Musician's Born On This Day March 26
1917 Rufus Thomas (Stax label singer)
1936 Fred Parris (Five Satins)
1944 Diana Ross (Supremes)
1946 Fred Sheehan (Boston)
1948 Steve Tyler (Aerosmith)
1948 Richard Tandy (ELO)
1950 Teddy Pendergrass
1962 Richard Coles (Communards)
1963 Susanne Sulley (Human League)
1968 James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins)
Deaths On March 26
1972 Harold McNair (flute and sax player)
1973 Noel Coward
Number 1 In The Charts On March 26
1969 Marvin Gaye: I Heard it through the Grapevine UK 45
1977 Hall and Oates: Rich Girl US 45
1983 Tears for Fears: The Hurting UK LP
1988 Aswad: Don't Turn Around UK 45
1988 Morrissey: Viva Hate UK LP
1994 Morrissey : Vauxhall and I : UK LP
1994 Soundgarden : Superunknown : US LP
Various Music Events On March 26
1955 Let Me Go Lover by Dean Martin, Teresa Brewer and Ruby Murray Nos. 5, 6 and 7 in UK chart
1958 Taking a break from Capitol sessions, Eddie Cochran records Summertime Blues
1970 Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary pleads guilty at a Washington district court to taking immoral liberties with a fourteen-year-old girl. The group had just won a Grammy award for best children's recording
1971 Emerson, Lake and Palmer record Pictures at an Exhibition live at Newcastle City Hall
1975 Ken Russell's film Tommy premieres in London
1977 Foreigner release debut single Feels Like the First Time in UK
1980 Police play concert in Bombay, India
1988 Man in the Mirror gives Michael Jackson his fourth consecutive Hot 100 No. 1 from his LP Bad, setting a record.
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