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April, 9

  • 1999 “Faith Hill’s This Kiss Tour,” the country singer’s first solo outing, kicks off at Minneapolis’ Orpheum Theatre.
  • 1998 Pop star George Michael is arrested for investigation of engaging in misdemeanor lewd conduct. The arrest is made at Will Rogers Park in Beverly Hills, Calif., after an undercover officer allegedly observes Michael performing a lewd act in a park restroom.
  • 1998 A public memorial service for Tammy Wynette is held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
  • 1998 A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awards pop star Michael Jackson $2.7 million in damages in his defamation-of-character suit against Victor Gutierrez. On the TV program Hard Copy, Gutierrez claimed to have seen a video of Jackson having sex with a boy.
  • 1997 Country singer Mae Axton dies. Axton was co-writer of Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel.”
  • 1993 Nirvana, L7, The Breeders, and Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy play a concert at San Francisco’s Cow palace to raise awareness and assistance for rape survivors in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
  • 1988 Dave Prater of Sam & Dave dies in a car accident. The group’s biggest hit is the 1967 No. 2 song “Soul Man.”
  • 1985 The British group Frankie Goes to Hollywood opens a European tour in Copenhagen, Denmark. It spends the rest of the year in tax exile from the United Kingdom.
  • 1976 Folk star Phil Ochs commits suicide. He is 35.
  • 1973 Rock group Queen has its debut performance at the Marquee Theater in London. The group’s biggest hits are “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “Another One Bites the Dust” and “We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You.”
  • 1969 King Crimson has its debut performance at the Speakeasy in London.
  • 1954 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Wanted,” Perry Como.
  • 1942 Carl Perkins is born near Tiptonville, Tenn. His biggest hit is “Blue Suede Shoes,” which reaches No. 2 in 1956 and wins a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1986. The Beatles record his songs “Matchbox,” “Honey Don’t” and “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby.” He is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.