9 FEBRUARY
Featured Events
2018 At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, four popular Korean artists sing "Imagine" at the opening ceremony, where the theme is "Peace in Motion."More
1981 Bill Haley dies of an apparent heart attack at age 55. With "Rock Around The Clock," Haley had the first big hit of the rock era, but his fortunes faded quickly as the '50s came to an end, and the second half of his life was mired in financial problems and a struggle to regain musical relevance.
1974 At The Palace in Detroit, The Stooges play their last show until their 2003 reunion. An imploding Iggy Pop taunts the crowd, which responds with various projectiles. The opening act is a young band called Aerosmith.More
1972 Beginning a covert university tour where Paul McCartney can play to small audiences, Wings play their first show: an unannounced concert at Nottingham University in England.
1964 The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show, making their first live US TV appearance.More
1942 Carole King is born Carol Joan Klein in Manhattan, New York City. She meets husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin while attending Queens College.More
1939 Barry Mann is born Barry Imberman in Brooklyn, New York City. He teams with wife Cynthia Weil to write a number of classic hits, including "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'."
9 FEBRUARY
In Music History
2022 Snoop Dogg buys Death Row Records, the label he started with. He plans to take the label into the metaverse and issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
2021 The acclaimed jazz pianist Chick Corea dies of cancer at 79.
2014 The Beatles: The Night That Changed America airs on CBS exactly 50 years after the group first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. The show features performances by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and also covers of Beatles songs by Stevie Wonder, Dave Grohl and a reunited Eurythmics.
2008 An oversold venue is to blame for the deaths of 10 fans and the injuries of six at a concert by Indonesian metalcore band Beside. Conflicting reports on numbers seem to confirm that the venue, meant to hold 700, was well over capacity, with perhaps as many as 1,500 people inside. The fans were killed in the crush as they tried to leave the packed venue while hundreds more were trying to force their way in.
2005 Soul singer Tyrone Davis dies of complications from a stroke in Chicago, Illinois, at age 66. Known for his #1 R&B hits, "Can I Change My Mind" (1968), "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" (1970), and "Turning Point" (1975).
2001 After being booted from the "reunion" lineup of the Eagles, guitarist Don Felder files a lawsuit against the group.
1997 Soundgarden play the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, their last show until 2010.
1997 Brian Connolly (lead singer of Sweet) dies at age 51 of renal and liver failure after multiple heart attacks.
1991 Gospel singer Reverend James Cleveland dies at age 59.
1979 UB40 play their first live show, sharing the bill with another local group called the Au Pairs at The Hare & Hounds Pub in Birmingham. In 2011, a plaque went up outside the pub to mark the performance.
1974 "Love's Theme," a groovy instrumental composed by Barry White for his Love Unlimited Orchestra, hits #1 in the US.
1973 Max Yasgur, who owned the farm in upstate New York where the 1969 Woodstock festival was held, dies of a heart attack at age 53.
1970 Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is certified Gold.
1966 Liza Minnelli brings her nightclub act to New York City with a show at the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel.
Midnight Oil Release Blue Sky Mining
1990Midnight Oil release the album Blue Sky Mining. The lead single, "Blue Sky Mine," is inspired by the Wittenoom industrial disaster in the band's native Australia. The song is a Top 10 hit on the ARIA singles chart and tops the rock charts in the US.
Near the end of the 19th century, asbestos became a staple for builders and manufacturers, who found the fibrous mineral was ideal for insulation as it was durable, inflammable, not to mention affordable. In the 1930s, Wittenoom started mining for blue asbestos and was the only supplier of the product in Western Australia. By the time it was discovered in the mid-1960s that asbestos was lethal - causing mesothelioma and a host of other deadly diseases - thousands of miners and townsfolk were exposed. "Blue Sky Mine" tells the story of an exploited worker who unwittingly risked his life for a company that doesn't care: And if the blue sky mining company won't come to my rescue If the sugar refining company won't save me Who's gonna save me? "Blue Sky Mine" is an international hit single that becomes a key track in The Oils' catalog. The album also takes Album of the Year at the 1991 ARIA awards.
Categories
©2024 Songfacts®, LLC
Comments
send your comment