This Day in Music
 
March 9th: On this Day
1960, Adam Faith was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Poor Me' The singers second and final No.1. After a string of over 20 hits Faith became an actor and financial journalist.
1963, Tommy Roe, Chris Montez and The Beatles (who were bottom of the bill), appeared at the East Ham Granada in London.
1964, The Beatles filmed the last day of train scenes for the movie A Hard Days Night. During their six days of filming aboard a moving train, The Beatles traveled a total of 2,500 miles on the rails.
1966, The Beach Boys started recording 'God Only Knows'. It became a UK No.2 single in 1966 and the B-side of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' in the US.
1967, The Small Faces, Family and The Strollers all appeared at the Skyline Ballroom, Hull, Yorkshire.
1968, Bob Dylan started a ten-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with his ninth album 'John Wesley Harding'. A US No.2 in the same year.
1973, Black Sabbath kicked off an 8-date sold out UK tour at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow.
1974, Alvin Stardust was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Jealous Mind'. Know as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, it was the singers only UK chart topper.
1975, actor Telly Savalas was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the David Gates (from Bread) song 'If'. Savalas was currently high in the TV ratings playing the policeman Kojak.
1977, The Jacksons CBS show was aired for the last time on US TV finishing at the bottom of the ratings.
1979, UK band Eddie & The Hot Rods released a new album 'Thriller', featuring special guest Linda McCartney on backing vocals.
1981, Robert Plant played a secret gig at Keele University, England with his new band The Honey Drippers.
1985, Dead Or Alive were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record). It was the first No.1 for the production team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman who went on to produce over 100 UK Top 40 hits.
1985, Mick Jagger released his solo single 'Just Another Night' a No. 12 hit in the US and No. 32 on the UK charts.
1985, REO Speedwagon started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Can't Fight This Feeling', it made No.16 in the UK.
1991, Chris Rea scored his second UK No.1 album with 'Auberge' the follow up to 'The Road To Hell', his 11th LP release.
1991, Mariah Carey started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Someday', her third US No.1 & No.38 hit in the UK.
1991, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' gave The Clash their only UK No.1 single after the track was used for a Levi's TV advertisement. The track was first released in 1982 from their album Combat Rock album.
1995, Radiohead kicked off a 13 date UK tour to promote their new album 'The Bends'.
1996, Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher walked off stage during a gig at the Vernon Valley Gorge ski resort in New Jersey because his hands were too cold to play.
1996, Take That scored their eighth and last UK No.1 single (until re-forming in 2006) with their version of The Bee Gees 1977 song 'How Deep Is Your Love', (originally intended for US singer Yvonne Elliman), and used as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever.
1997, Notorious BIG was gunned down and killed as he left a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Born Christopher Wallace the rapper was pronounced dead on arrival at Cedars Sinai Hospital. He was 24 years old.
1997, The Spice Girls went back to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Spice Girls.'
1999, guitarist Mike Anthony died from a heart attack aged 68. He worked with Harry Nilsson, The 5th Dimension, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
2004, Tom Jones was banned from wearing tight leather pants by his own son and manager Mark Jones. His son said it was time to “dress his age” as he was in danger of becoming a laughing stock at 63.
2007, Brad Delp lead singer of US rock band Boston committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in at his home in the New Hampshire town of Atkinson. Boston had the 1977 UK No.22 single 'More Than A Feeling' and the 1986 US No.1 single 'Amanda.'
2008, Duffy started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with ‘Rockferry’ the Welsh singers debut album.
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