May 9 Born –
Don Messer (1909) – Canadian country/folk artist, Don Messer’s
Jubilee.
Clarence "Hank" Snow (1914) – Country music artist.
Frank Chacksfield (1914) – British pianist/composer ("Ebb Tide").
Nokie Edwards (1935) – guitarist for The Ventures.
Dave Prater (1937) – Sam and Dave.
Sonny Curtis (1937) – singer/songwriter. The Crickets.
John Hawken (1940) – The Nashville Teens.
Peter Birrell (1941) – bassist for Freddie and The Dreamers.
Mike Milward (1942) – The Fourmost.
Tommy Roe (1942) – singer/songwriter.
Bruce Milner (1943) – keyboardist for Every Mother's Son.
Don Dannemann (1944) – singer/guitarist for The Cyrkle.
Richie Furay (1944) – Buffalo Springfield.
Curtis Knight (1945) – The Squires.
Steve Katz (1945) – guitarist for The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat &
Tears.
Clint Holmes (1946) – British entertainer ("Playground In My Mind").
Billy Joel (1949) – pianist/singer/songwriter.
Bob "Steady Rollin'" Margolin (1949) – Blues guitarist with Muddy
Waters.
Tom Petersson (1950) – bassist for Cheap Trick.
John "Rhino" Edwards (1953) – bassist for Status Quo.
Marc Duncan (1960) – bassist for The Vibrators.
Dave Grahan (1962) – vocalist for Depeche Mode.
Paul Heaton (1962) – The Housemartins.
Paul McGuigan (1971) – bassist for Oasis.
Ryan "Nik" Vikedal (1975) – drummer for Nickleback.
Dan Regan (1977) – trombonist for Reel Big Fish.
May 9 R.I.P. –
Eddie Jefferson (1979) – murdered. Age 60. Jazz vocalist/lyricist ("So
What").
Bob Neal (1983) – Age 65. DJ, Elvis Presley’s second manager.
Keith Whitley (1989) – alcohol poisoning. Age 34. Country singer (When
You Say Nothing At All").
Jimmy DeKnight (2001) – Age 81. Songwriter ("Rock Around The Clock").
Lena Horne (2010) – heart failure. Age 92. Singer.
Dolores Fuller (2011) – Age 88. Actress, Elvis Presley movie
songwriter (“Rock-A-Hula, Baby”).
May 9 album releases –
John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions
(1969)
Ambrose Slade – Beginnings (1969)
The Style Council – Our Favorite Shop (1985)
John Mellencamp – Big Daddy (1989)
Traffic – Far From Home (1994)
Kenny G – The Very Best Of Kenny G (1994)
Jamiroquai – The Return Of The Space Cowboy (1995)
Bad Religion – The New America (2000)
Chris Isaak – Best Of Chris Isaak (2006)
Neil Young – Living With War (2006)
Against All Authority – The Restoration of Chaos & Order (2006)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
Paul Simon – Surprise (2006)
May 9 events –
1939 – The Glenn Miller Orchestra, with Ray Eberle on vocals, records
"Stairway To The Stars" for Bluebird Records.
1958 – Alan Freed quits his job as DJ at WINS in New York when the
station refuses to support him after he is charged with inciting a
riot in Boston. Later in the day, Freed begins his new package tour in
Hershey, Pennsylvania, featuring Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, Danny and The Juniors,
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Larry Williams, and The Chantels.
1959 – 16-year old Wayne Newton begins a two week engagement at the
Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas, and is so successful that he stays for the
next three years.
1959 – Melody Maker introduces the Juke Box Top 20 chart, compiled
from 200 juke boxes around the UK.
1961 – Ann-Margaret records "I Just Don't Understand" at RCA Studios
in Nashville.
1962 – Taking Sid Coleman's advice, Brian Epstein meets with George
Martin at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, who, after much trepidation (and
learning that losing Epstein's NEMS connections could hurt EMI), signs
The Beatles to a recording contract.
1963 – The Rolling Stones sign a licensing deal with Andrew Loog
Oldham’s Impact management company to have their UK output distributed
by Decca Records.
1964 – Gene Vincent and The Shouts appear at the Rhodes Center in
Bishop's Center, England.
1964 – Chuck Berry makes his UK stage debut at London's Astoria
Theatre, with The Animals, The Nashville Teens and The Swinging Blue
Jeans opening the show.
1965 – Bob Dylan plays the first of two sold-out nights at the Royal
Albert Hall. All four Beatles, as well as members of The Rolling
Stones, Donovan and Marianne Faithfull are all in attendance.
1966 – The Beatles begin recording "For No One" at Abbey Road studios.
1966 – The Doors audition at the Whiskey A Go-Go for the house band
spot, and pass the audition.
1966 – 16-year old Karen Carpenter signs her first contract with Magic
Lamp Records.
1966 – The Young Rascals record "You Better Run" in New York.
1967 – Austin, Texas Mayor Lester E. Palmer proclaims it "Damita Jo
Day" in her hometown, and names a street after her.
1969 – Steve Miller and Paul McCartney record "My Dark Hour" at
Olympic Sound Studios in London.
1969 – The Who begin a North American tour, playing the first of three
nights at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan.
1971 – Free breaks up.
1973 – Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000
raised by The Rolling Stones to help the earthquake victims of
Nicaragua.
1974 – Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie and Phil Ochs perform
"Blowin' In The Wind" together at the Felt Forum for a Friends of
Chile benefit.
1974 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band open for Bonnie Raitt
at the Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge. Rock critic Jon Landau is
in the audience, and writes the famous review, "I saw rock and roll's
future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen..." Landau will become
Springsteen’s manager.
1975 – KISS, The James Gang and Rush all appear at Northern Ohio
University in Ada.
1978 – The Tubes' Fee Waybill falls off the stage at the Hammersmith
Odeon in London, breaking his leg.
1979 – Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd. Paul McCartney, George
Harrison and Ringo Starr play at the reception.
1992 – Bruce Springsteen finally makes his U.S. television debut,
performing "Lucky Town" on Saturday Night Live.
1998 – Brian Wilson plays his first ever solo concert at the Norris
Theater in St. Charles, Illinois.
1998 – Jimmy Page appears on Saturday Night Live with Sean "Puffy"
Combs to perform his song "Come With Me" from the Godzilla movie,
which heavily samples Led Zeppelin's song, "Kashmir."
2005 – Country music artist Kenny Chesney marries actress Renee
Zellweger on the island of St. John in the Caribbean. The marriage
lasts 128 days.
2008 – Rapper Foxy Brown pleads guilty (to avoid jail time) to
menacing and assaulting her neighbor with her cell phone over the
volume of her car radio in July 2007.
2009 – Smokey Robinson and Linda Ronstadt receive honorary degrees
from the Berklee College of Music.
2013 – David Bowie's latest video "The Next Day" is re-instated on
YouTube with an adult content warning after the company admits to
making the “wrong call” by pulling the video.
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