Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Mar28,1941 | Charlie McCoy | #BTD Mar28,1941 #CharlieMcCoy harmonica, guitarists , singer member of #AreaCode615 country rock band in 1960s & 1970s. Solo artist 1972 US Country #16 "Today I Started Loving You Again", +7 Country Top40s. McCoy played with many artists. 2009 inducted in @countrymusichof Fame | |
| BTD Mar28,1948 | John Evan | #BTD Mar28,1948 #JohnEvan (John Spencer Evans) keyboards for #JethroTull April 1970 to June 1980. Composed the piano introduction for Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath" @jethrotull | |
| BTD Mar28,1948 | Milan Williams | #BTD Mar28,1948 #MilanWilliams RIP keyboardist, guitarist, founding member of The #Commodores 1978 #1 "Three Times A Lady", 1979 US #1 "Still", +16 US Top40s and 26 R&B Top40 singles with 6 R&B #1s | |
| BTD Mar28,1949 | Sally Carr | #BTD Mar28,1949 #SallyCarr (Sarah Carr) lead singer of the 1970s pop group #MiddleOfTheRoad 1971 UK #1 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep", 1972 UK #23 & GER #1, +4 UK and 10 GER (GfK Entertainment Charts - Germany) Top40 singles | |
| BTD Mar28,1954 | Reba McEntire | #BTD Mar28,1954 #RebaMcEntire singer, actress, record producer 81 US Country Top40 singles with 25 #1 country singles, released over 25 albums with 12 #1 LPs & star of the TV sitcom "Reba" #HBday @reba | |
| BTD Mar28.1945 | Chuck Portz | #BTD Mar28.1945 #ChuckPortz original bassist The The #Turtles 1967 US #1 "Happy Together", 1967 US #3 & UK #4 "She'd Rather Be with Me", +8 Top40 US singles. The Turtles were originally a surf-rock group called The #Crossfires, The Tyrtles then The Turtles | |
| OTD Mar28,1939 | Hal Kemp and His Orchestra | #OTD Mar28,1939 #HalKemp and His Orchestra records "Three Little Fishies" (also known as "Three Little Fishes") written by by Saxie Dowell with lyrics by #JosephineCarringer and #BerniceIdins; with vocal refrain by The #Smoothies. A US #1 for #KayKyser and His Band in 1939 | |
| OTD Mar28,1942 | Frank Sinatra | #OTD Mar28,1942 #FrankSinatra is on the US charts for the 1st time reaching the #16 spot with "Night And Day" written by #ColePorter for the 1932 musical "Gay Divorce" Frank Sinatra recorded the song at least 5 times @franksinatra | |
| OTD Mar28,1950 | Hank Snow | #OTD Mar28,1950 #HankSnow records "I’m Movin’ On" written by Hank Snow (Clarence E. Snow). The song would move to #1 for 21 weeks on the @billboard country singles chart. His 1st of 7 US country #1s. The singles success led to Snow joining the Grand Ole Opry cast in 1950 @opry | |
| OTD Mar28,1956 | Little Richard | #OTD Mar28,1956 #LittleRichard enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #66 with "Long Tall Sally" written by Richard Penniman (Little Richard), #EnotrisJohnson & #RobertBlackwell. The single would peak at #6 on the US Charts, #3 on the UK charts & #1 on the US R&B charts | |
| OTD Mar28,1958 | Alan Freed | #OTD Mar28,1958 #AlanFreed's Big Beat Show tour kicks off the first of its 43 shows at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater with Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Danny and the Juniors, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, The Chantels, The Diamonds, Screaming Jay Hawkins, & more | |
| OTD Mar28,1960 | Billy Fury, Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheeley | #OTD Mar28,1960 #BillyFury with #EddieCochran & Eddie's girlfriend #SharonSheeley backstage at the Manchester Ardwick Hippodrome show. Cochran will die Apr17,1960 when his taxi crashes into a lamppost on Rowden Hill Chippenham, Wiltshire, he is 21 | |
| OTD Mar28,1960 | Larry Parnes | #OTD Mar28,1960 #LarryParnes presents An Anglo-American Four Star Attractions Manchester Hippodrome Ardwick Green. #GeneVincent, #EddieCochran, #BillyFury and #JoeBrown with #BillyRaymond, #TonySheridan and #GeorgieFame | |
| OTD Mar28,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Mar28,1963 The #Beatles on the Montez/Roe tour, perform at ABC Cinema in Exeter, Devonshire. The 18th day of the 21 show dates in March | |
| OTD Mar28,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Mar28,1963 The #Beatles performance on the #BBC radio program "On the Scene" is broadcast. The Beatles perform Misery, Do You Want to Know a Secret and Please Please Me. The show was recorded Mar21, then they drove south to Croydon to rejoin the Chris Montez/Tommy Roe tour | |
| OTD Mar28,1963 | Shadows | #OTD Mar28,1963 The #Shadows have their fifth and final UK #1 single with "Foot Tapper" an instrumental written by #HankMarvin & #BruceWelch. The closing theme for the BBC Radio 2 programme Sounds of the 60s from 1983-2017 | |
| OTD Mar28,1964 | Madame Tussaud | #OTD Mar28,1964 #MadameTussaud Wax Museum in London announces The #Beatles will be cast in wax | |
| OTD Mar28,1964 | Radio Caroline | #OTD Mar28,1964 Radio #Caroline pirate radio starts broadcasting from the former Danish ferry #Fredericia in the North Sea | |
| OTD Mar28,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Mar28,1964 The #Beatles are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "She Loves You" for the last week of a 2wk run. The 2nd of 3 consecutive #1s, 1st single a 7wk run with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" The next #1 hit will be "Can't Buy Me Love" for 5wks on Apr4 | |
| OTD Mar28,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Mar28,1964 The #Beatles enter the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart at #27 with “Can’t Buy Me Love” written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. This is the singles debut before reaching #1 next week Apr4 replacing The Beatles own song "She Loves You" | |
| OTD Mar28,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Mar28,1965 The #Beatles tape their final appearance on the #ABC program "Thank Your Lucky Stars" at Alpha TV Studios | |
| OTD Mar28,1966 | Gary Lewis and the Playboys | #OTD Mar28,1966 #GaryLewis and the #Playboys record "Green Grass" written by #RogerCook and #RogerGreenaway. Gary Lewis and the Playboys will peak at #8 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart Jun18 | |
| OTD Mar28,1967 | Van Morrison | #OTD Mar28,1967 #VanMorrison records the single "Brown Eyed Girl" written by Van Morrison. The single will enter the #Billboard Hot100 charts on Jul15 and peak at #10 Sep30. Originally titled "Brown-Skinned Girl", Morrison changed it to "Brown Eyed Girl" when he recorded it | |
| OTD Mar28,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Mar28,1967 The #Beatles working on "Good Morning Good Morning" written by #JohnLennon with his inspiration from a TV commercial for #Kellogg's Corn Flakes. John Lennon lead vocal; Paul McCartney lead guitar, bass; George Harrison rhythm guitar; Ringo Starr drums, tambourine | |
| OTD Mar28,1968 | Pink Floyd | #OTD Mar28,1968 #PinkFloyd records a performance for #BBC 2 TV Omnibus "The Sound of Change" show from Barnes Common @pinkfloyd | |
| OTD Mar28,1970 | John Lennon | #OTD Mar28,1970 #JohnLennon peaks at #3 for 3wks on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" written by John Lennon and produced by #PhilSpector. 1st solo single by a Beatles member since their breakup to sell 1M copies | |
| OTD Mar28,1970 | Simon and Garfunkel | #OTD Mar28,1970 #PaulSimon and #ArtGarfunkel #SimonandGarfunkel are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for the 5th week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Mar28,1971 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Mar28,1971 The #RollingStones peaks at #4 on the UK Album charts with the LP "Stone Age" despite placing an advertisement on Mar20 in UK's music papers (Record Mirror and NME) disclaiming any connection to the release of the album @RollingStones | |
| OTD Mar28,1976 | Genesis | #OTD Mar28,1976 #Genesis (130M records sold) began their 1st American tour with #PhilCollins as the new lead singer @PhilCollinsFeed | |
| OTD Mar28,1977 | Kiss | #OTD Mar28,1977 #Kiss plays their 1st of 5 sold-out nights on their "Alive II" world Tour at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan @kiss | |
| OTD Mar28,1981 | Blondie | #OTD Mar28,1981 #Blondie starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Rapture" written by #DeborahHarry and #ChrisStein. Considered to be the first #1 song in the US to feature #Rap @BlondieOfficial | |
| OTD Mar28,1987 | Club Nouveau | #OTD Mar28,1987 #ClubNouveau is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singes Chart with their cover of "Lean On Me" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1. On Jul8,1972 the original version by #BillWithers had a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Mar28,1994 | Pink Floyd | #OTD Mar28,1994 #PinkFloyd releases the album "The Division Bell" in the UK, The Pink Floyd LP is certified triple platinum in 1999 @pinkfloyd | |
| OTD Mar28,1996 | Phil Collins | #OTD Mar28,1996 #PhilCollins announces that he is leaving #Genesis to concentrate on his solo career. Exactly 20 years to the day after his 1st tour in the US with Genesis @PhilCollinsFeed | |
| OTD Mar28,2002 | Louis Armstrong | #OTD Mar28,2002 The National Museum of American History puts a cornet that had belonged to #LouisArmstrong on display @amhistorymuseum |