... and more August 9 birthdays – Harry Mills (1913) – The Mills Brothers. Ameen "King" Ganam (1914) – "Canada's King of the Fiddle." Merle Kilgore (1934) – singer/songwriter (“Ring Of Fire”). Billy Henderson (1939) – The Spinners. Viv Prince (1944) – drummer for The Pretty Things. John Parry (1946) – Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Marinus Gerretsen (1946) – bassist for Golden Earring. Pete Thomas (1954) – drummer for Elvis Costello and The Attractions. Charlie Morgan (1955) – British session drummer. Kurtis Blow (aka Kurt Walker, 1959) – rapper. Whitney Houston (1963) Arion Salazar (1970) – bassist for Third Eye Blind.
August 9 R.I.P. – Bill Chase (1974) – plane crash. Age 39. Trumpeter for Chase (“Get It One”). Jerry Garcia (1995) – heart attack. Age 53. Gregory Hines (2003) – liver cancer. Age 57. Dancer/actor/singer (“There’s Nothing Better Than Love”). Tony Mottola (2004) – Age 86. Session guitarist. August 9 events – 1958 – 17-year old Cliff Richard signs with EMI’s Columbia label. 1960 – Johnny Horton records “North To Alaska.” 1962 – Brenda Lee records “All Alone Am I” at Owen Bradley’s Quonset Hut studio in Nashville. 1964 – Bob Dylan and Joan Baez perform “With God On Our Side” at the Newport Folk Festival. 1964 – Several policemen are injured when The Rolling Stones attract 3,000 screaming fans to the New Elizabeth Ballroom in Belle Vue, Manchester. 1967 – Jerry Lee Lewis performs at the Sunberry Jazz and Blues Festival in England, and whips the crowd into such a frenzy that festival officials stop his performance and ask him to leave the stage. 1967 – Small Faces’ “Itchycoo Park” enters the UK singles chart. 1968 – Paul McCartney records “Mother Nature’s Son” in 25 takes. Percussion and brass will be added later. 1969 – Sly and The Family Stone release their single, “Hot Fun In The Summertime” b/w “Fun.” 1969 – Three Dog Night releases their single, “Easy To Be Hard” b/w “Dreaming Isn’t Good For You” on the Dunhill label. 1969 – Four members of the Charles Manson “family” go to the former home of record producer Terry Melcher and kill everyone inside. 1974 – Four members of the band Chase are killed in a chartered airplane crash in Jackson, Minnesota. 1978 – Muddy Waters performs at a picnic on the White House lawn for President and Mrs. Carter. 1980 – Ten original Gerald Scarfe drawings for Pink Floyd's The Wall album are stolen from the foyer of Earls Court in London, where they’re being exhibited. 1985 – The Motown Revue television show debuts on NBC-TV, and is a flop. The show lasts five weeks. 1986 – Queen plays their last concert with their classic line-up at Knebworth. 1991 – The 5th Dimension is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1994 – At an Oasis gig at The Riverside in Newcastle upon Tyne, Noel Gallagher hits himself in the face with the headstock of his guitar when a man jumps on stage and lunges at him. He refuses to play on and the group leaves the stage, after which a mob of over 300 people attack the band’s bus as they are leaving. 1999 – Creator and original manager of The Spice Girls, Bob Herbert, is killed in a car accident at age 57. 2005 – “Walking In Memphis” singer Marc Cohn is shot in the head during an attempted hijacking of his tour van after a show in Denver. The bullet does not penetrate his skull, and he is treated and released from the Denver Health Medical Center. 2007 – Amy Winehouse is rushed to University College Hospital in London for a suspected drug overdose. Her label, Island Records, calls it “severe exhaustion,” and several concerts are cancelled. 2007 – Jennifer Lopez wins $545,000 in a lawsuit against her first husband, Ojani Noa, who is planning to publish a book about their marriage and her many affairs. 2007 – Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon declares the day “Frank Zappa Day.” ____________________ Events correction -- Zimmerman changed his name to Dylan on August 2, 1962.
