Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image | ||||||
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| BTD Mar18,1936 | Robert Lee Smith | #BTD Mar18,1936 #RobertLeeSmith singer The #Tams 1964 US #9 "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)", 1971 UK #1 single "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me", +2 US R&B and 2 UK Top40 singles | |||||||
| BTD Mar18,1938 | Charley Pride | #BTD Mar18,1938 #CharleyPride singer first #1 in 1969 US Country single with "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)", +38 other #1 hits on the @billboard Hot Country singles chart. Most success in the 1970s, best-selling singer at #RCA Records since #ElvisPresley @RCARecords | |||||||
| BTD Mar18,1938 | Kenny Lynch | #BTD Mar18,1938 #KennyLynch RIP singer, songwriter, actor 1962 UK #10 Up on the Roof, 1963 UK #10 You Can Never Stop Me Loving You, +5 UK Top40s; films such as 1978 "The Playbirds" NOTE: 1963 recorded "Misery" becoming the 1st to cover a Lennon–McCartney song | |||||||
| BTD Mar18,1941 | Wilson Pickett | #BTD Mar18,1941 #WilsonPickett RIP R&B, soul, singer, songwriter 1965 US R&B #1, UK #12 & US #21 single 'In The Midnight Hour' +15 other US Top40 singles; 7 UK Top40 singles and 41 R&B Top40s with 4 #1 hits | |||||||
| BTD Mar18,1944 | Bob Johnson | #BTD Mar18,1944 #BobJohnson guitarist, vocals #SteeleyeSpan 1972 UK #14 "Gaudete", 1975 UK #5 "All Around My Hat" @steeleye_span | |||||||
| BTD Mar18,1947 | B J Wilson | #BTD Mar18,1947 #BJWilson (Barrie James Wilson) RIP drummer The #Paramounts 1964 UK #35 cover of "Poison Ivy"; Wilson joined #ProcolHarum in the summer of 1967 with US #34 "Homburg" & 1975 drummer on The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack. Died Oct8,1990 after 3yrs in a coma | |||||||
| BTD Mar18,1950 | John Hartman | #BTD Mar18,1950 #JohnHartman co-founder and original drummer of the The #DoobieBrothers 1974 US #1 "Black Water", 1979 US #1 "What a Fool Believes", +13 other US Top40 singles. He played on all their major hits of the 1970s | |||||||
| BTD Mar18,1959 | Irene Cara | #BTD Mar18,1959 #IreneCara (Irene Cara Escalera) singer, actress 1982 UK #1 & US #4 "Fame", 1983 US #1 & UK #2 "Flashdance ...What A Feeling" Soundtrack from the movie Flashdance, +4 US Top40 singles #HBday @Irene_Cara | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1902 | Enrico Caruso | #OTD Mar18,1902 #EnricoCaruso records 10 songs for the #Gramophone Company. This is the 1st well-known performer to make a record. And so it began ... | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1939 | Frank Sinatra | #OTD Mar18,1939 #FrankSinatra made his first recording, a song called "Our Love" with the #FrankMane band at #HarrySmith's recording studio 3 46th East Street Manhattan | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1940 | Glen Gray | #OTD Mar18,1940 #GlenGray and the Casa Loma Orchestra records the song "No Name Jive" Composed and arranged by #LarryWagner | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1950 | Teresa Brewer | #OTD Mar18,1950 #TeresaBrewer with the Dixieland All Stars starts a 4wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Music! Music! Music!" Written by #StephenWeiss and #BernieBaum. It became Brewer's signature song and earned her the nickname "Miss Music" | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1959 | Rio Bravo | #OTD Mar18,1959 The film #RioBravo opens. Starring #DeanMartin as Dude, #RickyNelson as Colorado/Ryan, #WalterBrennan as Stumpy & #JohnWayne as John T. Chance Great movie | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1960 | Everly Brothers | #OTD Mar18,1960 The #EverlyBrothers record "Cathy's Clown" written by Don Everly & Phil Everly. Everlys guitars; #FloydCramer piano, #FloydChance bass; and #BuddyHarman drums recording with a tape loop, making it sound like two drummers. Their 1st single for Warner Bros | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1962 | Gary U S Bonds | #OTD Mar18,1962 #GaryUSBonds is on the @CBS TV program The #EdSullivan Show. Gary "U.S." Bonds performs the song "Twist, Twist Senora" On Mar31,1962 the single enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #68; six weeks later on May12 the single will peak at #9 | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1965 | John Lennon | #OTD Mar18,1965 #JohnLennon gives ex #QuarryMen #PeteShotton £20k ($28k) to open Hayling Supermarkets. In 1957 Shotton played percussion (washboard for the Quarrymen) and was long time friend of Lennon | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1965 | Mick Jagger | #OTD Mar18,1965 #MickJagger, #KeithRichards and #BillWyman of the #RollingStones are arrested for insulting behavior urinating on wall of a gas station @RollingStones | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1965 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Mar18,1965 The #RollingStones start a 3wk run at #1 the UK Singles chart with "The Last Time" written by #MickJagger and #KeithRichards. The 1st #1 hit for The Rolling Stones with Jagger & Richards as the songwriters @RollingStones @officialKeef @MickJagger | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1965 | Standells | #OTD Mar18,1965 The #Standells appear on an episode of the #NBC TV series "The #Munsters" S1 E26 "Far Out Munsters" A rock group, The Standells pays the Munsters an exorbitant fee to use their house for the weekend, but the Munsters return early to find a wild party @Standells | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Mar18,1967 The #Beatles are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Penny Lane" written mainly by #PaulMcCartney credited to Lennon–McCartney. A Liverpool street near Lennon's house, the pair would catch a bus to the city at Penny Lane junction Mossley Hill area | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1969 | Geno Washington | #OTD Mar18,1969 Fleetwood Mac; The Move; Peter Sarstedt; Amen Corner; The Gun; The Tymes; Harmony Grass; Barry Ryan; #GenoWashington and the Ram Jam Band & more are part of the Biggest happening of 1969 'Pop World 69' at London's Wembley Empire Pool @fleetwoodmac @GenoOfficial | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1972 | Neil Young | #OTD Mar18,1972 #Neilyoung is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Single Chart with "Heart Of Gold" written by Neil Young. Young's only US #1, featuring backup vocals by #JamesTaylor and #LindaRonstadt. @Neilyoung | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1972 | T Rex | #OTD Mar18,1972 #TRex is at Wembley Empire Pool #RingoStarr films the concert for the "Born To Boogie" movie. Released on The Beatles #Apple Films label. Directed and produced by Ringo Starr. UK premiere at Oscar's Cinema Brewer Street, Soho Dec14,1972 & released Dec18,1972 | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1973 | Alice Cooper | #OTD Mar18,1973 #AliceCooper went straight to #1 on the UK album chart with "Billion Dollar Babies" Alice Cooper group: Alice Cooper vocals, harmonica; #GlenBuxton guitar; #MichaelBruce rhythm guitar, keyboards; #DennisDunaway bass; #NealSmith drums @RealAliceCooper | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1977 | Clash | #OTD Mar18,1977 The #Clash release their 1st single "White Riot" written by #JoeStrummer & #MickJones; 2 versions: the single (appearing on US LP released 1979) and a different version on the UK LP. The single is 1:58 in running time while the UK album version is 1:55 @TheClash | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1978 | California Jam | #OTD Mar18,1978 #CaliforniaJam II is held in Ontario, CA. Music festival at the Ontario Motor Speedway over 350k people were in attendance | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1978 | Bee Gees | #OTD Mar18,1978 The #BeeGees start an 8wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Night Fever" written by #BarryGibb, #RobinGibb, #MauriceGibb. The theme song from the 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever" @BeeGees | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1978 | Bee Gees | #OTD Mar18,1978 #BeeGees knock #AndyGibb youngest brother of the Brothers Gibb, from the #1 spot. The 7th week in a row (since Feb4) that the Gibb family have sat at #1. They will spend another 8wks + 1wk with If I Can't Have You written by the Bee Gees May13. 18wk total @BeeGees | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1978 | Bee Gees | #OTD Mar18,1978 The #BeeGees have the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th songs on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart, they wrote or performed each: #1 "Night Fever" Bee Gees; #2 "Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees; #3 "Emotion" #SamanthaSong; #5 "(Love is) Thicker Than Water" #AndyGibb @BeeGees | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1982 | Randy Rhoads | #OTD Mar18,1982 #RandyRhoads performs in his last show in Knoxville, TN. Tomorrow Mar19,1982 Rhoads dies at the age of 25, in a plane crash while the plane was attempting to buzz the tour bus of #OzzyOsbourne | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1982 | XTC | #OTD Mar18,1982 #XTC singer #AndyPartridge suffering from stage fright walks off stage in Paris after 30sec | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1984 | Lionel Richie | #OTD Mar18,1984 #LionelRichie starts a 6wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Hello" written by Richie; he will be at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart again for another 2wks on May12 @LionelRichie | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1989 | Debbie Gibson | #OTD Mar18,1989 #DebbieGibson is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Lost in Your Eyes" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 @DebbieGibson | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1992 | Donna Summer | #OTD Mar18,1992 #DonnaSummer received a star on the #Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awarded 5 #GRAMMYs and 3 #1 albums | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,1996 | Beatles | #OTD Mar18,1996 The second part of the #Beatles "Anthology" is released. Certified 4× Platinum by the @RIAA | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,2017 | Rolling Stone Magazine | #OTD Mar18,2017 The #RollingStone magazine has a story of #ChuckBerry's 20 Essential Songs. Masterpieces that laid the groundwork for rock & roll as we know it @RollingStone | |||||||
| OTD Mar18,2017 | Chuck Berry | #OTD Mar18,2017 #ChuckBerry dies at the age of 90. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, 1972 UK & US #1 single "My Ding A Ling", +3 R&B #1s and 13 Top40 singles. One of the pioneers of rock n roll music. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll" 1986 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame |