977: Shaun Cassidy performed his cover of "Da Doo Ron Ron" on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
1977: David Soul had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with "Don't Give Up On Us".
1977: The new singles chart was out on this date and ABBA had their first American #1 with "Dancing Queen". The rest of the Top Five: "Don't Give Up On Us" at #2, "Don't Leave Me This Way", the great song from Thelma Houston, was #3, Hall & Oates fell from #1 to #4 with "Rich Girl" and Glen Campbell had #5 with "Southern Nights".
1977: Guitarist Jimmy Page collapsed onstage an hour into Led Zeppelin's concert in Chicago.
1979: Donna Summer took home the honor of "Best Original Song" at the Academy Awards for "Last Dance" while her producer Georgio Moroder also won an Oscar for the score to Midnight Express.
1981: Not Goody Two Shoes.......the Sam Goody record chain was convicted of selling pirated music.
1982: Wierd Al Yankovic opened for Missing Persons at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California.
1982: Tina Turner began her comeback tour in London.
1983: David Bowie reached #1 on the UK singles chart with "Let's Dance", featuring blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.
1983: Dan Fogelberg reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Make Love Stay".
1983: Michael Jackson spent a sixth week at #1 with "Billie Jean".
1984: R.E.M. release their second album Reckoning.
1984: Irene Cara won the Oscar for Best Original Song From a Motion Picture with her phenomenal "Flashdance".
1988: The Pet Shop Boys began three weeks on top in the UK with "Heart".
1988: Whitney Houston spent a second week atop the Adult Contemporary chart with "Where Do Broken Hearts Go".
1988: Dave Prater of Sam & Dave ("Soul Man") died in a traffic accident when his car hit a tree in Syracuse, Georgia on the way to his mother's house.
1988: Brook Benton ("It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Rainy Night in Georgia" died at the age of 56.
1989: Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones announced he was getting married to 19-year old Mandy Smith, saying the two had been dating for six years.
1988: Billy Ocean roared into #1 with "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car".
1990: Billy Idol released "Cradle of Love".
1994: Pantera debuted at #1 on the album chart with Far Beyond Driven.
1997: The members of Soundgarden announced that they are breaking up.
1997: A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded Michael Jackson $2.7 million in damages from Victor Gutierrez of the television show Hard Copy for defamation of character.
1997: Songwriter Mae Boren Axton drowned in her bath at the age of 82 in Hendersonville, Tennessee after an apparent heart attack. Axton wrote over 200 songs including co-writing "Heartbreak Hotel" for Elvis.
1999: Faith Hill kicked off her first solo tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2000: Craig David topped the UK singles chart with "Fill Me In".
2000: Moby began five weeks at the top of the UK album chart with Play.
2000: 'N SYNC was #1 on the other side of the Atlantic with No Strings Attached.
2003: Paul McCartney performed in Manchester, England for the first time in 24 years at the MEN Arena.
2004: There comes a point when you think "It doesn't matter how much I like their music....." Motley Crue's Vince Neil pleaded no contest to assault charges against a prostitute in Nevada.
2006: Former Smiths vocalist Morrissey reached #1 on the UK album chart with Ringleader of the Tormentors.
2009: Randy Cain, founding member of the Delfonics
Born This Day:
1932: Carl Perkins, who died January 19, 1998
1944: Gene Parsons, drummer of the Byrds
1948: Phillip Wright, vocalist and drummer for Paper Lace ("The Night Chicago Died")
1977: Gerard Way, vocalist for My Chemical Romance
1978: Rachel Stevens, vocalist with S Club 7
1980: Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist of the Strokes ("Last Night")Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-history-april-9.html
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1964: Capitol Records won the rights to distribute music by the Beatles in the U.S.
1965: Bruce Johnston permanently replaced Brian Wilson in the Beach Boys.
1965: The Rolling Stones made their first live performance on the British TV show "Ready Steady Go!"
1966: Guitarist Jeff Beck collapsed onstage during a Yardbirds concert in France.
1966: "When A Man Loves A Woman", by Percy Sledge was released.
1966: The Righteous Brothers began a three-week stay at #1 with "You're My Soul and Inspiration". Here is the rest of the Top Ten: #2 "Daydream" by Lovin' Spoonful, #3 "19th Nervous Breakdown" by the Rolling Stones, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Cher, Ssgt. Barry Sadler fell from #1 to #5 with "The Ballad of the Green Berets", the Beatles had #6 with "Nowhere Man", Johnny Rivers was #7 with a fast-climbing "Secret Agent Man", #8 was "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by B.J. Thomas, Gary Lewis & the Playboys had #9 with "Sure Gonna' Miss Her" and the Mamas & Papas were at #10 with their former #4 song "California Dreamin'".
1967: The Doors and Jefferson Airplane appeared in concert at Cheetah on the Santa Monica Pier in Venice, California.
1968: Gene Pitney and Status Quo ("Pictures of Matchstick Men") gave a concert at the Odeon in Glasgow, Scotland.
1969: King Crimson made their debut at the Speakeasy in London.
1970: Pink Floyd began their second tour of North America at the Fillmore East in Manhattan, New York.
1970: Paul McCartney quit the Beatles.
1973: Queen played at the Marquee Club in London.
1973: Paul McCartney and Wings released "My Love".
1974: Terry Jacks became the first Canadian to hit #1 on the UK singles chart since Paul Anka in 1957 with the smash "Seasons in the Sun".
1974: The Jackson 5 played the first of 15 concerts at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
1974: Bruce Springsteen met Jon Landau, who would become his manager and producer.
1977: Shaun Cassidy performed his cover of "Da Doo Ron Ron" on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
1977: David Soul had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with "Don't Give Up On Us".
1977: The new singles chart was out on this date and ABBA had their first American #1 with "Dancing Queen". The rest of the Top Five: "Don't Give Up On Us" at #2, "Don't Leave Me This Way", the great song from Thelma Houston, was #3, Hall & Oates fell from #1 to #4 with "Rich Girl" and Glen Campbell had #5 with "Southern Nights".
1977: Guitarist Jimmy Page collapsed onstage an hour into Led Zeppelin's concert in Chicago.
1979: Donna Summer took home the honor of "Best Original Song" at the Academy Awards for "Last Dance" while her producer Georgio Moroder also won an Oscar for the score to Midnight Express.
1981: Not Goody Two Shoes.......the Sam Goody record chain was convicted of selling pirated music.
1982: Wierd Al Yankovic opened for Missing Persons at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California.
1982: Tina Turner began her comeback tour in London.
1983: David Bowie reached #1 on the UK singles chart with "Let's Dance", featuring blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.
1983: Dan Fogelberg reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Make Love Stay".
1983: Michael Jackson spent a sixth week at #1 with "Billie Jean".
1984: R.E.M. release their second album Reckoning.
1984: Irene Cara won the Oscar for Best Original Song From a Motion Picture with her phenomenal "Flashdance".
1988: The Pet Shop Boys began three weeks on top in the UK with "Heart".
1988: Whitney Houston spent a second week atop the Adult Contemporary chart with "Where Do Broken Hearts Go".
1988: Dave Prater of Sam & Dave ("Soul Man") died in a traffic accident when his car hit a tree in Syracuse, Georgia on the way to his mother's house.
1988: Brook Benton ("It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Rainy Night in Georgia" died at the age of 56.
1989: Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones announced he was getting married to 19-year old Mandy Smith, saying the two had been dating for six years.
1988: Billy Ocean roared into #1 with "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car".
1990: Billy Idol released "Cradle of Love".
1994: Pantera debuted at #1 on the album chart with Far Beyond Driven.
1997: The members of Soundgarden announced that they are breaking up.
1997: A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded Michael Jackson $2.7 million in damages from Victor Gutierrez of the television show Hard Copy for defamation of character.
1997: Songwriter Mae Boren Axton drowned in her bath at the age of 82 in Hendersonville, Tennessee after an apparent heart attack. Axton wrote over 200 songs including co-writing "Heartbreak Hotel" for Elvis.
1999: Faith Hill kicked off her first solo tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2000: Craig David topped the UK singles chart with "Fill Me In".
2000: Moby began five weeks at the top of the UK album chart with Play.
2000: 'N SYNC was #1 on the other side of the Atlantic with No Strings Attached.
2003: Paul McCartney performed in Manchester, England for the first time in 24 years at the MEN Arena.
2004: There comes a point when you think "It doesn't matter how much I like their music....." Motley Crue's Vince Neil pleaded no contest to assault charges against a prostitute in Nevada.
2006: Former Smiths vocalist Morrissey reached #1 on the UK album chart with Ringleader of the Tormentors.
2009: Randy Cain, founding member of the Delfonics
Born This Day:
1932: Carl Perkins, who died January 19, 1998
1944: Gene Parsons, drummer of the Byrds
1948: Phillip Wright, vocalist and drummer for Paper Lace ("The Night Chicago Died")
1977: Gerard Way, vocalist for My Chemical Romance
1978: Rachel Stevens, vocalist with S Club 7
1980: Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist of the Strokes ("Last Night")Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-history-april-9.html
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