Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 9
1963: The Rolling Stones signed a contract with manager Andrew Loog Oldham's company Impact, agreeing to license their records in the U.K. to Decca Records.
1965: During a UK tour Bob Dylan played the first of two sold out nights at London's Royal Albert Hall. All four members of The Beatles were in the audience.
1966: The Doors played at the Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, California auditioning for the position of the venue's house band.
1967: This week's two highest new entries on the UK singles chartwere, Jimi Hendrix with 'The Wind Cries Mary' and The Kinks 'Waterloo Sunset'.
1969:Beatles guitarist George Harrison's experimental album Electronic Sounds was released on Zapple records.
1970: Guess Who started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'American Woman', it was the group's sixth Top 30 hit and only chart topper. The song was born by accident when guitarist Randy Bachman was playing a heavy riff on stage after he had broken a string, the other members joined in on the jam. A fan in the audience who had recorded the gig on tape presented it to the group after the show and they developed it into a full song.
1974: Bruce Springsteen’s performance at Boston’s Harvard Square Theatre prompts Jon Landau to say: ‘I have seen the future of rock and roll and his name is Bruce Springsteen.’
1975: KISS, The James Gang and Rush all appeared at Ohio Northern University in Ada Ohio. Advance tickets cost $5.00.
1981: Adam and the Ants were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stand And Deliver.' The song enjoyed a five-week run at No.1.
1982: Bob Dylan finishes recording Infidels.
1987: Europe was ranked at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, with their studio album: The Final Countdown.
1992: Bruce Springsteen made his North American network television debut on Saturday Night Live with host Tom Hanks.
Def Leppard had their hit single, Let’s Get Rocked, ranked at #15. This song is featured on Def Leppard’s fifth studio album: Adrenalize.
1998: Jimmy Page appeared on US TV's 'Saturday Night Live' with rapper Sean 'Puffy' Combs and performed 'Come With Me' from the 'Godzilla' movie soundtrack. The song sampled the guitar riff from Led Zeppelin's song 'Kashmir'.
2004: The No. 1 album is Guns N’ Roses’ Greatest Hits. Ho-wop star Eamon stays on top of the UK singles chart with his hit “F**k It (I Don’t Want You Back).”
2013: David Bowie's latest video, which starred Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard, was temporarily pulled from YouTube over its graphic content. "The Next Day" featured heavy religious imagery, including Cotillard bleeding from stigmata marks. The video sees Bowie performing in a basement bar, surrounded by religious figures, while Oldman, dressed as a priest, punches a beggar before dancing with a prostitute, played by Oscar-winner Cotillard. YouTube admitted making the "wrong call" in removing the video, and reinstated it with an adult content warning.
Born on this day
1949: American singer-songwriter Billy Joel who had the 1980 US No.1 single 'It's Still Rock And Roll To Me', the 1983 UK No.1 single 'Uptown Girl', plus over 20 other US & UK Top 40 singles and 4 US No.1 albums.
1950 :Tom Petersson, bass, vocals, Cheap Trick, (1979 UK No.29 & US No.17 single ‘I Want You To Want Me’,
1962:Dave Gahan, vocals, Depeche Mode, (1984 UK No.4 single 'People Are People',
1965 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (Curiosity Killed the Cat)
1971:Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan, bass, Oasis, first single 'Supersonic', 1994 UK No.31, 1996 UK No.1 single 'Don't Look Back In Anger'. Their 1994 UK No.1 album Definitely Maybe became the fastest selling UK debut album ever. Quit Oasis in Aug 1999.
1975: Ryan 'Nik' Vikedal, drums, Nickelback, (2002 US No.1 & UK No. 4 single 'How To Remind You', 2001 US No.2 & 2002 UK No.2 album 'Silver Side Up'). Left the band in 2005. p 40 singles). Solo.
