50 Music Anniversaries In 2009

Pivotal events that reach a milestone this year...

January 07, 2009 | Photo by Splash News / WENN / PR Photos

To kick-start the year, we at Gigwise are taking a look at some of the landmark music anniversaries that 2009 holds. Featuring Sid Vicious' death, the release of Miles Davis' opus 'Kind Of Blue, The Day The Music Died, John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In and much more, there are an abundance of pivotal dates on the list.

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50 Years Ago: Three of music's brightest stars Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson die in a plane crash near Clear Lake in Iowa on February 3, 1959. Richardson was 28, Holly was 22 and Valens was just 17. The tragedy has since been dubbed 'The Day The Music Died'.

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surely the 60th anniversary of the 45rpm 7" single should be in there?
~ by chockablock 1/7/2009 Report
My GOD - time flies huh?! Scary.
~ by Dani 1/7/2009 Report
King Crimson's debut album, a landmark in prog rock, should be here.
~ by Edward 1/8/2009 Report
There is no Amsterdam Hilton in Montreal. They stayed at the Queen E.
~ by John Montreal 1/11/2009 Report