Archive for July 9, 2009

1879 – Composer Ottorino Respighi was born 1879.

1915 – Composer David Diamond was born.

1956 – Dick Clark made his debut as host of “Bandstand” on a Philadelphia TV station. The name of the show was changed to “American Bandstand” when it went to ABC-TV.

1958 – Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records.

1972 – Paul McCartney appeared on stage for the first time since 1966 as his group, Wings, opened at Chateauvillon in the south of France.

1974 – Crosby, Stills, and Nash started their reunion tour in Seattle.

1977 – Elvis Costello quit his day job as a computer operator at a cosmetic factory.

1981 – The Jacksons began a 36 city tour.

1984 – The album “Ice Cream Castle” was released by The Time.

1991 – U.S. President George Bush presented a National Medal of Art to Roy Acuff.

1995 – The Grateful Dead gave their last concert with Jerry Garcia at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

1996 – Prince released the album “Chaos and Disorder.”

1998 – Scott Weiland had an bench warrant issued for him when he missed his second court date stemming from drug possession charges.

1998 – MTV Networks Europe announced in London the launch of freeform music channel M2 Europe. It was the first TV station to be launched on the internet.

1998 – Robert “Waddy” Wachtel and his wife were arrested for investigation of possessing child pornography, allegedly found on his personal computer.

1998 – Janet Jackson set a gross revenue record of $875,000 at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. The previous record was set my Yanni on January 31, 1998, with $860,300.

1999 – Mary Chapin Carpenter canceled a concert at Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts in Springfield, MO, at the last minute. She had to fly home to tend to a very sick Golden Retriever.

1999 – The state of Indiana renamed a 25-mile stretch of Interstate Route 65 as “Kenneth Babyface Edmonds Highway.” The same day Babyface donated $50,000 to establish VH1’s Save The Music campaign in the state.

2001 – The Backstreet Boys temporarily stopped their “Black & Blue World Tour 2001.” The tour had to be put on hold because A.J. McLean entered a treatment center for depression and alcohol abuse. The tour resumed on August 24th.

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Sorry about the lack of YouTubes the last few days. I’ve been really busy. Things should be back to normal in a few days.