ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

Here are some birthdays and other events of interest in the music world.
Some are more related to music than others...

MARCH 1

Chopin (1809)
Harry Belafonte (1927)
Roger Daltry (1944)
Jim Morrison allegedly "exposes organs" in southern Florida concert (1969)
Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith are married (1980)

MARCH 2

Kurt Weill (1900)
George Benson (1943)
Lou Reed (1944)
Rory Gallagher (1949)
Jim Morrison is arrested and charged for the incident on March 1 (1969)

MARCH 3

Buffalo Springfield forms (1966)

MARCH 4

Chris Squire (Yes) (1948)
Bobby Womack (1948)
Chris Rea (1951)
Richard Manuel (The Band) commits suicide (1986)

MARCH 5

Andy Gibb (1958)
John Belushi dies from a drug overdose (1982)
Elvis Presley is honorably discharged from the Army (1960)

MARCH 6

Furry Lewis (1893)
Mary Wilson (Supremes) (1944)
Randy Meisner (1945)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) (1947)
Charles Manson releases his album "Lies" to finance his defense (1970)

MARCH 7

King Curtis (1934)
Peter Wolf (J Geils Band) (1946)

MARCH 8

Mississippi John Hurt (1892)
Keith Jarrett (1945)
Mickey Dolenz (Monkees) (1945)
Gary Numan (1958)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan of the Grateful Dead dies (1973)
Paul McCartney is fined $100 for growing cannabis on his Scottish farm (1973)

MARCH 9

Ornette Coleman (1930)
Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & The Raiders) (1944)
Robin Trower (1945)

MARCH 10

Dean Torrance (Jan and Dean) (1940)
Tom Scholz (Boston) (1947)
James Taylor (1948)

MARCH 11

Harvey Mandel (1945)
Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge) (1947)
The first Van Halen album is released (1978)

MARCH 12

Al Jarreau (1940)
Paul Kantner (Jeferson Airplane, Starship) (1942)
Liza Minnelli (1946)
Charlie "Bird" Parker dies from drug-related conditions (1955)
Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman wed (1969)

MARCH 13

Neil Sedaka (1939)
Adam Clayton (U2) (1960)

MARCH 14

Quincy Jones (1933)
The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" album becomes their 14th gold LP (1969)

MARCH 15

Lightning Hopkins (1912)
Harry James (1916)
Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead) (1940)
Mike Love (Beach Boys) (1941)
Sly Stone (1944)
Ry Cooder (1947)
Terence Trent D'Arby (1962)

MARCH 16

Jerry Jeff Walker (1942)
Nancy Wilson (Heart) (1954)
"Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles is released (1964)

MARCH 17

Nat "King" Cole (1919)
John Sebastian (1944)
Rickie Lee Jones releases her first LP (1979)

MARCH 18

Wilson Pickett (1941)
The Rolling Stones are busted in Essex, England for public urination (1965)
Teddy Pendergrass crashes his Rolls Royce into a tree and loses the use of his legs (1982)

MARCH 19

Terry Hall (Specials) (1959)

MARCH 20

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873)
Carl Palmer (ELP, Asia) (1947)
John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia) (1951)
John Lennon and Yoko Ono wed (1969)
David and Angela Bowie wed (1970)

MARCH 21

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
Sun House (1902)
Eddie Money (1949)
Peter Banks (Genesis) (1950)
Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) (1950)
The Beatles debut at the Cavern Club (1961)
John and Yoko begin their honeymoon for peace with a week in bed at the Amsterdam Hilton (1969)
Ruben "Hurricane" Carter is released from jail for retrial, due to the efforts of Bob Dylan and others (1976)

MARCH 22

Chico Marx (1887)
Keith Relf (Yardbirds) (1943)

MARCH 23

John Lennon publishes his first book "In His Own Write" (1964)

MARCH 24

Lee Oskar (1948)
Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army (1958)
Lou Reed is onstage in Buffalo, N. Y. when he is attacked by a fan who screams "Leather" and bites Lou on the rear end (1973)

MARCH 25

Johnny Burnette (1934)
Aretha Franklin (1942)
Elton John (1947)
Nick Lowe (1949)

MARCH 26

Diana Ross (1944)
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) (1948)

MARCH 27

Sarah Vaughn (1924)

MARCH 28

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup dies from a heart attack (1956)
Eric Clapton's tour with Muddy Waters starts in Tuscon (1979)
David Crosby is arrested for possessing cocaine, quayludes, and a .45 pistol (1982)

MARCH 29

Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros) (1959)
John Popper (Blues Traveler) (1967)
Pearl Bailey (1918)
Vangelis (1943)
Michael Brecker (1949)

MARCH 30

Sonny Boy Williamson (1914)
Graeme Edge (Moody Blues) (1944)
Eric Clapton (1945)
Simon and Garfunkel make their first New York appearance at Gerdie's Folk City (1964)

MARCH 31

Herb Alpert (1935)
Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage for the first time in London (1967)

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