February 9

Births

1914: Ernest Tubb (Country Singer / Songwriter)

1942: Carole King (Singer / Songwriter)

1943: Joe Pesci (Actor)

1960: Holly Johnson (Singer for Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

1963: Travis Tritt (Country Singer)

1966: James "Rachel" Bolan (Bass for Skid Row)

1981: Tholomew Plague (The Rev) (Drummer for Avenged Sevenfold)

Events

1958: Ratings show that ABC's American Bandstand is now America's top-rated daytime television program, with an average of 8,400,000 viewers per day.

1964: The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV's 'The Ed Sullivan Show. They performed five songs including their current No.1 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' watched by an estimated 73 million people. The show had received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio.

1967: Canadian conductor Percy Faith died of cancer at age 67.

1974: Iggy Pop and his band, The Stooges, play a notorious gig at Detroit’s Michigan Palace. One of their last concerts, the show finds Pop verbally abusing and taunting the audience, who respond with barely restrained violence. The concert makes its way to record as Metallic KO.

1981: American singer Bill Haley was found dead, fully clothed on his bed at his home in Harlington, Texas from a heart attack at age 55.

2001: After being booted from the "reunion" lineup of the Eagles, guitarist and original member Don Felder files a lawsuit against the group.