TODAY IN HISTORY – NOVEMBER 9TH
1941 - Born this day, Tom Fogerty, musician, songwriter, singer, Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969 UK No.8 single Proud Mary, 1969 UK No.1 single Bad Moon Rising, 1970 UK No.8 single Travellin' Band, 1970 UK No.3 single Up Around the Bend, plus 7 other top 75 chart hits. 1970 UK No.1 album Cosmo's Factory, plus 6 other top 75 chart albums. Died 6 September 1990.
1948 - Born this day, Alan Gratzer, musician, drummer, REO Speedwagon, 1981 US No.1 and UK No.7 single Keep On Loving You.
1957 - Jailhouse Rock and Wake Up Little Susie were the No.1 and No.2 songs respectively on Billboard's pop, country and rhythm & blues charts.
1958 - Elvis Presley's Hound Dog, exceeded three million copies in the USA, becoming only the third single to do so ( Bing Crosby's White Christmas and Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer by Gene Autry being the other two).
1961 - Brian Epstein saw The Beatles perform for the first time, during a lunchtime session at The Cavern, a Liverpool basement night club which was the 'in' spot during the early 1960s.
1966 - John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time at her art exhibition at the Indica Gallery, London.
1967 - The first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine was published in San Francisco. It featured a photo of John Lennon on the cover, dressed in army fatigues while acting in his recent film, How I Won the War and the first issue had a free roach clip to hold a marijuana joint. The name of the magazine was compiled from three significant sources: the Muddy Waters song, the first rock ‘n’ roll record by Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.
1969 - Born this day, Sandra Denton (Pepa), Salt-n-Pepa, 1991 UK No.2 single Let's Talk About Sex.
1974 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive went to No.1 on the US singles chart with You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, the groups only No.1, it made No.2 in the UK.
1985 - Jan Hammer went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the 'Miami Vice Theme', a No.5 hit in the UK.
1991 - Prince and the New Power Generation started a 2 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Cream. It was a No.15 hit in the UK.
1996 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher was arrested after being stopped by police in London's Oxford Street and charged with possession of a class A controlled substance.
1996 - Michael Jackson played at the Ericsson Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, the first of eleven dates in Australia and New Zealand on the HIStory world tour.
1997 - Paul Weller was arrested and spent the night in a French jail after smashing up his hotel room. His record company paid £4,000 to cover the damage; Weller was released the following day.
1999 - Gary Glitter appeared at Bristol Crown Court charged with seducing and sexually humiliating a 14-year-old girl. The charges related back to 1980.
2001 - Winners at MTV Europe Awards included Robbie Williams who won Best male and Best song for Rock DJ, Craig David won Best R&B act and Best UK & Ireland act, Dido won Best new act and Anastacia won Best pop act.
2002 - It was announced that Madonna's latest movie 'Swept Away' would not be released in the UK because it had been such a box office flop in the US. The Washington Post said the film was "as awful as you've heard and as bad as you've imagined."
2004 - A Dutch man was jailed for nine months for harassing former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm. The unnamed 39-year-old sent the singer parcels, letters and tapes during 2001. Dutch police searched the man's home after he tried to hand-deliver a parcel to Ms Chisholm's London home.
2011 – Most popular song played on NZ radio over the past week is “Domino” by Jessie J.
1941 - Born this day, Tom Fogerty, musician, songwriter, singer, Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969 UK No.8 single Proud Mary, 1969 UK No.1 single Bad Moon Rising, 1970 UK No.8 single Travellin' Band, 1970 UK No.3 single Up Around the Bend, plus 7 other top 75 chart hits. 1970 UK No.1 album Cosmo's Factory, plus 6 other top 75 chart albums. Died 6 September 1990.
1948 - Born this day, Alan Gratzer, musician, drummer, REO Speedwagon, 1981 US No.1 and UK No.7 single Keep On Loving You.
1957 - Jailhouse Rock and Wake Up Little Susie were the No.1 and No.2 songs respectively on Billboard's pop, country and rhythm & blues charts.
1958 - Elvis Presley's Hound Dog, exceeded three million copies in the USA, becoming only the third single to do so ( Bing Crosby's White Christmas and Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer by Gene Autry being the other two).
1961 - Brian Epstein saw The Beatles perform for the first time, during a lunchtime session at The Cavern, a Liverpool basement night club which was the 'in' spot during the early 1960s.
1966 - John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time at her art exhibition at the Indica Gallery, London.
1967 - The first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine was published in San Francisco. It featured a photo of John Lennon on the cover, dressed in army fatigues while acting in his recent film, How I Won the War and the first issue had a free roach clip to hold a marijuana joint. The name of the magazine was compiled from three significant sources: the Muddy Waters song, the first rock ‘n’ roll record by Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.
1969 - Born this day, Sandra Denton (Pepa), Salt-n-Pepa, 1991 UK No.2 single Let's Talk About Sex.
1974 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive went to No.1 on the US singles chart with You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, the groups only No.1, it made No.2 in the UK.
1985 - Jan Hammer went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the 'Miami Vice Theme', a No.5 hit in the UK.
1991 - Prince and the New Power Generation started a 2 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Cream. It was a No.15 hit in the UK.
1996 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher was arrested after being stopped by police in London's Oxford Street and charged with possession of a class A controlled substance.
1996 - Michael Jackson played at the Ericsson Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, the first of eleven dates in Australia and New Zealand on the HIStory world tour.
1997 - Paul Weller was arrested and spent the night in a French jail after smashing up his hotel room. His record company paid £4,000 to cover the damage; Weller was released the following day.
1999 - Gary Glitter appeared at Bristol Crown Court charged with seducing and sexually humiliating a 14-year-old girl. The charges related back to 1980.
2001 - Winners at MTV Europe Awards included Robbie Williams who won Best male and Best song for Rock DJ, Craig David won Best R&B act and Best UK & Ireland act, Dido won Best new act and Anastacia won Best pop act.
2002 - It was announced that Madonna's latest movie 'Swept Away' would not be released in the UK because it had been such a box office flop in the US. The Washington Post said the film was "as awful as you've heard and as bad as you've imagined."
2004 - A Dutch man was jailed for nine months for harassing former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm. The unnamed 39-year-old sent the singer parcels, letters and tapes during 2001. Dutch police searched the man's home after he tried to hand-deliver a parcel to Ms Chisholm's London home.
2011 – Most popular song played on NZ radio over the past week is “Domino” by Jessie J.