TODAY IN HISTORY – MARCH 10TH
1947 - Born this day, Tom Scholz, musician, guitarist, singer, keyboards, Boston, 1977 UK No.23 single More Than A Feeling, 1986 US No.1 single Amanda.
1963 - Born this day, Jeff Ament, bass, Pearl Jam, 1992 UK No.15 single Jeremy, 1993 US No.1 album Vs.
1966 - Born this day, Edie Brickell, folksinger, Fairground Attraction, 1988 UK No.1 single Perfect, 1988 UK NO.7 single Find my love, 1989 UK No.31 single with the New Bohemians, What I Am, also a 1999 hit for Spice Girl Emma Bunton. Edie married Paul Simon in 1992.
1967 - Sonny & Cher guested on an episode of NBC-TV's Man From U.N.C.L.E..
1973 - Pink Floyds Dark Side Of The Moon was released in the US, it spent over 740 weeks on the chart, over a 14 year period.
1977 - On a trestle-table set up outside Buckingham Palace, London, at 7am in the morning, The Sex Pistols signed to A&M Records. The contract lasted for six days.
1979 - Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with I Will Survive. The song which was also a No.1 in the UK was originally a B-side.
1996 - Alanis Morissette won Best Album for Jagged Little Pill, Best Female singer, Best Rock Album, Best songwriter and best single at the 25th Juno Awards held in Hamilton, Canada.
2000 - Chrissie Hynde was arrested for leading an animal rights protest against the clothing firm Gap. The protest took place in a store in Manhattan.
2000 - The Daily Mail published pictures of Paul McCartney dancing with a cowgirl on the bar of a New York club. McCartney sang along to Whole Lotta Shakin' through a megaphone and mimicked a striptease in front of 100 onlookers.
2001 – “Drops of Jupiter” by San Francisco band, Train, enters the US Hot 100 and goes on to become a top 10 smash. The song would go on to receive 2 Grammy awards for “Best Rock Song” & “Best Arrangement”. Vocalist, Patrick Monahan wrote the song which was inspired by the death of his mother. The song reached #4 on the US Hot 100 and #5 in NZ. It topped the charts in Australia and Ireland.
2013 – The Eagles’ Glenn Frey plays Vector Arena (Auckland).
1947 - Born this day, Tom Scholz, musician, guitarist, singer, keyboards, Boston, 1977 UK No.23 single More Than A Feeling, 1986 US No.1 single Amanda.
1963 - Born this day, Jeff Ament, bass, Pearl Jam, 1992 UK No.15 single Jeremy, 1993 US No.1 album Vs.
1966 - Born this day, Edie Brickell, folksinger, Fairground Attraction, 1988 UK No.1 single Perfect, 1988 UK NO.7 single Find my love, 1989 UK No.31 single with the New Bohemians, What I Am, also a 1999 hit for Spice Girl Emma Bunton. Edie married Paul Simon in 1992.
1967 - Sonny & Cher guested on an episode of NBC-TV's Man From U.N.C.L.E..
1973 - Pink Floyds Dark Side Of The Moon was released in the US, it spent over 740 weeks on the chart, over a 14 year period.
1977 - On a trestle-table set up outside Buckingham Palace, London, at 7am in the morning, The Sex Pistols signed to A&M Records. The contract lasted for six days.
1979 - Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with I Will Survive. The song which was also a No.1 in the UK was originally a B-side.
1996 - Alanis Morissette won Best Album for Jagged Little Pill, Best Female singer, Best Rock Album, Best songwriter and best single at the 25th Juno Awards held in Hamilton, Canada.
2000 - Chrissie Hynde was arrested for leading an animal rights protest against the clothing firm Gap. The protest took place in a store in Manhattan.
2000 - The Daily Mail published pictures of Paul McCartney dancing with a cowgirl on the bar of a New York club. McCartney sang along to Whole Lotta Shakin' through a megaphone and mimicked a striptease in front of 100 onlookers.
2001 – “Drops of Jupiter” by San Francisco band, Train, enters the US Hot 100 and goes on to become a top 10 smash. The song would go on to receive 2 Grammy awards for “Best Rock Song” & “Best Arrangement”. Vocalist, Patrick Monahan wrote the song which was inspired by the death of his mother. The song reached #4 on the US Hot 100 and #5 in NZ. It topped the charts in Australia and Ireland.
2013 – The Eagles’ Glenn Frey plays Vector Arena (Auckland).