Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Mar3,1911 | Jean Harlow | #BTD Mar3,1911 #JeanHarlow (Harlean Harlow Carpenter) RIP actress, sex symbol in the 1930s. She was signed by director #HowardHughes, and her first major appearance was in the 1930 movie "Hell's Angels" Nicknamed the "Blond Bombshell" & the "Platinum Blonde" Harlow died at age 26 | |
| BTD Mar3,1920 | James Doohan | #BTD Mar3,1920 #JamesDoohan RIP #Canadian actor, voice actor, biggest role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the TV and film series "Star Trek" A Lieutenant 14th Field Artillery, Doohan 1st saw combat at Juno Beach on D-Day Jun6,1944 | |
| BTD Mar3,1941 | Mike Pender | #BTD Mar3,1941 #MikePender (Michael Prendergast) lead singer The #Searchers 1963 UK #1 "Sweets for My Sweet", 1964 UK #1 & US #13 "Needles And Pins", 1964 UK #1 & US #16 "Don't Throw Your Love Away", +8 UK & 5 US Top40s; 2nd group from #Liverpool after #Beatles with a hits in US | |
| BTD Mar3,1944 | Jance Garfat | #BTD Mar3,1944 #JanceGarfat RIP bass guitarist Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (from 1975 known as #DrHook) 1972 US #5 & UK #2 Sylvia's Mother, 1975 US #6 Only Sixteen, 1976 UK #1 & US #6 When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman, +7 US Top40s @DrHookOfficial | |
| BTD Mar3,1947 | Dave Mount | #BTD Mar3,1947 #DaveMount RIP drummer #Mud 1974 UK #1 "Tiger Feet", +14 UK Top40 singles with 2 more UK #1s | |
| BTD Mar3,1947 | Jennifer Warnes | #BTD Mar3,1947 #JenniferWarnes singer, songwriter 1976 US #6 "Right Time of the Night", 1982 US #1 & UK #7 single "Up Where We Belong" duet with #JoeCocker, 1987 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" duet with Bill Medley #HBday @jenniferwarnes | |
| BTD Mar3,1948 | Snowy White | #BTD Mar3,1948 #SnowyWhite (Terence White) guitarist worked with #ThinLizzy and #PinkFloyd & solo artist 1983 UK Top10 hit single with "Bird Of Paradise" | |
| BTD Mar3,1949 | Richie Cannata | #BTD Mar3,1949 #RichieCannata saxophone in #BillyJoel's band. After leaving in 1981, he opened Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York. Artists such as #CelineDion, #JenniferLopez have recorded in Cannata's studio | |
| BTD Mar3,1954 | Chris Hughes | #BTD Mar3,1954 #ChrisHughes (Christopher Merrick Hughes; also known as #Merrick) former drummer, guitar, keyboards Adam and the Ants 1981 UK #1 single "Stand And Deliver", +15 UK Top40 singles | |
| OTD Mar3,1931 | Star Spangled Banner | #OTD Mar3,1931 #StarSpangledBanner is made the US national anthem by a congressional resolution, then signed by President #HerbertHoover on Mar4,1931, officially adopting "The Star-Spangled Banner" Originally from a poem called "Defense of Fort McHenry" | |
| OTD Mar3,1931 | Cab Calloway | #OTD Mar3,1931 #CabCalloway and his orchestra have the 1st jazz song to sell 1M copies with "Minnie The Moocher" written by Cab Calloway, #IrvingMills and #ClarenceGaskill | |
| OTD Mar3,1940 | Artie Shaw | #OTD Mar3,1940 #ArtieShaw and His orchestra records "Frenesi" written by #AlbertoDomÃnguez with an arrangement by #WilliamGrantStill. Great song | |
| OTD Mar3,1945 | Bing Crosby | #OTD Mar3,1945 #BingCrosby rerecords "Temptation" with #JohnScottTrotter's Orchestra. The song was originally introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1933 film "Going Hollywood" | |
| OTD Mar3,1962 | Gene Chandler | #OTD Mar3,1962 #GeneChandler is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Duke Of Earl" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Mar3,1963 | Patsy Cline | #OTD Mar3,1963 #PatsyCline at the Memorial Building KC performs at a benefit (her last concert) with special guests #HawkshawHawkins, #DottieWest, #CowboyCopas, #GeorgeJones & #BillyWalker. Cline, Hawkins, Copas & manager, pilot & plane owner #RandyHughes will die in a crash Mar5 | |
| OTD Mar3,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Mar3,1965 The #Beatles continue filming the movie "HELP!" in the Bahamas, they are working on the final sequence where #RingoStarr is painted red | |
| OTD Mar3,1966 | Buffalo Springfield | #OTD Mar3,1966 With a name taken from a brand of steamroller, #NeilYoung (guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals), #StephenStills (guitar, keyboards, vocals) & #RichieFuray (guitar, vocals), form #BuffaloSpringfield with #DeweyMartin (drums, vocals) and #BrucePalmer (electric bass) | |
| OTD Mar3,1967 | Petula Clark | #OTD Mar3,1967 #PetulaClark performs before #PrincessMargaret at the London Palladium @PetulaClarkHQ | |
| OTD Mar3,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Mar3,1967 The #Beatles working on the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, 4 french horns recorded played by #JamesBuck #NeilSanders #TonyRandall #JohnBurden. Image is my album pressed in marble | |
| OTD Mar3,1967 | Jeff Beck Group | #OTD Mar3,1967 The #JeffBeck Group featuring, #RodStewart, AynsleyDunbar & #RonWood made what the press reports as a disastrous debut @jeffbeckmusic | |
| OTD Mar3,1968 | Bob Dylan | #OTD Mar3,1968 #BobDylan starts a 10wk run at #1 on UK Album chart with "John Wesley Harding" The album would fall to #2 for 1wk then return for an additonal 3wks at #1 for a total of 13wks. Bob Dylan returning to acoustic music after 3 LPs of electric rock @bobdylan | |
| OTD Mar3,1969 | Mary Hopkin | #OTD Mar3,1969 The UK release of #MaryHopkin's album "Postcard" The Mary Hopkin LP is produced by #PaulMcCartney and released by #Apple Records. The album would eventually reach #3 in the UK @PaulMcCartney @themaryhopkin | |
| OTD Mar3,1973 | Roberta Flack | #OTD Mar3,1973 #RobertaFlack is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Killing Me Softly With His Song" for the 2nd week of a 4wk run at #1 @Roberta_Flack | |
| OTD Mar3,1973 | Roberta Flack | #OTD Mar3,1973 At the #GRAMMY Awards #RobertaFlack is awarded the Song & Record of the year with the single "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" @RecordingAcad @Roberta_Flack | |
| OTD Mar3,1974 | Alvin Stardust | #OTD Mar3,1974 #AlvinStardust at #1 on UK singles chart with "Jealous Mind" written and produced by #PeterShelley. Alvin performed first as #ShaneFenton in the 1960s | |
| OTD Mar3,1974 | Carpenters | #OTD Mar3,1974 The #Carpenters at #1 on the UK Album chart with "The Singles 1969-73" This is the 2nd run at #1 4wks before and now another 11wk run at #1. The album would return another 2 times to #1 May26 1wk & Jun30 1wk. For a total of 17wks at #1 | |
| OTD Mar3,1974 | Columbo, Johnny Cash | #OTD Mar3,1974 The #Columbo TV series episode Swan Song airs on #NBC with #JohnnyCash guest starring as Tommy Brown with #PeterFalk as Lt. Columbo. A gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool Columbo | |
| OTD Mar3,1979 | Bee Gees | #OTD Mar3,1979 #BeeGees went to #1 on US album chart with "Spirits Having Flown" The Brother's Gibb has their 2nd US #1 album. The Bee Gees 1st album after their collaboration on the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack @BeeGees | |
| OTD Mar3,1979 | Rod Stewart | #OTD Mar3,1979 #RodStewart is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" for the last week of a 4wk run at #1 @rodstewart | |
| OTD Mar3,1981 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Mar3,1981 The documentary movie "This is Elvis" premiers in Memphis, TN. #ElvisPresley | |
| OTD Mar3,1984 | Van Halen | #OTD Mar3,1984 #VanHalen is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Jump" with David Lee Roth as the lead singer. This is the 2nd week of a 5wk run at #1 @DavidLeeRoth @VanHalen | |
| OTD Mar3,1985 | Madame Tussaud, Michael Jackson | #OTD Mar3,1985 #MadameTussaud waxworks unveils their look-alike of #MichaelJackson | |
| OTD Mar3,1985 | Phil Collins | #OTD Mar3,1985 #PhilCollins is still at #1 for the 2nd week of a 5wk run at #1 on the UK Album chart with "No Jacket Required" @PhilCollinsFeed third solo LP | |
| OTD Mar3,1990 | Janet Jackson | #OTD Mar3,1990 #JanetJackson starts a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Escapade" written by Janet Jackson, #JamesHarris III and #TerryLewis @JanetJackson | |
| OTD Mar3,1994 | Kurt Cobain | #OTD Mar3,1994 #KurtCobain of #Nirvana lapses into coma in Italy after taking a combination of valium & champagne. He is immediately rushed to hospital, spending the rest of the day unconscious & admitted for 5days; then released; returning to Seattle. He will die by suicide Apr5 | |
| OTD Mar3,2008 | Beatles | #OTD Mar3,2008 #Beatles engineer #NormanSmith dies at the age of 85. "Normal Norman" Engineer on all #EMI studio recordings by the #Beatles until 1965 when he was promoted to producer. His last Beatles LP "Rubber Soul" He engineered the sound for almost 100 Beatles songs | |
| OTD Mar3,2013 | Bobby Rogers | #OTD Mar3,2013 #BobbyRogers dies at the age of 73 RIP. Singer, songwriter with the #Miracles and co-founded The Miracles with Smokey Robinson. Part of the group from 1956 until his death. 2012 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of the Miracles |