Rock 'n' Roll History for
November 9


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1955 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
The Everly Brothers made their first studio recordings, cutting four tracks for Columbia Records in twenty-two minutes at Nashville's Old Tulane Hotel Studios. From those sessions, the single "Keep a-Lovin' Me" was released, but was a total flop, and the duo is soon dropped from the label.

1958 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog", b/w "Don't Be Cruel" became only the third record in history to sell over three million copies, joining "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby and Gene Autry's "Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer".

1959 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Billboard magazine says that this is "one of the most frantic weeks in the history of the music business," as the government probe into disc jockey payola steps up.

November 9
RCA executives offer a guarantee of $100,000 to Sam Cooke in an effort to lure him to their label when his Keen Records contract expires. After Cooke signed with RCA, he would go on to achieve nineteen more Billboard Top 40 hits to go along with the eight he had with Keen.

November 9
Johnny Mathis' LP "Heavenly" tops the Billboard album chart for the first of five straight weeks. It would stay on the list for 259 weeks and be certified Gold by December, 1962, and Platinum by November, 1986. Johnny's definitive rendition of the Erroll Garner classic, "Misty" was released as a single and rose to #12 on the Hot 100. It was enshrined in The Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2002.

1961 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Brian Epstein went to Liverpool's Cavern Club to see The Beatles perform for the first time. He had been getting requests at his NEMS music store for a record called "My Bonnie". After several more visits, Epstein would offer to manage the group, which he did until his death in 1967.

November 9
Elvis Presley had his 9th UK #1 single with the double-sided hit, "His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister". The record had reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Easy Listening chart the previous September.

1962 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Tamla Records releases The Miracles' "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" as the B-side of "Happy Landing". The song would reach #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Sides, and #8 on the Hot 100. It has since sold over a million copies, been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

1966 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
John Lennon first met Yoko Ono at a showing of her work at the Indica Art Gallery in London. She supposedly doesn't know who Lennon is. The two wouldn't get together until 1968.

1967 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
The first issue of the Rock 'n' Roll magazine Rolling Stone, which included a free roach clip with every subscription, is published in San Francisco. The cost of the issue was 25 cents. The cover featured a photo of John Lennon, dressed in army fatigues from his movie, How I Won The War.

November 9
In a move which is later described by both sides as being conflicting egos, Roger McGuinn expels David Crosby from The Byrds. Crosby is replaced by Gene Clark, an original member of the group returning after two years away.

1968 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
A US Army captain is quoted in Rolling Stone magazine as saying "Rock and Roll music contributes to both the usage of drugs and the high VD rate among enlisted men in the Army today."

November 9
Robert Plant marries his girlfriend, Maureen Wilson. The reception took place at a club called The Roundhouse, a London venue where Led Zeppelin played earlier that evening. The couple would have three children, Carmen, Karac, and Logan. They divorced in 1982, but remained on good terms.

1969 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Simon And Garfunkel record what would become their signature tune, "Bridge Over Troubled Water", with future member of Bread, Larry Knechtel on piano. Art wanted Paul to sing the song, but Paul insisted that Art's voice was better suited for it. It was a decision that Paul would later say he regretted. The single would win Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Contemporary Song and Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) in 1971.

1970 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Apple Records releases the Badfinger album, "No Dice". The LP would climb as high as #28 on the Billboard 200 and contained the hit single, "No Matter What", which rose to #8 in America. The album also contains the original version of "Without You", which Harry Nilsson would take to #1 in 1972.

1973 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
After years of struggling as a member of two New York area bands, The Hassels and Attila, and as a bar room piano player, Billy Joel releases what will ultimately be his breakthrough album, "Piano Man". The title song will be released as a single and become a Top Twenty-five hit early next year.

1974 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Randy Bachman, the former lead guitarist for The Guess Who, enjoyed a number one song with his new band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Randy stuttered through the lyrics of "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" on a demo recording as a private joke about his brother Gary, who had a speech impediment. The record company liked that take better than the non-stammering version and released it. The song not only gave the band their third US top thirty hit and a #2 in the UK, Gary Bachman stopped stuttering.

November 9
Carole King's sixth album, "Wrap Around Joy" rises to the top of the Billboard 200 chart for a one week stay. She would harvest two Hot 100 hits from the LP, "Jazzman" (#2) and "Nightingale" (#9).

1976 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Frank Zappa And The Mothers of Invention earn a Gold record for the 1973 album, "Over-Nite Sensation". It had risen to #32 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1974, despite receiving harsh reviews from Britain's New Musical Express, who said the LP was "not one of Frank's most outstanding efforts."

November 9
In the wake of the reformed Fleetwood Mac's success with their latest, self-titled album, one of the band's earlier LPs, "Mystery to Me" goes Gold.

1977 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Donna Summer is awarded a Gold record for her Billboard #6 hit, "I Feel Love". It topped the charts in the UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands.

1998 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Michael Jackson settled his libel suit against England's London Daily Mirror, following the paper's portrayal of the singer as "horribly disfigured" by extensive plastic surgery. Jackson's lawyer said in court that: "Representatives of The Mirror have since met directly with the plaintiff and have seen with their own eyes that the photographs which were published, albeit in good faith, do not accurately represent the plaintiff's appearance." He added that Jackson and The Mirror were "looking forward to a better relationship now this litigation has been amicably resolved.

1999 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
The Recording Industry Association of America announces their Artists Of The Century. The Beatles top the list for US sales of over 106 million albums. Garth Brooks was named most successful male artist (89 million albums sold) and Barbra Streisand the most successful female artist. (62 million albums sold). Elvis Presley had the most Gold and Platinum singles with 77, to go along with his 80 Gold and Platinum albums. Elton John's "Candle In The Wind" (Princess Diana version) is the best selling single of all time, and the Eagles "Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975" is the record holder for best selling album.

2000 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
The Beatles launched their official internet web site, www.thebeatles.com.

2008 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 with "Pata Pata", suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 76. Among her many notable achievements was becoming the first African woman to win a Grammy for Best Folk Recording in 1966 with Harry Belafonte for "An Evening With Belafonte / Makeba".

2010 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty was reported to be in grave condition after being admitted to hospital in Bournemouth, England and put on a life-support machine while being treated for multi-organ failure. He would rally for a time and it seemed that he might survive and recover, but died on January 4th 2011 of liver failure.

November 9
Marie Osmond appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and said that her son's suicide was "probably the hardest thing" she's ever been through. Osmond's son, 18-year-old Michael Bryan, jumped from the eighth floor of a Los Angeles apartment building last February. Marie and her brother Donny took a short break from their Las Vegas show before returning with a tribute to Bryan in March.

2012 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Major Harris, who reached #5 on the Billboard Pop chart in 1975 with "Love Won't Let Me Wait", died from congestive heart and lung failure at the age of 65. After his big hit record, he released nine more singles, but none ever came close to his earlier success.

2015 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Andy White, the Scottish studio musician who producer George Martin hired to play drums on The Beatles' "Love Me Do" and its B-side, "P.S. I Love You", died following a stroke at the age of 85.

2016 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Al Caiola, the guitarist who recorded the theme songs for Bonanza (#19) and The Magnificent Seven (#35) in 1961, passed away at the age of 96. He also played on Paul Anka's "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", Neil Sedaka's "Calendar Girl", Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" and "Splish-Splash", Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson", Johnny Mathis' "Chances Are", Del Shannon's "Runaway" and Ben E. King's "Stand by Me".

2018 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
According to figures published by the Recording Industry Association of America, the value of total album sales in the US in the first half of 2018 dropped by 25.8 percent when compared with the first half of 2017. Revenue generated by CDs were cut nearly in half, down 41.5%, to $246 million.

2022 - ClassicBands.com

November 9
Garry Roberts, guitarist for The Boomtown Rats, passed away at the age of 72. The band topped the UK charts in 1978 with "Rat Trap" and again in 1979 with "I Don't Like Mondays".



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