Aug 10 Jimmy Dean (1928) Eddie Fisher (1928) Bobby Hatfield (Rightious Bros) (1940) Ronnie Spector (nee Veronica Bennet -1943) Ian Anderson (Jetro Tull) (1947) Events 1958 "Chantilly Lace" charts for The Big Bopper 1958 "Summmertime Blues" charts for Eddie Cochran 1972 Paul & Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden for possession of hashish (mailed to him there, inside of a cassette tape.) (DoubleCheck couldn't confirm this date)
On Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:29:28 AM UTC-4, Eidem wrote: > ... 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. >
