December 9th Born on this day in History of Music
Donald Byrd (1932), Junior Wells (1934), Anna King - James Brown's Band (1937), Sam Strain - The O'Jays (1941), Neil Innes - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (1944), Shirley Brickley - The Orlons (1944), Dennis Dunaway - Alice Cooper band (1946), Walter 'Clyde' Orange - The Commodores (1946), Joan Armatrading (1950), Jill Saward of Shakatak (1953), Jack Sonni - Dire Straits (1954), Donny Osmond (1957), Nick Seymour - Crowded House (1958), Paul H.Landers - Rammstein (1964), Brian Bell - Weezer (1968), Jakob Dylan - The Wallflowers (1969), Zac Foley- EMF (1970), Geoff Barrow - Portishead (1971), Frank Wright III 'Tre Cool' - Green Day (1972), Imogen Heap (1977)
53', Donald Byrd (jazz) 32', 37', Sharon Paige (sang with Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes) 52',
Chart News
1961 Charlie Drake at No.1 on the Australian chart with My Boomerang Wont Come Back
1972 Helen Reddy at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Am Woman'
1972 The Moody Blues at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Seventh Sojourn'
1978 Boney M at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Mary's Boy Child'
1978 Chic at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Le Freak'
1985 Jennifer Rush at No.1 on the Australian chart with The Power of Love
1989 Billy Joel at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'We Didn't Start The Fire'
1995 Michael Jackson at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Earth Song'
2001 Usher at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'U Got It Bad'
2006 Jay-Z at No.1 on the US album chart with Kingdom Come
Gig News
1955 Johnny Cash played at Arkansas High School, in Swifton, Elvis Presley opened the show
1967 The Doors appeared at the New Haven Arena, New Haven, Connecticut
1968 Free appeared at the Marquee Club in London England
1975 The Sex Pistols appeared at Ravensbourne College, Chistlehurst, London
1984 Lloyd Cole and the Commotions appeared at The Powerhouse, Birmingham & Spandau Ballet played at Wembley Arena, London
1988 Michael Jackson played at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
1991 Guns n' Roses played at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
1997 Oasis played at Wembley Arena, London, supported by Supergrass
Music News
2019 Marie Fredriksson (Roxette) died