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2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Who
4. Aerosmith
5. KISS
6. Bad Company
7. Roxy Music
8. Queen
9. Elton John
10. Pink Floyd
11. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
12. Black Sabbath
13. Rod Stewart & the Faces
14. David Bowie
15. Eagles
16. Sparks
17. Jefferson Starship
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19. Alice Cooper
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March 8 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Micky!



Musician's Born On This Day March 8

1942 Ralph Ellis (Swinging Blue Jeans)
1945 Mickey Dolenz (Monkees)
1946 Randy Meisner (Eagles)
1947 Andrew Semple (Fortunes)
1947 Michael Allsup (Three Dog Night)
1948 Mel Galley (Whitesnake)
1954 Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz)
1958 Clive Burr (Iron Maiden)
1958 Gary Numan
1960 Peter 'Ped' Gill (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1960 Salt (Cheryl James) (Salt n'Pepa)



Deaths

1973 Ron 'Pigpen' Mckernan (Grateful Dead)
1993 Billy Eckstine



Number 1 In The Charts On March 8

1975 Telly Savalas: If UK 45
1975 Olivia Newton-John: Have You Never Been Mellow US 45
1986 Diana Ross Chain Reaction UK 45
1997 Spice Girls : Spice : UK LP



Various Music Events On March 8

1962 Roy Orbison's Dream Baby hits UK chart.

1962 Beatles perform for the first time on BBC on the 5 p.m. show Teenagers Turn, playing Dream Baby.

1968 Fillmore East opens in New York City.

1969 A one-week experiment to allow sales of budget-price LPs to be considered for full album chart listing sees a flood of cut-price LPs in UK chart, headed by The Four and Only Seekers debuting at No. 1. The rule is immediately changed.

1970 Diana Ross opens an eleven-date cabaret engagement in Framlington, Massachusetts - her first outing as a solo performer.

1971 WPAX Hanoi goes on the air. Abbie Hoffman and many others make tapes in a loft in New York; tapes are then broadcast to US troops. Station opens with Jimi Hendrix's Star-Spangled Banner.

1980 UB40 debut on UK chart with King/Food For Thought.

1982 Elton John begins tour of New Zealand, his first for two years.

1987 At Detroit's Joe Louis Arena Bob Seger announces the end of "his last tour ever", only to start touring again soon after.

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March 8 - Today in Beatles History

1962
5.00-5.29pm. BBC's 'Teeneager's Turn (Here We Go)' broadcast (all 7 March 1962 session except 'Hello Little Girl').

1963
The prefix '45-' is dropped off EMI singles catalogue numbers.

'Please Please Me' single number 1, 3rd week (UK New Musical Express chart).



1965
Brian attends the evening presentation of this year's Mecca Carl-Alan awards, at the Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, London. He collects from Princess Margaret an award as best group on behalf of the Beatles, and other on behalf of Cilla Black.
The awards are televised by BBC1.

1968
UK single release: 'Step Inside Love'.



1969
'Yellow Submarine' LP, 8th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

1971
Recording of 'Power To The People'.

UK single release: 'Another Day'.



1976
UK single release: 'Yesterday'/'I Should Have Known Better'.

1982
Startling Studios. Recording basic tracks for LP 'Old Wave'. Producer: Jim Nipar.

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March 7 - Today In Rock Music History

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Musician's Born On This Day March 7

1943 Chris Taylor White (Zombies)
1946 Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum)
1946 Peter Wolf (J. Geils Band)
1963 Taylor Dayne
1967 Randy Guss (Toad The Wet Sprocket)

Number 1 In The Charts On March 7

1970 Lee Marvin: Wanderin' Star UK 45
1987 Beastie Boys: Licensed to ill US LP

Various Music Events On March 7

1917 First jazz record released in US. Recorded by Nick La Rocca's original Dixieland Jazz Band, it is called The Dixie Jazz Band One Step.

1949 Hank Williams begins sixteen-week run at No. 1 in US country chart with Lovestick Blues.

1953 Ruth Brown's (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean US R&B No. 1.

1956 Carl Perkins hits US R&B chart with Blue Suede Shoes, the first country and western hit to make the R&B chart.

1958 First US DJ convention held in Kansas. Broadcasters vote against Top 40 formatting recently adopted by American stations.

1964 The first All-British UK Top 10:

1 Cilla Black: Anyone Who Had a Heart
2 Dave Clark Five: Bits and Pieces
3 Bachelors: Diane
4 Merseybeats: I Think of You
5 Searchers: Needles and Pins
6 Rolling Stones: Not Fade Away
7 Billy J. Kramer: Little Children
8 Gerry and the Pacemakers: I'm the One
9 Brian Poole: Candy Man
10 Eden Kane: Boys Cry

1970 Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant hits UK LP chart

1973 CBS records hold a showcase concert at Max's Kansas City in new York to mark the signing of Bruce Springsteen.

1976 A likeness of Elton John is added to the waxworks at Madame Tussaud's, London.

1987 Janet Jackson's Control becomes first LP by a woman to yield five Top 10 singles as Let's Wait A While moves to No. 10 on US Hot 100.

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March 7 - Today in Beatles History

1962
The Playhouse Theatre, Hulme, Manchester. 8.00-8.45pm. Recording for BBC's 'Teenager's Turn (Here We Go)': 'Hello Little Girl'; 'Memphis Tennessee'; 'Dream Baby'; 'Please Mister Postman'.
1st BBC session. In front of a live audience. 1st public performance in the Beno Dorn worsted stage suits.
Pete Best on drums.
1st live show preserved on tape, only recording of 'Dream Baby', and only live performances of 'Memphis Tennessee' and 'Please Mister Postman'.

1963
Brian organizes the 1st of the new concert series, 'Mersey Beat Showcase', with The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, and the Big Three.

1964
'With The Beatles' number 1, 14th week (UK Record Retailer chart).
'I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 6th week, 8th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'She Loves You', 7th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'Please Please Me', 6th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'I Saw Her Standing There', 5th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'From Me To You', 1st week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

Recording of an extense interview to Brian for 'Frankly Speaking', programme of the BBC North-East Home Service.

1st issue of 'Gerry and the Pacemakers', edited by Sean O'Mahoney, is published.

1966
Mike Millward, founder and member of the Fourmost, dies in the Bromborough Hospital, Cheshire.

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: 'Lovely Rita' (overdub onto take 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Miscellaneous overdubs for the end.

1970
'Live Peace In Toronto', 9th week in the ranking (Billboard).
'Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)', 3rd week in the ranking (Billboard).

1972
The process of expulsion of John from the USA begins. Federal authorities indicate John Lindsay, New York prefect, how to proceed in the case.

1982
BBC broadcasts a 2-hour radio programme, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Beatles 1st BBC session.

Startling Studios. 1st session, recording basic tracks for LP'Old Wave'. Producer: Jim Nipar.

1994
UK single release: 'Money (That's What I Want)', with the Backbeat band.

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March 6 - Today In Rock Music History

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Musician's Born On This Day On March 6

1893 Walter 'Furry' Lewis (blues singer)
1937 Doug Dillard (Dillards)
1944 Mary Wilson (Supremes)
1945 Hugh Grundy (Zombies)
1947 Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
1947 Kiki Dee (Pauline Matthews)

Number 1 In The Charts On March 6

1965 Temptations: My Girl US 45
1971 Mungo Jerry: Baby Jump UK 45
1976 Tina Charles: I Love to Love UK 45
1976 Miracles: Love Machine US 45
1982 Tight Fit: The Lion Sleeps Tonight UK 45
1982 Go-Gos: Beauty and the Beat US LP
1993 Peabo Bryson/Regina Belle : A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) : US single
1992 Annie Lennox : Diva : UK LP

Various Music Events On March 6

1965 Rolling Stones record tracks in Liverpool for Got Live if You Want It LP.

1968 Sandie Shaw marries fashion designer Jeff Banks.

1970 Beatles release Let it Be single in UK.

1970 Charles Manson releases LP Lie.

1975 Eagles' Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 hits UK LP chart.

1975 Led Zeppelin win gold record for Physical Graffiti

1975 Average White Band win gold record for Pick Up the Pieces.

1976 Eagles' Take it to the Limit hits UK singles chart.

1976 All 22 Beatle singles are rereleased in UK, in addition to Yesterday which, despite having topped American chart in 1965, has never previously been released in Britain as a single.

1989 Smokey Robinson releases his autobiography "Inside My Life"

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March 6 - Today in Beatles History

1963
The Playhouse Theatre, Manchester. 8.00-8.45pm. Recording for BBC's 'Here We Go': 'Misery'; 'Do You Want To Know A Secret'; 'Please Please Me'; 'I Saw Her Standing There'.
Only live take of 'Do You Want To Know A Secret'. 1st time 'Do You Want To Know A Secret' and 'Misery' are heard by the public.
Last performance for 'Here We Go'.

1964
Chile single release: 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'/'This Boy'. 1st Beatles single in Chile.

Annual ball held by the Hospital Wing Aid Committee of the Home for Aged Jews, at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool. This year the dinner is in honour of Brian. Guests, among others: Brian, Gerry Marsden, Alma Cogan, Lionel Bart, Bernard Delfont, Maurice Kinn.

Shooting of early scenes for 'A Hard Day's Night' at Paddington Station, on board a chartered train leaving from Paddington Station.
[Some day between 2 and 6 March 1964.] After a day of filming in the West Country for 'A Hard Day's Night', the Beatles return to Westbourne Park Station, London.

1965
'Beatles For Sale' is replaced by 'Rolling Stones II' as number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.30am. Recording: 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (overdub onto take 10). Mono mixing:: 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (remixes 2, 3, from take 10). Stereo mixing: 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (remixes 1-8, from take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Recording of sound effects, except public screaming.

1970
UK single release: 'Let It Be'/'You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)'.

US gold certification: LP 'Hey Jude'.

1972
The extension of Lennon's US visa is cancelled by the director of the district of New York, Sol Marks, under a request of the Immigration Service.

1976
UK release: 'The Singles Collection' (23 singles).

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March 5 - Today In Rock Music History

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Musician's Born On This Day March 5

1939 Tommy Tucker (High-Heeled Sneakers)
1947 Eddie Hodges (I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door)
1948 Eddy Grant
1956 Teena Marie
1958 Andy Gibb (I Just Wanna Be Your Everything)
1962 Craig and Charlie Reid (Proclaimers)

Deaths

1982 John Belushi (Blues Brothers)

Number 1 In The Charts On March 5

1970 Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
1983 Michael Jackson: Billie Jean UK 45
1983 Michael Jackson: Thriller UK LP
1983 Michael Jackson: Billie Jean US 45
1994 Mariah Carey : Music Box : US LP

Various Music Events On March 5

1955 Elvis Presley makes his first-ever US TV appearance on Louisiana Hay Ride.

1960 Elvis Presley demobbed from the army at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

1963 Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hankshaw Hawkins killed when their single-engine plane crashes in Tennessee. They were returning from Kansas to Nashville to do a benefit for the widow of DJ Cactus Jack Call, who had been killed in a car crash.

1964 Gene Pitney hits UK chart with Jagger-Richard song That Girl Belongs tto Yesterday.

1965 Parlophone label release I Pity the Fool by Mannish Boys, featuring David Bowie.

1965 Rolling Stones begin tour of UK, supported by the Hollies, Goldie and Gingerbreads.

1973 Mike Jeffrey (Jimi Hendrix's manager) killed in a plane crash over France.

1975 Rod Stewart and Britt Ekland begin their highly publicized romance after meeting at a party given by Joni Mitchell in Los Angeles.

1979 ABC Records (US) cites declining profits and goes out of business.

1982 Reformed Mamas and the Papas perform for the first time at Princeton University, with two new 'Mamas' onstage.

1984 CBS announce that Michael Jackson's Thriller album has sold 30.9 million copies worldwide.

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March 5 - Today in Beatles History

1963
EMI House, George Martin's 4th floor office, London. Photographic session with Angus McBean, changing clothes.
EMI House, spiral staircase to the basement, London. Photographic session with Angus McBean.
Montague Place, London. Photographic session with 3 photographers, between the 2nd and 3rd parking meters nearest to the junction of Montague Place with Malet Street. George Martin is present. They all arrived from EMI House, and later went to EMI Studios in Abbey Road.
Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: 'From Me To You' (takes 1-13); 'Thank You Little Girl' (working title of 'Thank You Girl') (takes 1-13). Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: 'The One After 909' (takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.
Start of sessions for 'From Me To You'/'Thank You Girl'.
1st attempt to record 'What Goes On'. Failed.

Abbey Road Studios. Photographic session with EMI staff photographers (Edgar Brind among them) on the front steps. Dezo Hoffmann takes pictures of this session.

1964
Shooting of early scenes for 'A Hard Day's Night', on board a train leaving from Paddington Station.
[Some day between 2 and 6 March 1964.] After a day of filming in the West Country for 'A Hard Day's Night', the Beatles return to Westbourne Park Station, London.
Dinner at Brasenose College, organized by Jeffrey Archer, rallying help for Oxfam's 21st anniversary celebrations. The Beatles and Brian attend.

1967
Performance of Lee Dorsey at Saville Theatre, with Pink Floyd as support act.

1969
Date after which EMI planned not to pay any author rights to anyone during the EMI-Richenberg trial.

'Yellow Submarine', 7th week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart).

1970
John and Yoko ara admitted into the London Clinic.

1990
Paul's concert in Tokyo ('Get Back Tour').

1993
Paul's concert in Perth, Australia. Start of the 'New World Tour'.

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March 4 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Billy!



Musician's Born On This Day March 4

1932 Miriam Makeba (South African singer)
1944 Mary Wilson (Supremes)
1944 Bobby Womack (Cleveland, Ohio)
1946 Red Stripe (Flying Pickets)
1948 Shakin' Stevens (Mike Barrett)
1948 Chris Squire (Yes)
1950 Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
1963 Jason Newstead (Metallica)
1972 Fergal Lawlor (Cranberries)



Deaths On March 4

1954 Noel Gay (Writer of Run Rabbit Run and The Lambeth Walk)
1986 Richard Manuel (Pianist, Band)



Number 1 In The Charts On March 4

1967 Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday US 45
1978 Andy Gibb: (Love Is) Thicker than Water US 45
1989 Debbie Gibson Lost in Your Eyes US 45
1996 Take That : How Deep Is Your Love : UK single




Various Music Events On March 4

1966 John Lennon quoted in London Evening Standard as saying 'Beatles are bigger than Jesus'.

1966 Spencer Davis Group release Somebody Help me in UK

1967 while Steve and Muff Winwood announce their departure.

1972 Neil Young's Harvest hits US LP chart.

1972 Argent debut on UK chart with Hold Your Head Up

1973 To promote new album Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd being a three-week tour of US in Madison, Wisconsin.

1977 Rolling Stones record LP Love You Live LP in concert at Toronto's El Macombo Club

1989 With Lost in Your Eyes (her second No. 1), Debbie Gibson becomes the first teenager to write, produce and perform a US No. 1.

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March 4 - Today in Beatles History

1964
Studio 3 (control room only). 10.00-11.00am. Mono mixing: 'I Call Your Name' (from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: unknown; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.

'Please Please Me' LP, 50th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'With The Beatles' number 1, 15th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

Shooting of early scenes for 'A Hard Day's Night', on board a train leaving from Paddington Station.

[Some day between 2 and 6 March 1964.] After a day of filming in the West Country for 'A Hard Day's Night', the Beatles return to Westbourne Park Station, London.

1966
UK EP release: 'Yesterday'.

The 'Evening Standard' publishes Maureen Cleave's interview to John, with comments on Christianity.

1967
Robert Stigwood signs the Bee Gees to an agency contract with NEMS Enterprises for 5 years.

Michael Bullock is reinstated by Brian as Saville Theatre house manager.

1969
Odeon Theatre, London. Premiere of the film 'Isadora'. Paul attends.

Surprise visit of Princess Margaret during shooting of a scene in a French restaurant for 'The Magic Christian'.
After, lunch of Princess Margaret, Denis O'Dell, Ringo and Peter Sellers.

Paul, Linda and Heather visit during shooting of 'The Magic Christian'.

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March 3 - Today In Rock Music History

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Musician's Born On This Day March 3

1919 Pete Seeger
1927 Junior Parker (Herman 'Little Junior' Parker)
1928 Don Gibson (Sea of Heartbreak)
1928 Dave Dudley (Six Days on the Road)
1944 Jance Garfat (Dr. Hook)
1953 Robyn Hitchcock
1966 Tone Loc



Deaths

1979 Mike Patto (Patto)



Number 1 In The Charts On March 3

1973 Slade: Cum on Feel the Noize UK 45
1973 Elton John: Don't Shoot Me…. US LP
1979 Bee Gees: Tragedy UK 45
1979 Bee Gees: Spirits Having Flown US LP
1984 Nena: 99 Red Balloons UK 45
1990 Beats International: Dub Be Good to Me UK 45

Various Music Events On March 3

1954 Drifters peak at No. 5 on US R&B chart with Such a Night, the follow up to Money Money.

1956 Elvis Presley hits US chart for first time with Heartbreak Hotel.

1960 Elvis Presley sets foot on Scottish soil on stopover from Germany.

1967 Jeff Beck Group, featuring Ron Wood and Aynsley Dunbar, makes its stage debut in London (at Finsbury Park Astoria).



1971 South African radio lifts five-year ban on Beatles.

1980 Sothebys auction rock memorabilia, including a napkin signed by Elvis Presley from The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas.

1988 You Will Know gives Stevie Wonder his nineteenth Black No. 1.

1994 In Italy Kurt Cobain lapses into a coma after taking a combination of valium and champagne.

1995 R.E.M.'s drummer Bill Berry undergoes surgery to halt bleeding from a brain aneurysm.

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March 3 - Today in Beatles History

1962
Performance at the Cavern, with Jim McHarg's Jazzmen.



1963
Concert at the Gaumont, Hanley. End of Helen Shapiro tour, 1st Beatles British tour.

Helen Shapiro asks the Beatles a song.



1964
Studio 1 (control room only). 10.00am-1.45pm. Mono mixing: 'I Should Have Known Better' (from take 22); 'If I Fell' (from take 15); 'Tell Me Why' (from take 8); 'And I Love Her' (remix 1, from take 21); 'I'm Happy Just To Dance With You' (from take 4); 'I Call Your Name' (from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln.
Remixes for EMI and United Artists.

Transmision in London of the television show 'The Big Out' (recorded 29 February 1964).

Shooting of early scenes for 'A Hard Day's Night', on board a train leaving from Paddington Station.
The train carrying the Beatles from Minehead to Paddington stops unannounced at West Ealing Station, to avoid the fans waiting at Paddington. The Beatles are taken into the booking office and sign autographs. Within minutes the group are taken away in a car.

[Some day between 2 and 6 March 1964.] After a day of filming in the West Country for 'A Hard Day's Night', the Beatles return to Westbourne Park Station, London.



1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (overdub onto take 10). Mono mixing: 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (remixes 1-4, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Recording of brasses and guitar solo for 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
John takes home a tape of conversation of musicians, Paul and Martin, for his private collection.

UK LP release: 'The Beatles Girls', instrumental, by George Martin.

1990
Paul's concert in Tokyo ('Get Back Tour').

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March 2 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Lou!



Musician's Born On This Day

1938 Willie Chambers (Chambers Brothers)
1943 George Benson (soul/jazz singer)
1944 Lou Reed (Louis Firbank)
1949 Rory Gallagher (Taste)
1950 Karen Carpenter (Carpenters)
1955 Jay Osmond (Osmonds)
1956 Mark Evans (AC/DC)
1962 Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)



Number 1 In The Charts On March 2

1957 Tab Hunter: Young Love US 45
1961 Everly Brothers: Walk Right Back UK 45
1963 Four Seasons: Walk Like a Man US 45
1967 Engelbert Humperdinck: Release Me UK 45
1968 Paul Mauriat: Blooming Hits US LP
1974 Slade: Old New Borrowed Blue UK LP
1974 Terry Jacks: Seasons in the Sun US 45
1985 Phil Collins: No Jacket Required UK LP
1985 Wham: Make it Big US LP
1991 Oleta Adams : Circle of One : UK LP
1996 Oasis : (What's the Story) Morning Glory? : UK LP
1998 Madonna : Frozen : UK single



Various Music Events On March 2

1957 Patsy Cline hits American country chart for first time with Walkin' After Midnight.

1958 Buddy Holly and the Crickets play their first-ever UK date, at Trocadero's, Elephant and Castle.

1964 Beatles begin work on their first movie Hard Day's Night in London, with director Richard Lester.



1969 Side 1 of Lennon LP Life with the Lions is recorded at Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge.

1974 Television play their first show, at Townhouse Theatre, New York.

1979 Havana Jam the first jointly sponsored US-Cuban Music Festival begins for three days. Fans see Billy Joel, Stephen Stills, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and Tom Scott.

1982 David Bowie;s Baal appears on BBC TV.

1983 Compact disc launched.

1985 Bryan Adams's Reckless hits UK LP chart.

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March 2 - Today in Beatles History

1962
Performance at the Cavern.

1963
'Please Please Me' single number 1, 1st week (UK Melody Market chart).

Concert at the City Hall, Sheffield (Helen Shapiro tour).

1964
US single release: 'Twist And Shout'/'There's A Place'.

The 'Daily Mail' names Brian among Britain's Most Eligible Bachelors.

Start of work on 'A Hard Day's Night' film, at Twickenham Studios. Shooting at Paddington Station, on board a train leaving from it.
6.43pm. After spending all day filming, the Beatles jump off the train at Acton (Main Line) Station, and speed away in a limousine.

[Some day between 2 and 6 March 1964.] After a day of filming in the West Country for 'A Hard Day's Night', the Beatles return to Westbourne Park Station, London.

George and Pattie meet.

1966
Brian flies to New York to finish plans for the next Beatles tour.

'Rubber Soul', 13th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (overdub onto take 8). Mono mixing: 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (remixes 1-11, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.

The Beatles are awarded two Grammys ('Eleanor Rigby' and 'Revolver'). [11 March?]

1969
John and Yoko perform at the Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge, in a Jazz Festival. Recording: 'Let's Go On Flying'; 'Snow Is Falling All The Time'; 'Don't Worry Kyoko'; 'Song For John'; 'Cambridge 1969'.
1st solo performance of a Beatle, and 1st public performance of John and Yoko. Partially included on 'Unfinished Music Number 2--Life With The Lions'.

1973
Judge Ira Fieldsteel rules that John must leave the US voluntarily within the next 60 days or face deportation. Yoko is granted permanent residency.

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March 1 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Roger!



Musician's Born On This Day

1927 Harry Belafonte (Island in the Sun)
1934 Jim Edward Brown (Browns)
1943 Jerry Fisher (Blood Sweat and Tears)
1944 Roger Daltrey (The Who)
1944 Mike D'Abo (Manfred Mann)
1946 Tony Ashton (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke)
1952 Mike Read (DJ)
1958 Nik Kershaw (Wouldn't It Be Good)



Number 1 In The Charts On March 1

1975 Status Quo: On the Level UK LP
1975 Eagles: Best of My Love US 45
1975 Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks US LP
1980 Blondie: Atomic UK 45
1980 Shadows: String of Hits UK LP
1986 Mr. Mister: Kyrie US 45
1986 Mr. Mister: Welcome to the Real World US LP
1997 Mansun : Attack of the Grey Lantern : UK LP



Various Music Events On March 1

1952 Driving Slow by Johnny London is first-ever release on the Sun label.

1957 School Day by Chuck Berry is released, alongside Got My Mojo Working by Muddy Waters.

1968 Moody Blues release Days of Future Past LP

1969 Jim Morrison arrested onstage in Miami.



1974 Queen begin their first UK tour in Blackpool.

1980 Patti Smith marries MC 5's Fred 'Sonic' Smith in Detroit.

1982 Jimmy Page releases album of soundtrack music for film Deathwish 2, his first solo LP.

1986 Talk Talk's The Colour of Spring hits UK LP chart.

1986 Sigue Sigue Sputnik debut on UK chart at No. 7 with Love Missile A-11.

1995 Sheryl Crow wins Grammy's for Best New Artist and Best Song for "All I Wanna Do" while Tony Bennett's "Unplugged" LP wins Best Album.

1995 R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry has a brain aneurysm during a concert in Switzerland, and has to to leave the stage

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March 1 - Today in Beatles History

1963
Concert at the Odeon, Southport (Helen Shapiro Tour).

UK single release: 'How Do You Do It', debut of Gerry and the Pacemakers.

'Please Please Me' single number 1, 2nd week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1964
Studio 2. 10.00am-1.30pm. Recording: 'I'm Happy Just To Dance With You' (takes 1-4); 'Long Tall Sally' (take 1); 'I Call Your Name' (takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.
Start of sessions for 'Long Tall Sally' EP.
1st Sunday session.

1966
BBC-TV transmits 'The Beatles At The Shea Stadium' film.

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: 'A Day In The Life' (overdub onto take 6); 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' (take 1-7, tape reduction take 7 into take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.

Day planned for Brian's vacation trip to Mexico.

1968
Fans occupy the Cavern, protesting against its closing.

Ringo and Maureen return to London.

1969
'Yellow Submarine' LP, 7th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

1970
Transmission, on the Ed Sullivan Show, of 'Let It Be' and 'Two Of Us' clips. Last time, in life of the group, they appear in the program.

1972
Extension is granted to John's visa for temporary residence in the USA.

Recording of 'Some Time In New York City' begins.

1975
John and Yoko attend the ceremony of Grammy Awards.

1992
Moyzes Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic, Bratislavia. End of recording of 'The Beatles Go Baroque', with Peter Breiner and his chamber orchestra. Producer: Leos Komarek; Engineer: Otto Nopp.

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