Today In Oldies Music History: September 9
--Births
1926: Jake Carey (The Flamingos)1940: Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)
1941: Duffy Power
1941: Otis Redding
1942: Inez Foxx
1942: Luther Simmons (The Main Ingredient)
1945: Dee Dee Sharp
1946: Billy Preston
1946: Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly)
1946: Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield)
1946: Trevor Leslie Oaks (Showaddywaddy)
1947: Freddy Weller (Paul Revere and the Raiders)
Deaths
1996: Bill Monroe2004: Ernie Ball
2007: Hughie Thomasson (The Outlaws)
Events
1926: The Radio Corporation of America, later known as RCA, launches its new radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (later known as NBC).1954: Rising young star Elvis Presley performs at the opening of Memphis' Lamar-Airways shopping mall, and, afterward, meets audience member Johnny Cash for the first time.
1955: Seeburg introduces their latest jukebox, which not only holds a record 100 singles but is also capable of playing the same number of EPs.
1956: Elvis Presley makes the first of three contracted appearances on Ed Sullivan's CBS show. (Sullivan had previously announced he would never have such an act on, but ratings prevailed and Sullivan offered Elvis a record $50,000 for the three shows.) Charles Laughton hosts, filling in for an ailing Sullivan. Elvis performs "Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender," "Ready Teddy," and "Hound Dog," but is shot from the waist up only, due to a scandalous swivel-hipped performance on NBC-TV's Milton Berle Show a few months earlier. A record 54 million viewers -- nearly 83 percent of the nation's sets! -- are tuned in to the event; the next day, pre-orders for "Love Me Tender" begin rolling in, forcing the release of the single to be bumped up by weeks. In a particularly bad break, the Rock and Roll Trio (a/k/a The Johnny Burnette Trio) appear on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour over on ABC, and though they win the contest for the next three weeks, no one is watching.
1967: Fans left standing outside riot as a Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich concert in Bergen, England sells out ahead of expectations.
1973: Todd Rundgren records the audience singing one of his new songs ("Sons Of 1984") during his concert at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, only to see police disrupt the crowd during the performance in order to arrest a pot dealer. A riot breaks out, and eleven more concertgoers are arrested.
1975: Paul McCartney and Wings begin their historic 13-month world tour, US dates of which will be captured on record as the double LP Wings Over America. The group plays to over two million fans total during the course of the tour.
1982: Al Green and Patti Labelle add impressive new entries to their resume when they star in the debut production of the gospel musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God at the Alvin Theatre in New York.
2003: Simon and Garfunkel announce plans for a reunion tour, the first in 20 years and the first onstage reunion of any kind in a decade.
2005: Despite numerous fan protests, the City of Liverpool, England declares its intention to go ahead and demolish Ringo Starr's birthplace on Madryn Street, which the famous drummer lived in until the age of five.
2005: Former Ray Charles employee and engineer Terry Howard is exonerated in a Los Angeles court for allegedly stealing dozens of recordings of the singer.
2008: Former Raspberries lead and solo star Eric Carmen is arrested in his hometown of Cleveland on DUI charges. He will be sentenced to six months in jail, but only serve 30 days.
Releases
1967: Sam and Dave, "Soul Man"1971: John Lennon, Imagine
1972: The Eagles, "Witchy Woman"
1978: The Rolling Stones, "Beast Of Burden"
Recording
1968: The Beatles, "Helter Skelter"Charts
1957: Paul Anka's "Diana" hits #11967: Brenton Wood's "Gimme Little Sign" enters the charts
1972: Jim Croce's LP You Don't Mess Around With Jim hits #1
1978: The Who's LP Who Are You enters the charts
1978: A Taste Of Honey's "Boogie Oogie Oogie" hits #1
