Paul Heaton went on to form the Beautiful South and had a few hits in the
UK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rrXmE19hFk
On Thursday, 9 May 2013 15:15:40 UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> 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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