Archive for January 9, 2009
This Day in Music…January 9
Jan 9th
1839 – Composer John Knowles Paine was born.
1941 – Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded “Until Tomorrow.”
1973 – Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa because of a 1969 drug bust. The event halted the Rolling Stones’ plan to tour the Orient.
1976 – Graham Parker of Graham Parker & the Rumour signed his first recording contract.
1979 – A benefit concert called A Gift of Song was held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The performers were Olivia Newton-John, Rita Coolidge, the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Abba and Earth, Wind & Fire.
1981 – Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall of the Specials were fined in London for inciting violence at a concert the previous fall.
1992 – Sting made a guest appearance on the series “The Simpsons,” in the episode “Radio Bart.”
1998 – Lynn Odrick sued Anthony “Ant” Banks for allegedly punching her, damaging her vision and breaking her nose with a pool cue on November 25, 1998.
1999 – Guru (Gang Star) was robbed outside a small recording studio in Woohaven, Queens. The three masked men stole $10,000 in jewelry.
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Jan 9th
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