... and more November 9 birthdays – George Dewey Hay (1895) – founder of The Grand Ole Opry. Robert White (1936) – Motown session guitarist with the Funk Brothers. Mary Travers (1936) – Peter, Paul and Mary. Roger McGough (1937) – The Scaffold. John Dean (1941) – The Reflections (“(Just Like) Romeo And Juliet”). Phil May (1944) – The Pretty Things. Benny Mardones (1946) – singer (“Into The Night”). Joe Bouchard (1948) – bassist for Blue Öyster Cult. Tommy Caldwell (1949) – bassist for The Marshall Tucker Band. Michael Mullins (1953) – singer/songwriter for Modern Romance. Demetra “Dee” Plakas (1960) – drummer for L7. Nick Lechay (1973) – 98 Degrees.
November 9 R.I.P. – Paul McCartney (1966) – car crash. Age 24. The Beatles. Yves Montand (1991) – heart attack. Age 70. French actor, singer with Édith Piaf. Herb Abramson (1999) – Age 82. Record executive, producer. November 9 album releases – Elvis Presley – Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (1964) Badfinger – No Dice (1970) U.S. Santana – Welcome (1973) Billy Joel – Piano Man (1973) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (1976) Men At Work – Business As Usual (1981) Aerosmith – Done With Mirrors (1985) Outlaws – Hittin’ The Road Live! (1993) Prince – Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (1999) November 9 events – 1955 – Harry Belafonte records “Jamaica Farewell,” “Dolly Dawn” and “Come Back, Liza” at RCA Studios in New York City. 1955 – The Everly Brothers make their very first recordings under their new Columbia contract at the Old Tulane Hotel in Nashville. They record four songs in 22 minutes: “If Her Life Isn’t True,” “That’s The Life I Have To Live,” plus “The Sun Keep Shining” and “Keep A Lovin’ Me,” which Columbia will release as a single to no response. The Everly Brothers are soon dropped by the label. 1956 – Buddy Holly begins his first solo tour, opening for country singers George Jones and Hank Locklin. 1958 – Elvis Presley's hit single "Hound Dog" b/w "Don't Be Cruel" hits the 3 million mark in sales, becoming only the third record in history to sell that many copies, following Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer." 1959 – RCA executives guarantee Sam Cooke $100,000 if he signs with them when his contract expires with Keen Records. 1960 – Hank Locklin joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1960 – Dee Clark records “Your Friends.” 1960 – Elvis Presley begins filming his seventh movie, Wild In The Country, in Napa, California. 1962 – The Miracles release their single, “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me” b/w “(Have A) Happy Landing” on Tamla. 1962 – Roy Acuff becomes the first living member inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. 1963 – The Beatles’ new, yet to be released single, "I Want To Hold Your Hand," becomes the first UK single to receive advance orders of a million copies. 1966 – John Lennon meets Yoko Ono for the first time at the Indica Art Gallery in London. 1967 – David Crosby is fired from The Byrds. 1968 – Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant marries Maureen Wilson. In the evening, Zeppelin makes their debut appearance at the Roundhouse in London. 1969 – Simon and Garfunkel record “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright” in L.A. 1970 – Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, backed by The Jordanaires, record “After The Fire Is Gone” at Bradley’s Barn in Tennessee. 1971 – Singer/songwriter Carly Simon attends James Taylor's concert at Carnegie Hall. They marry a year later. 1973 – The Grateful Dead play the first of three nights at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. 1973 – Cat Stevens makes his U.S. national television debut on ABC’s In Concert. 1980 – Mark David Chapman flies back to New York from Atlanta, carrying bullets in his luggage. 1990 – The Internal Revenue Service seizes Willie Nelson's bank accounts, real estate holdings and other assets to pay off $16 million in back taxes. 1991 – Promoting his Rush-In Rush-Out Street Tour, singer Richard Marx performs five shows in five different cities: Baltimore, New York City, Cleveland, Chicago, and the Burbank Airport in California. 1996 – For the first time ever, Bob Dylan licenses one of his songs - "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - for commercial use to the Bank of Montreal. 1996 – Oasis’ Liam Gallagher is pulled over by police following the Q Awards and is arrested for possession of cocaine. 1997 – Paul Weller is arrested and jailed for destroying his hotel room in France. 1998 – Michael Jackson settles his lawsuit against London's Daily Mirror newspaper, which claimed his face was permanently disfigured by endless cosmetic surgeries. 1998 – Funkster Rick James, rocking out and banging his head back and forth during a performance in Denver, causes a blood vessel in his neck to rupture and has a minor stroke. 1999 – Gary Glitter goes on trial for sexually assaulting a 14-year old girl. 2002 – Film company Columbia Tristar announces that it will not release Madonna’s new movie, Swept Away, in the UK because of its complete failure in U.S. theaters. 2007 – Former vocalist for The Mindbenders Wayne Fontana shows up to court dressed as Lady Justice and is found guilty of arson for setting a police car on fire. He is given an 11 month sentence but is released, having already spent time in a mental hospital since the incident. 2007 – Natavia Lowry is arrested for the murder of Ramones manager Linda Stein. 2010 – A warehouse in San Carlos, California, leased by Neil Young and containing cars, musical equipment, paintings and other memorabilia, is heavily damaged by fire. The fire causes $1 million in damages even though much of the belongings are salvageable.
