12 MARCH
In Music History
1983 Run-DMC release their debut single, "It's Like That."
1975 George Jones and Tammy Wynette's divorce is finalized, ending a six-year marriage between the couple known as "Mr. and Mrs. Country Music." They keep working together, and a year later release "Golden Ring," #1 Country hit about a wedding ring that follows a couple through love, marriage, and divorce.
1975 Elvis Presley records "Bringing It Back" and "Pieces of My Life."
1971 Paul McCartney wins his lawsuit to dissolve The Beatles and turn their affairs over to a receiver - not Allen Klein, who is managing the other members.
1969 Elvis Presley's Charro! movie opens in theaters - it's the only Elvis movie where he has a beard. Elvis records the title song for the film, but it flops.
1969 Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is born in Germany to English parents.
1969 Simon & Garfunkel are among the winners at the Grammy Awards, taking Record of the Year for "Mrs. Robinson." Glen Campbell wins Album of the Year for By The Time I Get To Phoenix.
1969 Infamous London police officer Det. Sgt. Norman Pilcher, well-known for singling out and busting rock stars, enters George Harrison's house in Esher, Surrey, England and arrests the Beatle and his wife Pattie for possession of marijuana (specifically, cannabis resin).
1967 The Velvet Underground releases The Velvet Underground And Nico.
1965 Singer James Darren guest stars on the "Surfin' Fred" episode (the fifth season finale) of ABC-TV's The Flintstones, playing a singer named, naturally, James Darrock.
1965 In the Bahamas, The Beatles wrap up filming on their second movie, Help!.
1961 Elvis Presley records "I'm Coming Home," "Gently," "In Your Arms," "Give Me The Right," "I Feel So Bad," "It's A Sin," "I Want You With Me," "There's Always Me"
1957 Marlon Jackson of The Jackson 5, is born in Gary, Indiana. His twin brother, Brandon, dies less than 24 hours later.
1956 Steve Harris is born in London, England. After giving up dreams of playing pro soccer, he forms Iron Maiden, becoming the group's bass player and a primary songwriter.
1955 Dave Brubeck performs at Carnegie Hall in New York, as Jazz becomes increasingly popular.
American Acts Drop Off In The UK
1964For the first time in the history of the UK charts, there are no American acts in the Top 10, as British acts like The Rolling Stones take hold in their home country as well.
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2016 Ariana Grande hosts Saturday Night Live, where she meets her future fiancé, cast member Pete Davidson. They don't go through with the wedding, but he gets a mention in her 2018 song "Thank U, Next."More
2008 American Idol does an all-Beatles episode, somehow securing the rights to the songs after years of negotiations.
1988 Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" hits #1 in the US. The video, which shows a buttoned-up Astley singing his way around London, does well on VH1, but really takes off two decades later with the Rickrolling trend, as webmasters point links to the song's YouTube video to trick unsuspecting readers into watching it.
1974 John Lennon and Nilsson get drunk and disorderly at a Smothers Brothers comedy show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. They get thrown out, and Nilsson takes heat in the press for being a bad influence on Lennon. Said Nilsson: "It ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens."
1971 The Allman Brothers Band play the first of two shows recorded for their seminal album Live At The Fillmore East.More
1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman at the register office in Marylebone, London, and again at the Anglican church in St. John's Wood. None of his Beatles bandmates attend.
1966 The theme song to the TV series Batman reaches its chart peak of #17.
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