Today in Oldies Music History: March 9

Today In Oldies Music History: March 9

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Births

1925: Billy Ford (Billy and Lillie)
1932: Keely Smith
1933: Lloyd Price
1942: Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere and the Raiders)
1944: Trevor Burton (The Move)
1945: Robin Trower (Procol Harum)
1945: Robert Calvert (Hawkwind)
1945: Ron Wilson (The Surfaris)
1946: Jim Cregan (Family, Cockney Rebel)
1948: Jeffrey Osborne (LTD)
1948: Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
1949: Jimmie Fadden (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1951: Frank Rodriguez (? and the Mysterians)

Deaths

1996: George Burns
2000: Ivo Robic
2007: Brad Delp (Boston)

Events

1968: At this year's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, 5th Dimension's "Up Up And Away" wins Record of the Year (as well as Best Vocal Group Performance), while the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album takes home Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Engineered Record and Best Album Cover.
1970: The blues band formerly known as Earth take the stage at London's Roundhouse with a heavier sound and a new name -- Black Sabbath.
1972: Sid Bernstein organizes a benefit for anti-war US Presidential candidate George McGovern at Madison Square Garden, featuring Carole King, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, and Carly Simon, as well as Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, "Mama" Cass Elliot, Burt Lancaster, Jon Voight, Britt Ekland and Jack Nicholson. Despite attendance of 22,000, McGovern will lose the '72 election to Richard Nixon in a landslide.
1976: For the second time, The Who's Keith Moon collapses while performing at a show, this time at the Boston Garden. Though drug and alcohol abuse are again the culprit, singer Roger Daltrey tells the crowd Moon is suffering from the flu. The gig ends, but the group plays another one for ticketholders on April 1.
1977: CBS-TV's family musical variety show The Jacksons ends its run.
1987: The Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City inducts Lennon and McCartney, Goffin and King, Mann and Weil, and Sam Cooke in their initial awards ceremony.
2004: Tom Jones' manager -- and son -- Mark orders the 63-year-old sex symbol to stop wearing tight leather pants onstage.

Releases

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Recording

1942: Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Well, Git It!"
1966: The Beach Boys, "God Only Knows"
1966: Bob Dylan, "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)," "Temporary Like Achilles"
1967: The Beatles, "Getting Better"
1978: The Eagles, "I Can't Tell You Why"

Charts

1957: Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" hits #1 R&B
1959: Frankie Avalon's "Venus" hits #1

Certifications

1976: Queen's A Night At The Opera is certified gold