This Day in Music History – January 9th

1941 – Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded “Until Tomorrow (Goodnight My Love).”

1962 – Sam Cooke’s “Twistin’ the Night Away” was released.

1973 – Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa because of a 1969 drug bust. The event halted the Rolling Stones’ plan to tour the Orient.

1976 – Graham Parker of Graham Parker & the Rumour signed his first recording contract.

1979 – A benefit concert called A Gift of Song was held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The performers were Olivia Newton-John, Rita Coolidge, the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Abba and Earth, Wind & Fire.

1981 – Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall of the Specials were fined in London for inciting violence at a concert the previous fall.

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