Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Mar1,1904 | Glenn Miller | #BTD Mar1,1904 Alton #GlennMiller RIP #bigband composer, bandleader, trombone, best-selling artist from 1939-1943, 9 #1s ie In the Mood, Chattanooga Choo Choo, +9 Top10 LPs with 3 #1s. MIA (presumed dead) Dec15,1944 while traveling to entertain US troops in France World War II | |
| BTD Mar1,1926 | Robert Clary | #BTD Mar1,1926 #RobertClary (Robert Max Widerman) actor, singer 1st recordings 1948, in Broadway musicals, Corporal Louis LeBeau in the TV sitcom "Hogans Heroes" A real prisoner of war survived 3yrs in the #Buchenwald concentration camp & tattooed with the identification A-5714 | |
| BTD Mar1,1927 | Harry Belafonte | #BTD Mar1,1927 #HarryBelafonte (Harold Bellanfanti Jr.) singer 1957 US #5 & UK #2 "Banana Boat (Day-O)", 1957 UK #1 "Mary's Boy Child", +6 US & 6 UK Top40 singles and 14 Top40 albums with 2 #1 LPs. Dubbed the "King of Calypso" Caribbean style singer #HBday @harrybelafonte | |
| BTD Mar1,1942 | Jerry Fisher | #BTD Mar1,1942 #JerryFisher lead vocals #BloodSweatTears; Blood Sweat & Tears form 1971-1975 and in the band "Jerry Fisher and the Nightbeats" that performed in night clubs 1964-1970 | |
| BTD Mar1,1944 | Mike d'Abo | #BTD Mar1,1944 #MikedAbo songwriter, the second and former lead singer of #ManfredMann 1968 UK #1 & US #10 "Mighty Quinn" Wrote "Handbags & Gladrags" that were sung by #ChrisFarlowe, #RodStewart and others | |
| BTD Mar1,1944 | Roger Daltrey | #BTD Mar1,1944 #RogerDaltrey founder, lead singer The #Who 1965 UK #2 "My Generation", 1967 US #9 "I Can See For Miles", +20 UK & 16 US Top40 singles, an influential rock band selling over 100M records and solo career 1973 UK #5 "Giving It All Away" @TheWho | |
| BTD Mar1,1946 | Tony Ashton | #BTD Mar1,1946 #TonyAshton RIP pianist, keyboardist, singer Ashton Gardner & Dyke 1971 UK #3 "The Resurrection Shuffle" & recorded over 30 LPs | |
| BTD Mar1,1954 | Catherine Bach | #BTD Mar1,1954 #CatherineBach (Catherine Bachman) actress played the famous role of Daisy Duke in The #DukesOfHazzard TV Series and joined the cast of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Anita Lawson #HBday @_CatherineBach | |
| BTD Mar1,1954 | Ron Howard | #BTD Mar1,1954 #RonHoward (Ronald Howard) actor, filmmaker, director; Ronny Howard from 1959 to 1973. 1960-1968 as Opie Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show", 1974-1980 as Richie Cunningham on "Happy Days" Directed Cocoon, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind & more #HBday @RealRonHoward | |
| BTD Mar1,1958 | Nik Kershaw | #BTD Mar1,1958 #NikKershaw (Nicholas Kershaw) singer, songwriter, producer 1984 UK #2 "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me", +7 Top40 singles #HBday @NikKershaw | |
| OTD Mar1,1947 | Freddy Martin | #OTD Mar1,1947 #FreddyMartin & His Orchestra starts a 2wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Managua, Nicaragua" written by #IrvingFields with lyrics by #AlbertGamse and Vocal refrain by #StuartWade and Ensemble | |
| OTD Mar1,1957 | Chuck Berry | #OTD Mar1,1957 #ChuckBerry's single “School Day” written by Berry and produced by #LeonardChess & #PhilChess; the song is also known as "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)" is released by Chess Records. The single would peak at #5 @billboard Hot100 May22 | |
| OTD Mar1,1958 | Buddy Holly and The Crickets | #OTD Mar1,1958 #BuddyHolly and The #Crickets play their 1st of 25 dates during the only UK tour at the Trocadero, Elephant & Castle, London. Also on the bill is #GaryMiller, The #Tanner Sisters, Des O'Connor and #DonSmith and His Orchestra | |
| OTD Mar1,1958 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Mar1,1958 #ElvisPresley is at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Don’t" written and produced by #JerryLeiber and #MikeStoller | |
| OTD Mar1,1959 | Lloyd Price | #OTD Mar1,1959 #LloydPrice is still at #1 for the week ending Mar1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Stagger Lee" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Mar1,1961 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Mar1,1961 #ElvisPresley signs a five-year movie deal with producer #HalWallis. Wallis is connected with Paramount Pictures and oversaw feature films. Hal B. Wallis is considered the man who brought Elvis Presley to the movies @ElvisPresley @ParamountPics | |
| OTD Mar1,1965 | Andy Griffith Show | #OTD Mar1,1965 150th episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" airs; "TV or Not TV" Three crooks posing as TV producers attempt to take advantage of Mayberry's "Sheriff Without a Gun" by robbing the bank. On #RonHoward's 11th Bday | |
| OTD Mar1,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Mar1,1967 The #Beatles begin recording "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" at #EMI Studios in London @emimusic | |
| OTD Mar1,1968 | Elton John | #OTD Mar1,1968 #EltonJohn's 1st single "I've Been Loving You Too Long" is released. The single didn't chart @eltonofficial | |
| OTD Mar1,1968 | Johnny Cash | #OTD Mar1,1968 #JohnnyCash and #JuneCarter are married in Franklin, Ky. | |
| OTD Mar1,1969 | Sly and the Family Stone | #OTD Mar1,1969 #Sly and the #FamilyStone are still at #1 n the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Everyday People" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 @HigherSlyStone | |
| OTD Mar1,1969 | Barbara Mandrell | #OTD Mar1,1969 country star #BarbaraMandrell signs her first record contract with #Columbia Records; Mandrell will be the 1st performer to win the Country Music Association's "Entertainer of the Year" award twice @ColumbiaRecords @MandrellBarbara | |
| OTD Mar1,1969 | Doors | #OTD Mar1,1969 The #Doors lead singer #JimMorrison is charged with lewd, lascivious behavior, indecent exposure, profanity during a concert in Miami | |
| OTD Mar1,1970 | Lee Marvin | #OTD Mar1,1970 Actor #LeeMarvin starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Wand’rin Star" written by #FrederickLoewe with lyrics by #AlanJLerner for the film "Paint Your Wagon" | |
| OTD Mar1,1970 | Beatles | #OTD Mar1,1970 Two clips of the #Beatles performing "Let It Be" and "Two of Us" airs on the #EdSullivan Show. The Beatles last appearance | |
| OTD Mar1,1972 | Merle Haggard | #OTD Mar1,1972 #MerleHaggard is granted a full & unconditional pardon for his past crimes by the California Govenor #RonaldReagan. Haggard at San Quentin in the late 1950s for attempted burglary and at the #JohnnyCash concert on New Year's Day 1959 inspiring Merle to join a band | |
| OTD Mar1,1972 | Adam-12 | #OTD Mar1,1972 The 100th episode of the #NBC TV series "Adam-12" airs. "Who Won?" Malloy and Reed work to curtail the rise in illegal street racing; work with the leaders of rival racing clubs to obtain a legitimate use of a dragstrip through a race promoter played by #DickClark | |
| OTD Mar1,1975 | Marvin Hamlisch | #OTD Mar1,1975 At 17th #GRAMMY Awards #MarvinHamlisch wins the award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "The Entertainer" @RecordingAcad | |
| OTD Mar1,1975 | Paul McCartney & Wings | #OTD Mar1,1975 At 17th #GRAMMY Awards #PaulMcCartney & #Wings wins the award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus "Band On The Run" @PaulMcCartney @RecordingAcad | |
| OTD Mar1,1975 | Olivia Newton-John | #OTD Mar1,1975 At 17th #GRAMMY Awards Olivia Newton-John wins the award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female and Record Of The Year for "I Honestly Love You" @olivianj@RecordingAcad | |
| OTD Mar1,1975 | Stevie Wonder | #OTD Mar1,1975 At the 17th #GRAMMY Awards #StevieWonder wins the Album of the year for "Fulfillingness First Finale" @RecordingAcad | |
| OTD Mar1,1975 | Eagles | #OTD Mar1,1975 The #Eagles are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Best Of My Love" written by #DonHenley, #GlennFrey and #J.DSouther. The Eagles 1st of five US #1s | |
| OTD Mar1,1980 | Queen | #OTD Mar1,1980 #Queen are still at #1 on the US singles chart with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" for the 2nd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Mar1,1985 | Beatles | #OTD Mar1,1985 The #Beatles 1st song used in a US TV commercial for Lincoln-Mercury is "Help!" #Ford pays $100k for the rights to the song, but not for the use of the original Beatles recording. "Help!" is re-created by a sound-alike group assisted by #GeorgeMartin @Ford | |
| OTD Mar1,1986 | Mr Mister | #OTD Mar1,1986 #MrMister starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Kyrie" written by #RichardPage, #SteveGeorge and #JohnLang. The Mr Mister album "Welcome To The Real World" is at #1 on US album chart | |
| OTD Mar1,2018 | Louie D'Orazio, Alice Cooper | #OTD Mar1,2018 My former school mate #LouieDOrazio with #AliceCooper at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor. He’s having fun with Alice @LouieDOrazio @alicecooper |