Wikipedia:WikiProject Record Production/October 9
| These musicians were born on October 9 in... |
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| 1937 - Pat Burke (Foundations) 1939 - Ed Xiques (Ten Wheel Drive) 1939 - O.V. Wright (d. 1980) 1940 - John Lennon (d. 1980) 1944 - Nona Hendryx (Labelle) 1944 - John Entwistle (Who) (d. 2002) 1948 - Jackson Browne 1952 - Sharon Osbourne 1954 - James Fearnley (Pogues) 1957 - Ini Kamoze (born Cecil Campbell) 1958 - Al Jorurgensen (Ministry) 1959 - Thomas Wydler (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) 1961 - Kurt Neumann (BoDeans) 1964 - Gary Bennett (BR5-49) 1967 - Mat Osman (Suede) 1969 - P.J. Harvey 1973 - Tommy Shane Steiner 1975 - Sean Lennon 1978 - Nicky Byrne (Westlife) 1979 - Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet) |
| These musicians died on October 9 in... |
| 1978 - Jacques Brel - Pulmonary embolism & lung disease (49) 1988 - Cliff Gallup (Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps) - Heart attack (58) 1996 - Bill Monroe (84) 2001 - Smokey Dacus (Bob Wills' Texas Playboys) (90) 2008 - Gidget Gein (Marilyn Manson) - Heroid overdose (39) |
| These musical events occurred on October 9 in... |
| 1943 - The Musician's Union strike ended, allowing record companies to begin recording again after a year. 1964 - The Rolling Stones were forced to cancel a tour of South Africa due to an anti-apartheid embargo by the British Musician's Union. 1966 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono met for the first time at a Gallery in London. 1976 - The Sex Pistols signed with EMI for $68,000. They would only be with the label for three months. 1977 - Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 1978 - Grandpa Jones was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. 1977 - The Clash have to delay a Swedish concert after a bomb scare. 1980 - Gary Glitter was declared bankrupt. 1981 - Prince opened for the Rolling Stones in Los Angeles. He was booed off the stage after playing in bikini bottoms. 1985 - Yoko Ono officially opened Strawberry Fields in New York's Central Park on what would have been John Lennon's 45th birthday. 1989 - Hank Thompson, Cliffie Stone and Jack Stapp were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. 1999 - Netaid, concerts in London, New York and Geneva to raise money for global poverty, was broadcast live over the internet with George Michael, Bono, David Bowie, the Eurythmics and Robbie Williams. 2000 - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band reunited at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to perform Will the Circle Be Unbroken. 2000 - The John Lennon museum opened in Tokyo on what would have been his 60th birthday. 2003 - For the first time ever, Billboard top ten singles were all by African-American artists. 2003 - Jon Stevens left INXS one year after taking over for Michael Hutchence. 2003 - Sting was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth 2006 - U2 left Island Records for Mercury. |
| These musicians were married on October 9 in... |
| 1939 - Doc Williams and Jessie Wanda Crupe (aka Chickie Williams) 1954 - Charlie Walker and Jo Walker-Meador |
| These musicians were divorced on October 9 in... |
| 1973 - Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley |
| These records were recorded on October 9 in... |
| 1929 - Gene Autrey's first recording session 1958 - C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran 1964 - Dance Dance Dance - Beach Boys 1966 - Got Live If You Want It - Rolling Stones |
| These records were released on October 9 in... |
| 1970 - Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd 1971 - Wild Night - Van Morrison (single) 1979 - Babe - Styx (single) 1980 - Starting Over - John Lennon (single) 2002 - Bounce - Bon Jovi |
| These were broadcast on October 9 in... |
| 1969 - Top of the Pops (BBC) - Broadcast notable for being the first time that the number 1 record was not aired because it was deemed lewd (Je T’aime... Moi Non Plus by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin) 1984 - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (U.K.) (premier) - Narrated by Ringo Starr |