TODAY IN HISTORY - March 24TH
1949 - Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe born this day, is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.
A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, power pop, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica. He is best known for his songs "Cruel to Be Kind" (a US Top 40 single), and "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" (a top 10 UK hit), as well as his production work with Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, and others.
1960 - Gabriele Susanne Kerner born this day, better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons".
1962 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform their first paid gig when they appear as Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys at a club in Ealing, England
1965 - Bill Wyman, bass player with The Rolling Stones is knocked unconscious when he gets a shock from a mic stand onstage during the first performance of the band's tour in Denmark.
1973 - A fan shouting "Leather!" jumps on stage and bites Lou Reed in the butt during a concert in Buffalo. The fan is ejected and Reed is left with a sore posterior.
1985 - We Are the World by USA for Africa, a group of 46 pop stars, entered the US music charts for the first time at No.21.
1985 - Former Creedence Clearwater Revival front man John Fogerty, went to No.1 on the US album chart with Centerfield.
1986 : At the 58th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Lionel Richie wins the Oscar for Best Original Song for his track "Say You, Say Me" from the film White Nights. The song topped three different Billboard charts but didn't appear on the soundtrack album for the movie. It was finally released on Lionel's 1986 album Dancing on the Ceiling.
1986 : "No One Is To Blame" by Howard Jones is released in the US. It goes on to become Jones' biggest-selling single in the US, peaking at #1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart and #4 on the Hot 100
1991 - R.E.M. scored their first UK No.1 album with their 7th LP Out Of Time, featuring the singles Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy People.
1996 - Celine Dion went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Because You Loved Me, her second US No.1, and a No.5 hit in the UK. On the same day her album Falling Into You went to No.1 on the UK album chart.
2000 : Jack and Meg White of The White Stripes get divorced not long after releasing their second album, De Stijl. Despite the split, the band stays together until 2011
2001 : "Duane Allman Boulevard" is dedicated in Macon, Georgia, near where he died in a motorcycle crash.
2008 - Britney Spears makes a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, boosting the show’s ratings.
1949 - Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe born this day, is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.
A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, power pop, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica. He is best known for his songs "Cruel to Be Kind" (a US Top 40 single), and "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" (a top 10 UK hit), as well as his production work with Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, and others.
1960 - Gabriele Susanne Kerner born this day, better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons".
1962 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform their first paid gig when they appear as Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys at a club in Ealing, England
1965 - Bill Wyman, bass player with The Rolling Stones is knocked unconscious when he gets a shock from a mic stand onstage during the first performance of the band's tour in Denmark.
1973 - A fan shouting "Leather!" jumps on stage and bites Lou Reed in the butt during a concert in Buffalo. The fan is ejected and Reed is left with a sore posterior.
1985 - We Are the World by USA for Africa, a group of 46 pop stars, entered the US music charts for the first time at No.21.
1985 - Former Creedence Clearwater Revival front man John Fogerty, went to No.1 on the US album chart with Centerfield.
1986 : At the 58th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Lionel Richie wins the Oscar for Best Original Song for his track "Say You, Say Me" from the film White Nights. The song topped three different Billboard charts but didn't appear on the soundtrack album for the movie. It was finally released on Lionel's 1986 album Dancing on the Ceiling.
1986 : "No One Is To Blame" by Howard Jones is released in the US. It goes on to become Jones' biggest-selling single in the US, peaking at #1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart and #4 on the Hot 100
1991 - R.E.M. scored their first UK No.1 album with their 7th LP Out Of Time, featuring the singles Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy People.
1996 - Celine Dion went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Because You Loved Me, her second US No.1, and a No.5 hit in the UK. On the same day her album Falling Into You went to No.1 on the UK album chart.
2000 : Jack and Meg White of The White Stripes get divorced not long after releasing their second album, De Stijl. Despite the split, the band stays together until 2011
2001 : "Duane Allman Boulevard" is dedicated in Macon, Georgia, near where he died in a motorcycle crash.
2008 - Britney Spears makes a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, boosting the show’s ratings.