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February 9

1914   Ernest Tubb Born in Crisp Texas.
1941   Carole King (Carole Klein), songwriter and performer born in Brooklyn.

Bruce Bennett, Member Of The Shadows born in London.

1942   Mark Mathis, who with Dean Mathis were Dean and Mark ("Tell Him No"), born in Hahira, GA.
1945   Mia Farrow, Beatles sojourner in India, Frank Sinatra's brief companion in marriage and future Woody Allen housemate, born.
1947   Soul singer and one time member of the Charmers, the Jarmels (early '60s) and the Delfonics(1971-74), Major Harris, born in Richmond, Virginia.

Country Rocker Joe Ely born in Amarillo, Texas.

1964   Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan. Also on the show fellow Brit and future Monkee Davy Jones singing a song from "Oliver". To date it is the largest audience ever to view a TV show and newspapers across the nation report a subsequent drop in juvenile crime.

William 'Holly" Johnson, originally with Frankie Goes to Hollywood, born.

1967   Graeme Naysmith of the Pale Saints born.
1973 Reggae goes global when charismatic Jimmy Cliff premiers in in the film, The Harder They Come.
1979   ABC-TV broadcasts "The Heroes Of Rock 'N' Roll".
1981   Bill Haley dies in Harlingen, Texas at age 56.

A secret concert at Heaven by New Order is their first in London, is unannounced, and the 1000 tickets sell out in minutes.

1995   After a London show, L-7s guitar roadie, "Umbar", dies of a heart attack and the band cancels the rest of their tour.

After a three year hiatus, Simple Minds begin a world wide tour in Seattle, Washington.