TODAY IN HISTORY – MARCH 19TH
1946 - Born this day, Ruth Pointer, the Pointer Sisters, 1981 US No.2 single Slow Hand, 1984 UK No.2 single Automatic.
1952 - Born this day, Derek Longmuir, Bay City Rollers, 1975 UK No.1 single Bye Bye Baby plus 11 other UK top 20 singles, 1976 US No.1 single Saturday Night.
1953 - Born this day, Ricky Wilson, The B-52's, 1990 UK No.2 and US No.3 single Love Shack. Died 12 October 1985.
1955 - Born this day, Bruce Willis, actor, (Moonlighting - with Cybil Shephard, Die Hard), singer, 1987 UK No.2 single Under The Boardwalk.
1957 - Elvis Presley purchased the stately mansion 'Graceland' in Whitehaven, Memphis. He paid $102,500 for the property, which had previously been used by the Graceland Christian Church.
1965 - The Tailor And Cutter Magazine ran an article asking The Rolling Stones to wear ties to save tie-makers from financial disaster.
1976 - Died this day, Gary Thain, bass player with Uriah Heep, of a drug overdose aged 28.
1976 - Died this day, Paul Kossoff, guitarist, ex of Free and Back Street Crawler, of heart failure on a flight from Los Angeles to New York, after a long history of drug abuse. 1970 UK No.2 single All Right Now, 1971 UK No.4 single My Brother Jake, 1973 UK No.7 single Wishing Well.
1981 - The J. Geils Band were at No.1 on the US singles chart with Centrefold, Roxy Music had the UK No.1 with Jealous Guy.
1982 - Died this day, Randy Rhoads of The Ozzy Osborne Band, hairdresser Rachel Youngblood and pilot Andrew Aycock were all killed, near Orlando, Florida, whilst buzzing the bands tour bus in a light aircraft, when it clipped the bus and crashed.
1996 - The second Beatles 'Anthology' series was released. Featuring Real Love, a track the remaining members of the Beatles recorded using an old demo track of John Lennon's voice.
2001 - Geri Halliwell's London home was broken into. The intruder left obscene notes on the walls, stole the singer's computer, Hi Fi, had thrown milk and ribena on the walls and stole a necklace that used to belong to Liz Taylor.
2011 – OJ & Kirsty (as “Big Picnic”) play their first gig in a woolshed. It is for the Tekapo Ski Club and the woolshed in question was at the homestead at Lake Tekapo.
2013 – Santana and Steve Miller Band play Vector Arena (Auckland)
1946 - Born this day, Ruth Pointer, the Pointer Sisters, 1981 US No.2 single Slow Hand, 1984 UK No.2 single Automatic.
1952 - Born this day, Derek Longmuir, Bay City Rollers, 1975 UK No.1 single Bye Bye Baby plus 11 other UK top 20 singles, 1976 US No.1 single Saturday Night.
1953 - Born this day, Ricky Wilson, The B-52's, 1990 UK No.2 and US No.3 single Love Shack. Died 12 October 1985.
1955 - Born this day, Bruce Willis, actor, (Moonlighting - with Cybil Shephard, Die Hard), singer, 1987 UK No.2 single Under The Boardwalk.
1957 - Elvis Presley purchased the stately mansion 'Graceland' in Whitehaven, Memphis. He paid $102,500 for the property, which had previously been used by the Graceland Christian Church.
1965 - The Tailor And Cutter Magazine ran an article asking The Rolling Stones to wear ties to save tie-makers from financial disaster.
1976 - Died this day, Gary Thain, bass player with Uriah Heep, of a drug overdose aged 28.
1976 - Died this day, Paul Kossoff, guitarist, ex of Free and Back Street Crawler, of heart failure on a flight from Los Angeles to New York, after a long history of drug abuse. 1970 UK No.2 single All Right Now, 1971 UK No.4 single My Brother Jake, 1973 UK No.7 single Wishing Well.
1981 - The J. Geils Band were at No.1 on the US singles chart with Centrefold, Roxy Music had the UK No.1 with Jealous Guy.
1982 - Died this day, Randy Rhoads of The Ozzy Osborne Band, hairdresser Rachel Youngblood and pilot Andrew Aycock were all killed, near Orlando, Florida, whilst buzzing the bands tour bus in a light aircraft, when it clipped the bus and crashed.
1996 - The second Beatles 'Anthology' series was released. Featuring Real Love, a track the remaining members of the Beatles recorded using an old demo track of John Lennon's voice.
2001 - Geri Halliwell's London home was broken into. The intruder left obscene notes on the walls, stole the singer's computer, Hi Fi, had thrown milk and ribena on the walls and stole a necklace that used to belong to Liz Taylor.
2011 – OJ & Kirsty (as “Big Picnic”) play their first gig in a woolshed. It is for the Tekapo Ski Club and the woolshed in question was at the homestead at Lake Tekapo.
2013 – Santana and Steve Miller Band play Vector Arena (Auckland)