Friday 9 February 2018

Today in rock history 9th February

1964 – The Beatles make their American TV debut live on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
1966 - Rachel Bolan-bassist for Skid Row born this day.
1970 – The No. 1 LP in the U.K. today is Led Zeppelin II.
1972 – Paul McCartney plays the first date of an English hit-and-run tour with his new group Wings. The band performs an unannounced concert at Nottingham University. Wings then proceed to travel around the country in a bus, asking the social secretaries of universities they visit if they can play their hall that evening.
1973 – Max Yasgur the owner of the Woodstock farm where the 1969 festival was held dies of a heart attack aged 53.
1981 – Rock `n’ roll pioneer Bill Haley of the Comets dies of a heart attack at his home in Harlingen, Texas.
1986 – Pete Townshend, Chrissie Hynde and The Communards played a charity show at London’s Albert Hall for the victims of a volcanic eruption in Colombia
1990 – Nirvana set out on a short west coast tour opening for Dinosaur Jr. at the Pine Street Theater, Portland, Oregon.
1992 – Touring Australia and New Zealand for the first and only time Nirvana appeared at the Logan Campbell Center in Auckland, New Zealand.
1997 – Brian Connolly singer with the 1970’s Glam rock group Sweet died of kidney and liver failure aged 47.
1999 – Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, his Roswell Records label, EMI Entertainment World and EMI Virgin Songs file suit against Miramax in California, accusing the Disneyowned indie of unauthorized use of the Foo Fighters’ hit “Big Me” in trailers for the film Rounders.
2005 – The Who’s Roger Daltrey is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace.
2009 – Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant took home five prizes for his collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss at this years Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles.
2010 - Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction
2012 - Paul McCartney finally got his own star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, becoming the last of the four Beatles to get the honour.

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