This Day in Music History: March 9

March 9, 2017

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: March 9.

 

1964: The Beatles filmed the last day of the train scenes for their movie A Hard Day's Night. During their filming aboard a moving train that took 6 days, the band members traveled a total of 2,500 miles on the rails.

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1966: The Beach Boys began recording 'God Only Knows'. It became a UK No.2 single in 1966 and the B-side of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' in the US.

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1968: Bob Dylan started a ten week run at the top of the UK chart with John Wesley Harding. The album marked his return to acoustic music after three albums of electric rock music and was very well received by critics. The album also reached the No.2 spot on the US charts. The commercial performance was considered remarkable, considering that Bob Dylan had made Columbia Records release the album without great publicity.

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1970: Having just changed their name from Earth to Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward made their debut at The Roundhouse, London.

 

1974: Alvin Stardust topped the UK singles chart with 'Jealous Mind'. Known as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, it was the singer's only single that reached the top of the UK chart.

 

1981: Robert Plant played a secret gig with his new band The Honey Drippers, at Keele University, England.

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1985: Dead Or Alive topped the UK singles chart with 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)'. It was the first No.1 for the production team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman. They went on and over the years produced more than 100 UK Top 40 hits.

 

1985: Mick Jagger released 'Just Another Night', his solo single. It reached the No.12 spot in the US and No.32 on the UK charts.

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1985: REO Speedwagon started a three week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Can't Fight This Feeling'. it also reached the No.16 spot in the UK.

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1996: Take That scored their eighth and last UK No.1 single (until the band re-formed in 2006) with their version of The Bee Gees 1977 song 'How Deep Is Your Love'. The song was originally intended for US singer Yvonne Elliman, and was used as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever.

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1997: Notorious BIG was gunned down and killed at the age of 24, as he was leaving a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Rapper Christopher Wallace (his real name), was pronounced dead on arrival at Cedars Sinai Hospital.

 

 

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