Video: 'Grateful Dead Final Concert 7-9-1995'

(Sunday, July 9, 1995, evening) — Jerry Garcia performed for the final time as frontman of the Grateful Dead during a concert tonight at Chicago’s Soldier Field; Garcia died a month later of a heart attack at age 53 (click here to watch video of the second set).

Video: 'Sonny & Cher - I got you babe (HQ)'

(Friday, July 9, 1965) — The single “I Got You Babe” by Sonny & Cher was released today by ATCO Records.

(Saturday, July 9, 1955) — “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets, widely considered to be the record that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture around the world, was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for eight consecutive weeks (July 9/16/23/30, Aug. 6/13/20/27, 1955).

The song is ranked No. 158 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”