This Day in Music History: July 9
July 9, 2017We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: July 9.
1954: Elvis Presley recorded ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky' at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, which is the B-side for his first single. He had recorded the A-side ‘That’s Alright’ four days before.
1958: Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records. Cash remained with them for the next 30 years and released more than 60 albums.
1962: Bob Dylan recorded the song 'Blowin' In the Wind' at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. He originally wrote and performed a two-verse version of the song, as in its first public performance, at Gerde's Folk City on April 16th, 1962. Shortly after this, he added the middle verse.
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1969: The Beatles were working at Abbey Road studios in London, recording ‘Maxwell's Silver Hammer.’ John Lennon returned to the studio after he completed recovery from a car crash in Scotland. A bed was installed in the Abbey Road studio for Yoko, who was pregnant at the time, and who had also suffered injuries from this car accident.
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1972: Paul McCartney and Wings played their very first show in Chateauvillon, a small town in France. The band members included Henry McCullough, Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell and Linda McCartney, Paul's wife. It was the first time that McCartney was on the road since The Beatles stopped touring in 1966. Wings traveled on a double Decker London bus with a psychedelic interior.
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1977: Elvis Costello decided to quit his day job at Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics, in order to become a full time musician.
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1983: The Police started an eight week run at the top of the US singles chart with the song 'Every Breath You Take', which also topped the UK chart. The song features Taken in their album Synchronicity. Sting won Song of the Year and The Police won Best Pop Performance for this song at the 1984 Grammy Awards.
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1983: Wham! topped the UK album chart with 'Fantastic!', the band's debut release, which spent a total of 116 weeks on the chart.
1988: Cheap Trick topped the US singles chart with the song The Flame, the band's only US No.1 hit.
1988: Glenn Medeiros topped the UK singles chart with the song 'Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You'. Medeiros was 18 years old at the time, which made him one of the youngest males that topped the charts.
2006: Muse started a two week run at the top of the UK album chart with 'Black Holes & Revelations', their fifth album release and second chart topper.
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