TODAY IN HISTORY – MARCH 4TH
1944 - Born this day, Bobby Womack, soul singer, session guitarist, songwriter. 1974 US No.10 single Lookin' For A Love, 1993 UK No.27 single with Lulu I'm Back For More.
1948 - Born this day, Shakin' Stevens [Michael Barratt], singer, 1981 UK No.1 single This Old House plus 30 other UK top 40 singles.
1951 - Born this day, Chris Rea, singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist (Fool If You Think It's Over), 1989 UK No.10 single The Road To Hell.
1963 – Born this day, Jason Newsted, bass, Metallica. Also co-host on the tv show “Rockstar Supernova” (2007).
1966 - Beatles member John Lennon made his infamous remark during an interview with Maureen Cleave of The London Evening Standard that, The Beatles are probably bigger than Jesus right now. It resulted in some US states burning Beatles records.
1968 - Born this day, Patsy Kensit, actress, 1986 film Absolute Beginners, singer, Eighth Wonder, 1988 UK No.7 I'm Not Scared. Once married to Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr, married Oasis singer Liam Gallagher in 1997, now divorced.
1969 - Born this day, Chastity Bono, singer, daughter of Sonny & Cher. Cher gave birth to daughter Chastity, in Los Angeles, California. In the 1970s, cute blonde Chastity was brought out at the end of The Sonny & Cher Show as her parents sang I Got You Babe.
1971 - The Rolling Stones announced that they were to become Britons first rock and roll tax exiles, residing in France.
1976 - Hall and Oates recorded Rich Girl.
1977 - CBS released The Clash's self-titled first album, CBS in the US refused to release it until 1979. Americans bought 100,000 imported copies of The Clash, making it one of the biggest-selling import records of all time.
1978 - Andy Gibb reached the top of the US music charts as (Love is) Thicker Than Water reached No.1 for a two-week stay, giving the Bee Gee's younger brother his second US No.1, it was not a hit in the UK. The Bee Gees also set a record as their single, How Deep Is Your Love, from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack stayed in the top 10 for an unprecedented 17 weeks. Gibb died on 10 March 1988, of an inflammatory heart virus in Oxford, England. He was 30 years old.
1979 - Randy Jackson of The Jackson Five was seriously injured in a car crash breaking both legs and almost died in the emergency room when a nurse inadvertently injected him with methadone.
1993 - Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown became parents when Whitney gave birth to a baby girl, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown.
2001 - Died this day, Village People singer Glenn Hughes, of lung cancer. (Macho Man). (He was buried in his leather biker outfit).
2002 – Died this day, Doreen Waddell, singer with Soul II Soul, was killed after attempting to run across the A27 in London after being caught shoplifting.
1944 - Born this day, Bobby Womack, soul singer, session guitarist, songwriter. 1974 US No.10 single Lookin' For A Love, 1993 UK No.27 single with Lulu I'm Back For More.
1948 - Born this day, Shakin' Stevens [Michael Barratt], singer, 1981 UK No.1 single This Old House plus 30 other UK top 40 singles.
1951 - Born this day, Chris Rea, singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist (Fool If You Think It's Over), 1989 UK No.10 single The Road To Hell.
1963 – Born this day, Jason Newsted, bass, Metallica. Also co-host on the tv show “Rockstar Supernova” (2007).
1966 - Beatles member John Lennon made his infamous remark during an interview with Maureen Cleave of The London Evening Standard that, The Beatles are probably bigger than Jesus right now. It resulted in some US states burning Beatles records.
1968 - Born this day, Patsy Kensit, actress, 1986 film Absolute Beginners, singer, Eighth Wonder, 1988 UK No.7 I'm Not Scared. Once married to Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr, married Oasis singer Liam Gallagher in 1997, now divorced.
1969 - Born this day, Chastity Bono, singer, daughter of Sonny & Cher. Cher gave birth to daughter Chastity, in Los Angeles, California. In the 1970s, cute blonde Chastity was brought out at the end of The Sonny & Cher Show as her parents sang I Got You Babe.
1971 - The Rolling Stones announced that they were to become Britons first rock and roll tax exiles, residing in France.
1976 - Hall and Oates recorded Rich Girl.
1977 - CBS released The Clash's self-titled first album, CBS in the US refused to release it until 1979. Americans bought 100,000 imported copies of The Clash, making it one of the biggest-selling import records of all time.
1978 - Andy Gibb reached the top of the US music charts as (Love is) Thicker Than Water reached No.1 for a two-week stay, giving the Bee Gee's younger brother his second US No.1, it was not a hit in the UK. The Bee Gees also set a record as their single, How Deep Is Your Love, from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack stayed in the top 10 for an unprecedented 17 weeks. Gibb died on 10 March 1988, of an inflammatory heart virus in Oxford, England. He was 30 years old.
1979 - Randy Jackson of The Jackson Five was seriously injured in a car crash breaking both legs and almost died in the emergency room when a nurse inadvertently injected him with methadone.
1993 - Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown became parents when Whitney gave birth to a baby girl, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown.
2001 - Died this day, Village People singer Glenn Hughes, of lung cancer. (Macho Man). (He was buried in his leather biker outfit).
2002 – Died this day, Doreen Waddell, singer with Soul II Soul, was killed after attempting to run across the A27 in London after being caught shoplifting.