July 9

Births

1925: Alan Dale (Pop Singer)

1927: Ed Ames (Pop Singer)

1927: Jim McReynolds (Bluegrass musician in Jim & Jesse)

1929: Lee Hazlewood (Country Singer)

1942: Richard Roundtree (Shaft… Can Ya Dig It?)

1946: Bon Scott (Original Singer for AC/DC)

1947: John “Mitch” Mitchell (Drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

1950: Gwen Guthrie (R&B Singer)

1952: John Tesh (Pianist & Composer)

1954: Debbie Sledge (Singer in Sister Sledge)

1959: Jim Kerr (Singer for Simple Minds)

1957: Marc Almond (Singer for Soft Cell)

1964: Courtney Michelle Love (Courtney Michelle Harrison) (Vocals & Guitar in Hole)

1965: Frankie Bello (Bass for Anthrax)

1975: Jack White (John Gillis) (Guitar & Vocals for The White Stripes)

1975: Isaac Brock (Singer & Guitarist for Modest Mouse)

1976: Dan Estrin (Guitarist for Hoobastank)

Events

1955: Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around The Clock," a minor hit the previous year, lands in the top spot after inclusion in the juvenile delinquent drama The Blackboard Jungle, officially kicking off the rock and roll era. That same day, crooner Pat Boone releases his watered-down version of Fats Domino's #1 R&B hit, "Ain't It A Shame" (now called "Ain't That A Shame").

1956: Dick Clark debuts as the host of Philadelphia's TV dance show on WFIL, then called simply Bandstand, after former host Bob Horn is arrested for DUI. The show, which would go national on ABC the following year, precipitating a name change to American Bandstand, would run for 37 years.

1956: After the June 30th trouble at Asbury Park, Bill Haley and His Comets are denied permission to play at the Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. A city ordinance was passed that read: "Rock and roll music encouraged juvenile delinquency and inspired young females in lewd bathing suits to perform obscene dances on the city's beaches."

1957: Elvis Presley's second film, Loving You, has its US premiere.

1958: Upset by Sam Phillips' concentration on Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash leaves Sun Records to sign with Columbia.

1962: Bob Dylan recorded ‘Blowin' In the Wind’ at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City during an afternoon session.

1968: Co-lead Temptations singer David Ruffin leaves the group due to cocaine abuse, missed shows, financial wrangling with Motown head Berry Gordy, and the group's refusal to change their name to "David Ruffin and the Temptations." Ruffin would soon begin appearing unwanted at Temps concerts and taking the stage to sing the hits he made famous, forcing the group to tighten security.

1972: Paul McCartney and Wings played their very first show in the small French town of Chateauvillon. The band included Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Henry McCullough and Paul's wife, Linda. It was McCartney's first time on the road since the Beatles quit touring in 1966. The band travelled on a double Decker London bus with a psychedelic interior.

1977: Elvis Costello quit his day job as a computer operator at Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics to become a full time musician.

1984: The album "Ice Cream Castle" was released by The Time.

1988: Cheap Trick went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Flame', the group's only US No.1.

1989: New Edition's production manager was charged with criminal homicide after allegedly shooting the support acts security man after they ran over their stage time.

1990: The Rolling Stones cancel upcoming performances for the first time in over 26 years after guitarist Keith Richards discovers his inflamed finger has become septic during a show in Glasgow, Scotland.

1995: The Grateful Dead give their last concert with leader Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field. Jerry would die of a heart attack a month later while in drug rehab.

1998: Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots had a bench warrant issued for him when he missed his second court date stemming from drug possession charges.

1998: Session guitarist Robert "Waddy" Wachtel and his wife were arrested for investigation of possessing child pornography, allegedly found on his personal computer.

1999: Elton John checks into London's Wellington hospital to have a pacemaker installed due to an irregular heartbeat.

1999: Mary Chapin Carpenter canceled a concert at Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts in Springfield, MO, at the last minute. She had to fly home to tend to a very sick Golden Retriever.

1999: Mick Jagger's common-law marriage to actress/supermodel Jerry Hall, conducted in Haiti back in 1990, is annulled.

2001: The Backstreet Boys temporarily stopped their "Black & Blue World Tour 2001." The tour had to be put on hold because A.J. McLean entered a treatment center for depression and alcohol abuse. The tour resumed on August 24th.

2007: Happy Mondays' frontman Shaun Ryder was in trouble after he smoked several cigarettes on stage during a concert at The Ritz in Manchester. Smoking had been banned in all enclosed public places in England on 1 July of this year, and anyone flouting the law faced a $100 fine. Performers were only exempt from the smoking ban if the "artistic integrity" of their act required it.