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Rock 'n' Roll Almanac for Monday, February 9, 2026

84 years ago 1942Singer/songwriter Carole King is born.
68 years ago 1958Last month's report of the American Research Bureau cites Dick Clark's American Bandstand as the top-ranked daytime television program, drawing an average of 8,400,000 viewers per day.
63 years ago 1963Ruby and the Romantics' Our Day Will Come enters the pop chart. It hits #1 on both the pop and R&B charts next month, making it the group's biggest hit.
62 years ago 1964The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show drawing the largest ever U.S. television audience. It's estimated that 73 million people tuned in to watch the band perform five songs including, I Want To Hold Your Hand. Also performing on the show is future Monkee Davy Jones as part of the cast of Oliver.
56 years ago 1970Simon & Garfunkel's album Bridge Over Troubled Water and Sly and the Family Stone's single Thank You both go gold.
55 years ago 1971The San Fernando Valley rocked and rolled as the Sylmar earthquake registered a 6.4 on the Richter scale.
54 years ago 1972Paul McCartney's new group, Wings, makes a surprise appearance at England's Nottingham University. The group will continue to go mobile, traveling around England in a bus and playing unannounced in clubs and halls.
51 years ago 1975Cher's TV show premiers with guests Elton John and Bette Midler.
45 years ago 1981Bill Haley dies of natural causes in Harlingen, Texas. He was one of the first white performers to play R&B and began working the roots of rock & roll in the early Fifties. In 1954, he and the Comets released his most famous song, Rock Around the Clock, which did not do well commercially. Bill Haley was 56 years old.
33 years ago 1993Mick Jagger releases a solo album called Wandering Spirit.
33 years ago 1993Paul McCartney releases a solo album, Off The Ground.
33 years ago 1993Annie Lennox and her husband Uri Fruchtman become parents to daughter Tali.
29 years ago 1997The Simpsons becomes the longest-running prime-time animated series, beating the record previously held by, The Flintstones. Over the years The Simpsons featured such guest stars as Aerosmith, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Peter Frampton.
26 years ago 2000The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 singer Bono, opens the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival). The movie stars Mel Gibson and Milla Jovavich.
8 years ago 2018Craig MacGregor, who joined Foghat as a bassist in 1975, dies at the age of 68. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015.

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