... and a few more October 9 birthdays – Overton “O.V.” Wright (1939) – Soul singer (“That’s How Strong My Love Is”). Nona Hendryx (1944) – singer/songwriter. James Fearnley (1954) – accordionist for The Pogues. Thomas Wydler (1959) – drummer for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Kurt Neumann (1961) – singer/guitarist for The Bo Deans. P.J. Harvey (1969) – singer/songwriter.
October 9 R.I.P. – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1973) – stroke. Age 58. Singer/songwriter (“Strange Things Happening Every Day”). Cliff Gallup (1988) – heart attack. Age 58. Guitarist for Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. Mousey Alexander (1988) – heart and kidney failure. Age 66. Jazz drummer. Milt Jackson (1999) – Age 76. Jazz vibraphonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet. October 9 album releases – The Carpenters – Ticket To Ride (1969) Cream – Heavy Cream (1972) Judas Priest – Killing Machine (1978) UK Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather (1978) U.S. Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art Of Surfacing (1979) Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel Of Love (1987) Steve Winwood – Chronicles (1987) October 9 events – 1929 – Gene Autry makes his first recordings, recording “My Dreaming Of You” and “My Alabama” with Jimmie Long. 1931 – Russ Columbo records “Prisoner Of Love” with the Nat Shilkret Orchestra. 1938 – Bill Monroe makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. 1957 – Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams appear on American Bandstand. 1957 – Perry Como records “Catch A Falling Star” in New York. 1959 – At age 22, Bobby Darin becomes the youngest performer to headline the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas' famed Copa Room. 1964 – The Rolling Stones cancel their planned tour of South Africa because of an anti-apartheid embargo by the British Musicians' Union. 1964 – Bobby Darin begins filming his eighth movie, That Funny Feeling, in Hollywood. 1964 – The Beach Boys record “Dance, Dance, Dance.” 1965 – Jr. Walker and The All-Stars, Jackie DeShannon, Glen Campbell, Dick and Dee Dee, and Roy Head all appear on Shindig! 1967 – Legendary New York DJ Murray the K is fired from station WOR- FM, where he had moved to take advantage of the new free-form format of FM radio, when the station's new owners decide to move to a set playlist. 1967 – Already a member of the band, Doc Severinsen replaces Skitch Henderson as The Tonight Show band leader. 1969 – Top Of The Pops refuses to play the #1 hit in the country for the first time: Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus," considered one of the first "orgasm records" featuring heavy female breathing and moaning. 1971 – The Who play in front of less than 300 people at University Hall at the University of Surrey. Opening the show is John Sebastian, who climbs on stage with The Who to play harmonica on “Magic Bus,” and becomes the only outside musician to ever play with The Who on stage. 1973 – Priscilla Presley’s divorce from Elvis is finalized at Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica. 1978 – Former Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan marries longtime girlfriend, model Kim Kerrigan (Keith Moon’s first wife). 1980 – Gary Glitter declares bankruptcy in England. 1981 – The Rolling Stones play the first of two nights at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Opening the show is Prince, who dresses in his controversial bikini briefs and trench coat. After 15 minutes, he runs off stage due to the crowd booing and throwing beer cans. 1984 – Ringo Star begins hosting the children’s television show, Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends. 1985 – On what would have been John Lennon's 45th birthday, Yoko Ono formally opens the three and a half acre Strawberry Fields garden site in New York's Central Park. 1990 – All four members of The Stone Roses are fined £3,000 each after being found guilty of criminal damage at their former record company’s offices. 1999 – The NetAid concerts - held to raise awareness of extreme global poverty - take place simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, Giants Stadium in New Jersey, and the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Wembley features The Eurhythmics, David Bowie, Bush, The Corrs, George Michael and others. Giants Stadium hosts Sheryl Crow, Counting Crows, The Black Crowes, Bono, Wyclef Jean, Jimmy Page and others. Performers in Geneva include Bryan Ferry, Texas, Des'ree and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The concerts are streamed on the Internet, hence the event’s name. 2000 – The John Lennon Museum opens in Japan. 2001 – Joseph Johnson, hired to deliver a $300,000 sports car to hip- hop star Missy Elliott, decides to take a late-night spin before delivering the car, and crashes the 550-horsepower Lamborghini Diablo into a traffic sign and a tree. Johnson was later sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay $170,000 for the car and $1,975 for curb repairs at the site of the accident. 2002 – On what would have been John Lennon’s 62nd birthday, his killer, Mark David Chapman, is denied parole for the second time. 2003 – Ambrose Kappos, 37, of New York, is charged with three counts of stalking and harassing singer Sheryl Crow. 2003 – For the first time in Billboard magazine's history, all of the Top 10 singles on the Hot 100 chart are by African-American artists. 2006 – Barbara Streisand is heckled during her concert at Madison Square Garden, and yells at the person to, “Shut the fuck up!” 2007 – The Imagine Peace Tower is officially unveiled by Yoko Ono in Kollafjorour Bay near Reykjav’k, Iceland, on what would have been John’s 67th birthday. 2007 – George Harrison’s solo catalog becomes available on iTunes. 2008 – Longtime vegetarian Paul McCartney calls for a boycott of McDonald’s restaurants when the Liverpool fast-food joint puts his picture in the window to attract customers.
