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What happened in history on this day: April 9?
On April 9 in ...
- 1894 - First performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz.
- 1970 - Paul McCartney announces official split of The Beatles.
Births on April 9
- 1598 - Birth of Johannes Crüger in Gross-Breesen; composer (Jesu, meine Freude, Nun danket alle Gott, and Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen) and music theorist (Synopsis musica (1630)), cantor at the Nikolai church in Berlin.
- 1895 - Birth of Mance Lipscomb in Navasota, Texas, USA; blues musician (Texas Sharecropper).
- 1898 - Birth of Paul Robeson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Old Man River"), actor, football player.
- 1906 - Birth of Antal Dorati in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29).
- 1916 - Birth of Julian Dash in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; composer/saxophonist ("Tuxedo Junction").
- 1920 - Birth of Art Van Damme in Norway, Michigan, USA; jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz).
- 1928 - Birth of Tom Lehrer; parody/folk singer ("That Was The Week That Was").
- 1932 - Birth of Carl Perkins in Jackson, Tennessee, USA; singer/songwriter ("Blue Suede Shoes" (1956)).
- 1943 - Birth of Terry Knight; rock vocalist (Gloria, Terry Knight and the Pack).
- 1944 - Birth of Gene Parsons in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock drummer (The Byrds, Gene Clark Group).
- 1946 - Birth of Les Gray; vocalist (Mud - "The Cat Crept In").
- 1946 - Birth of Philip Wright; rocker (Paper Lace).
- 1948 - Birth of Chico Ryan in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA; rock vocalist (Sha Na Na).
- 1949 - Birth of Steve Gadd; jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz).
- 1953 - Birth of Hal Ketchum in Greenwich, New York, USA; country singer ("Small Town Saturday Night").
- 1959 - Birth of Dave Innis in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA; country singer (Restless Heart - "Wheels").
- 1961 - Birth of Mark Kelly in Dublin, Ireland; rock keyboardist (Marillion - "Real to Reel").
- 1969 - Birth of Kevin Martin; singer (Candlebox).
- 1978 - Birth of Rachel Stevens; English singer (S Club 7).
- 1980 - Birth of Albert Hammond Junior; guitarist (The Strokes).
Deaths on April 9
- 1976 - Death of Phil Ochs at age 35 by suicide; singer/songwriter ("Draft Dodger Rag", "Joe Hill").
- 1982 - Wilfrid Pelletier, symphony conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at age 85.
- 1987 - Birth of Jesse McCartney; singer, actor (Summerland, All My Children).
- 1988 - Death of Brook Benton at age 56 of meningitis; singer ("Fools Rush In," "The Boll Weevil Song", "Just a Matter of Time").
- 1988 - Death of Dave Prater at age 50 in a car accident in Georgia, USA; singer (Sam and Dave - "Soul Man").
- 2004 - Death of Harry Babbitt at age 90; band singer (Kay Kyser Band, Kollege of Musical Knowledge radio show) and TV host (Bandstand Review, Hollywood Opportunity).
- 2022 - Death of Chris Bailey at age 65; Australian singer (Saints).
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