15 MARCH
In Music History
1968 Mark McGrath (frontman for Sugar Ray) is born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1966 Sandy Posey records "Born A Woman."
1966 Big winners at the Grammy Awards are Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, who take Record of the Year for "A Taste of Honey." Frank Sinatra wins Album of the Year for September Of My Years, and Tom Jones wins Best New Artist.
1965 Freddie & the Dreamers release "I'm Telling You Now."
1964 R&B singer Rockwell is born Kennedy William Gordy in Detroit, Michigan.
1963 Bret Michaels (lead singer of Poison) is born Bret Michael Sychak in Butler, Pennsylvania.
1962 Terence Trent D'Arby is born in Manhattan, New York. He lands a bit hit with "Wishing Well" in 1987, and in 2001 he changes his name to Sananda Maitreya.
1958 Elvis Presley performs his last concert before leaving for the Army, a show at Memphis' Russwood Park. Aside from two benefit shows in 1961, it is the last Presley concert until 1969.
1956 Colonel Tom Parker officially becomes Elvis Presley's manager.
1956 The musical My Fair Lady opens on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
1955 Fats Domino records "Ain't That A Shame" at Master Recorders in Los Angeles.
1954 The Chords record "Sh-Boom."
1952 Kay Starr's "Wheel Of Fortune" hits #1.
1947 Rock musician/producer Ry Cooder is born in Los Angeles, California.
1947 The Ted Weems Orchestra with Elmo Tanner go to #1 in the US with "Heartaches."
Fats Domino's Pianos Salvaged From Hurricane Katrina
2006Remnants of Fats Domino's two pianos are discovered and saved by the Louisiana State Museum after attempting to salvage his Ninth Ward home after Hurricane Katrina.
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2017 President Donald Trump tweets about Snoop Dogg's "Lavender" video, where the rapper points a toy gun at "Ronald Klump," the ruler of a world run by clowns.More
2010 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2010 - ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, The Hollies, The Stooges - are inducted at the 25th Annual Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
2003 The Offspring announce that their new album will be called Chinese Democracy, mocking the long-delayed Guns N' Roses release. Offspring lead singer Dexter Holland says, "Axl ripped-off my braids, so I ripped-off his album title."
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono get caught "standing in the dock at Southampton, trying to get to Holland or France" as passport problems stall their wedding. They get married five days later in Gibraltar, and use their adventure in the lyrics to "The Ballad Of John And Yoko."
1955 Dee Snider (lead singer of Twisted Sister) is born in Astoria, Queens, New York.More
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