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ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

January 9th

1963 - Charlie Watts

Drummer Charlie Watts joined The Rolling Stones after leaving Blues Incorporated and his job working as a graphic designer.

1965 - The Beatles

The Beatles started a nine week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Beatles 65', the group's fourth No.1. Beatles '65 includes eight of the fourteen songs from Beatles for Sale and also includes 'I'll Be Back' from A Hard Day's Night and the single 'I Feel Fine'/'She's a Woman'.The Beatles put on two performances of "Another Beatles Christmas Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.

1970 - Led Zeppelin

During a UK tour Led Zeppelin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, the night of Jimmy Page's 26th birthday. (John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck were all in the audience). The two and a quarter hour set was recorded and filmed but shelved for several decades, eventually seeing a release on a 2003 official DVD.

1973 - Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa on an account of a 1969 drug conviction causing The Rolling Stones to cancel a forthcoming tour.

1976 - Queen

Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. The single enjoyed a nine week run on the chart selling more than a million copies by the end of the month. It reached No.1 again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best selling single of all time.

1981 - Terry Hall

Terry Hall and Jerry Dammers from The Specials were both fined £400 ($680) after being found guilty of using threatening words during a gig in Cambridge, England.

Jerry in shades

1997 - David Bowie

David Bowie performed his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, New York with guests Frank Black, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Dave Grohl, Lou Reed, Billy Corgan and Placebo. Proceeds from the concert went to the Save The Children fund.

David Bowie setlist:
Little Wonder
The Hearts Filthy Lesson
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [with Frank Black]
Fashion (with Frank Black)
Telling Lies
Hallo Spaceboy (with Foo Fighters)
Seven Years in Tibet (with Dave Grohl)
The Man Who Sold the World
The Last Thing You Should Do (with Robert Smith)
Quicksand (with Robert Smith)
Battle for Britain (The Letter)
The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)
I’m Afraid of Americans (with Sonic Youth)
Looking for Satellites
Under Pressure (Queen cover)
Heroes
Queen Bitch (with Lou Reed)
I’m Waiting for the Man (The Velvet Underground cover) [with Lou Reed]
Dirty Blvd. (Lou Reed cover) [with Lou Reed]
White Light/White Heat (The Velvet Underground cover) [with Lou Reed]
Moonage Daydream

Encore:
Happy Birthday to You (Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill cover) [Performed by Gail Ann Dorsey]
All the Young Dudes (with Billy Corgan)
The Jean Genie (with Billy Corgan)
Space Oddity

2000 - Jennifer Lopez

The chauffeur who drove Puff Daddy and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez from a night-club after a shooting was reported to be co-operating with prosecutors. Puff Daddy faced up to 15 years in jail for allegedly pulling a gun in a New York club.

I presume it wasn't a concealed weapon?

2008 - Spice Girls

Spice Girl Victoria Beckham was named the worst dressed celebrity in an annual list of fashion disasters. Fashion critic Richard Blackwell, who had compiled the poll every year since 1960, said Beckham stepped out in "one skinny-mini monstrosity after another". Amy Winehouse's trademark beehive and tattoos helped earn her second place in the list.

2009 - Dave Dee

Dave Dee died at the age of 65, following a three-year battle with cancer. The UK singer had eight top 10 hits, with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich including a UK number one single in 1968 with 'The Legend of Xanadu', in which Dee famously cracked a whip. The singer, whose real name was David Harman, was originally a police officer and as a police cadet was called to the scene of the car crash that killed Eddie Cochrane during a UK tour in 1960.

2016 - Lemmy

Stars paid tribute to Motorhead frontman Lemmy at his funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Slash from Guns N' Roses, Robert Trujillo and Lars Ulrich from Metallica, Judas Priest singer Rob Halford and Anthrax frontman Scott Ian. all spoke at the service. Lemmy's bass guitar was plugged in to a stack of amplifiers and the volume turned up, with the congregation applauding as feedback from the speakers filled the chapel.

Dave Grohl joins the eulogy

The bottom live was that he was "so kind to everyone he ever met"

BIRTHDAYS

1987 - Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer, songwriter, (2006 UK No.3 album 'These Streets', 2009 UK No.1 album 'Sunny Side Up'). I miss the cheeky chappy persona and fine singing voice of Paolo and can't recall a single since 'Pencil Full of Lead' in 2009. Since then he continues to live in his home town of Paisley (Scotland) and most recently gave £10,000 for fellow Scot Lewis Capaldi's Chewbacca mask which was for charity

1964 - Phil Hartnoll

Phil Hartnoll, from English electronic dance music duo Orbital, who had the 1996 UK No.11 single 'The Box'. The band's name is taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25.

1951 - Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle, singer, songwriter, (1977 US No.2 & UK No.5 single 'Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue'). I hadn't really paid any attention to Gayle until she appeared alongside Tom Waits on the soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola's 'One For The Heart' it is still one of my favourite film soundtracks and her voice is of course stunning especially alongside Waits'

1950 - David Johansen

David Johansen, vocals, The New York Dolls, 1973 album 'New York Dolls'. Now a solo artist and actor. Played Buster Poindexter in Saturday Night Live House band.

1948 - Tim Hart

Tim Hart, guitarist and singer with English folk rock band Steeleye Span who formed in 1969. They had the 1975 UK No.5 single 'All Around My Hat' and a hit with 'Gaudete'. Hart died on 24 Dec 2009.

1944 - Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page guitarist and producer, member of The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven has sold over 37 million copies. Formed The Honeydrippers, (with Robert Plant, Jeff Beck& Nile Rodgers) who had the 1984 US No.3 single Sea Of Love. As a session guitarist in the 60s Page played on Here Comes The Night by Them, Shout by Lulu and The Who's 'Can't Explain'.

1943 - Scott Walker

Scott Walker (born Noel Scott Engel), singer with The Walker Brothers best known for their 1966 UK No.1 & US No.13 single 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore'. Walker began a solo career with 1967's Scott, moving toward an increasingly challenging baroque pop style on late '60s albums such as Scott 3 (1969) and Scott 4 (1969). As a record producer or guest performer, he worked with a number of artists including Pulp, Ute Lemper and Bat for Lashes. Walker died on 25 March 2019 age 76.

1941 - Joan Baez

American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and activist Joan Baez. She scored the 1971 US No.3 & UK No.6 single 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' and was one of the first major artists to record the songs of Bob Dylan in the early 1960s. Baez also performed three songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

I bought the single of this when I found it in the bargain bins when but very your . . . it is written of course by the legendary Phil Ochs

1920 - Clive Dunn

Clive Dunn, singer, actor in UK TV's 'Dads Army' 1971 UK No.1 single 'Granddad'. Died on 6 November 2012. As local butcher Lance Corporal Jones in the TV sitcom he featured his star turn portraying a much older man than in fact he actually was and this star act was a central part of his repertoire resulting in his ability to portray the archetype of everyone's Grandad in the single. He was cousin to Gretchen Franklin the stalwart of Eastenders as Ethel Mae Skinner who would consistently reference her little dog 'Willy'. Dunn was a family favourite for generations of viewers and was married twice.