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On July 9th in Rock and Roll history: in 1962 Bob Dylan recorded “Blowin’ in the Wind” in New York City at Columbia Studios; >>>> in 1971 Jim Morrison is buried in Paris’ Pere Lachaise Cemetery, his family having disowned him. The often-vandalized grave becomes a shrine for fans; >>>> in 1972 Paul McCartney’s Wings makes its concert debut in Chateauvillon, France. It is McCartney’s first live performance since the breakup of the Beatles; >>>> in 1977 with rock stardom beckoning, a young Declan McManus, aka Elvis Costello, quits his job as a computer programmer; >>>> in 1983 The Police reached number on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first and only time with “Every Breath You Take” which spent eight weeks on top; >>>> in 1988 Cheap Trick went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for the first and only time with “The Flame” which spent two weeks on top; >>>> in 1990 Billy Idol joined Tom Jones onstage at the Los Angeles nightclub Spice singing “Great Balls of Fire”, “Babaloo” & “To Be a Lover”; >>>> in 1991 Judas Priest, Alice Cooper & Motorhead kicked off their Operation Rock ‘n Roll Tour at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. This would be Rob Halford’s last tour with Judas Priest before he re-joined the band in 2003; >>>> in 1995 The Grateful Dead performed their final concert with Jerry Garcia at Chicago’s Soldier Field; >>>> in 1996 Deep Purple performed “Smoke on the Water” in Montreux for the first time. “Smoke on the Water” was written after the band survived a nightclub fire in Montreux; >>>> in 2004 Country Music Television premiered an episode of CMT Crossroads which featured Heart and Wynonna Judd; >>>> and in 2010 Sir Paul McCartney Joins Ringo onstage to celebrate the drum legend’s 70th Birthday which occurred two days earlier on July 7th. The Rock and Roll celebrity birthday persons for July 9th are Bon Scott (Ronald Belford) –lead singer for AC/DC born in 1946 and Debbie Sledge of Sister Sledge was born in 1954.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:41:45 +0000

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