TODAY IN HISTORY – MARCH 16TH
1954 - Born this day, Nancy Wilson, musician, guitarist, singer, Heart, 1991 hit single “All I wanna do is make love to you”
1954 - Born this day, Jimmy Nail, actor, singer, 1992 No.1 single Ain't No Doubt and starred in tv show, Auf Weidesen Pet.
1955 - The Ballad of Davy Crockett, by Bill Hayes, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts. Everyone seemed to be singing the song that saluted the frontier hero who was "Born on a mountain top in Tennessee..." Coonskin caps were seen everywhere as the Crockett craze spread like a frontier fire.
1963 - Peter, Paul and Mary released the single, Puff The Magic Dragon. Through the years, controversy continually surrounded the song. It was banned by several radio stations whose management figured that the song was about the elicit joys of smoking marijuana. The group denied this startling assumption. "It's about a magic dragon named Puff," they said
1968 - The posthumously released single by Otis Redding, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, jumped into the No.1 slot on Billboard's pop record charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10 Decenber 1967 three days after recording the song.
1970 - Motown singer Tammi Terrell died of a brain tumour at the age of 24. She had collapsed onstage on October 14, 1967 into Marvin Gaye's arms during a concert in Hampton, Virginia. Initially Terrell recorded solo, but from 1967 onwards she recorded a series of duets with Marvin Gaye, including the 1967 US No.5 'Your Precious Love' and the 1968, ‘Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing’. Marvin Gaye reacted to her death by taking a four year hiatus from concert performance and went into self-isolation.’
1971 - Winners at this years Grammy Awards included, Simon & Garfunkel who won Record of the year, Song of the year and Album of the year for Bridge Over Troubled Water.
1977 - Paper Lace were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the anti-war pop song 'Billy Don't Be A Hero,' the group's only No.1. Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods scored a US No.1 with their version of the song.
1977 - After being with the label for just six days The Sex Pistols were fired from A&M due to pressure from other label artists and its Los Angeles head office. 25,000 copies of 'God Save The Queen' were pressed and the band made £75,000 ($127,500) from the deal.
1985 - People magazine listed the top 57, money-making, show-biz stars. At the pinnacle was Paul McCartney, former Beatle and leader of the group Wings, whose music empire was said to be worth $500 million.
1989 - MTV launched a contest to give away Jon Bon Jovi's childhood home.
1991 - Seven members of Country singer Reba McEntire's band and her road manager were among 10 people who were killed when their private jet crashed in California just north of the Mexican border. McEntire, who had given a private concert in San Diego for IBM employees the night before, was not on the plane.
2005 - Billy Joel checked into a rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse. A statement from the 55-year-old singer's spokesperson put his latest problems down to "a recent bout of severe gastrointestinal distress."
2010 – Details revealed that the estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $US200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over 7 years including an album of never before released Jackson recordings due to come out in November of this year.
1954 - Born this day, Nancy Wilson, musician, guitarist, singer, Heart, 1991 hit single “All I wanna do is make love to you”
1954 - Born this day, Jimmy Nail, actor, singer, 1992 No.1 single Ain't No Doubt and starred in tv show, Auf Weidesen Pet.
1955 - The Ballad of Davy Crockett, by Bill Hayes, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts. Everyone seemed to be singing the song that saluted the frontier hero who was "Born on a mountain top in Tennessee..." Coonskin caps were seen everywhere as the Crockett craze spread like a frontier fire.
1963 - Peter, Paul and Mary released the single, Puff The Magic Dragon. Through the years, controversy continually surrounded the song. It was banned by several radio stations whose management figured that the song was about the elicit joys of smoking marijuana. The group denied this startling assumption. "It's about a magic dragon named Puff," they said
1968 - The posthumously released single by Otis Redding, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, jumped into the No.1 slot on Billboard's pop record charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10 Decenber 1967 three days after recording the song.
1970 - Motown singer Tammi Terrell died of a brain tumour at the age of 24. She had collapsed onstage on October 14, 1967 into Marvin Gaye's arms during a concert in Hampton, Virginia. Initially Terrell recorded solo, but from 1967 onwards she recorded a series of duets with Marvin Gaye, including the 1967 US No.5 'Your Precious Love' and the 1968, ‘Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing’. Marvin Gaye reacted to her death by taking a four year hiatus from concert performance and went into self-isolation.’
1971 - Winners at this years Grammy Awards included, Simon & Garfunkel who won Record of the year, Song of the year and Album of the year for Bridge Over Troubled Water.
1977 - Paper Lace were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the anti-war pop song 'Billy Don't Be A Hero,' the group's only No.1. Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods scored a US No.1 with their version of the song.
1977 - After being with the label for just six days The Sex Pistols were fired from A&M due to pressure from other label artists and its Los Angeles head office. 25,000 copies of 'God Save The Queen' were pressed and the band made £75,000 ($127,500) from the deal.
1985 - People magazine listed the top 57, money-making, show-biz stars. At the pinnacle was Paul McCartney, former Beatle and leader of the group Wings, whose music empire was said to be worth $500 million.
1989 - MTV launched a contest to give away Jon Bon Jovi's childhood home.
1991 - Seven members of Country singer Reba McEntire's band and her road manager were among 10 people who were killed when their private jet crashed in California just north of the Mexican border. McEntire, who had given a private concert in San Diego for IBM employees the night before, was not on the plane.
2005 - Billy Joel checked into a rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse. A statement from the 55-year-old singer's spokesperson put his latest problems down to "a recent bout of severe gastrointestinal distress."
2010 – Details revealed that the estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $US200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over 7 years including an album of never before released Jackson recordings due to come out in November of this year.