Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Mar5,1927 | Jack Cassidy | #BTD Mar5,1927 #JackCassidy RIP Actor of stage, film, TV, singer with #ShirleyJones. Character actor in many TV shows such as 1971 Bonanza as Kevin O'Casey, 1972 Mission: Impossible as Orin Kerr, 1971 Columbo as Ken Franklin. Father of singers #DavidCassidy & #ShaunCassidy | |
| BTD Mar5,1948 | Eddy Grant | #BTD Mar5,1948 #EddyGrant (Edmond Grant) guitarist, singer 1983 US & UK #2 "Electric Avenue", 1982 UK #1 "I Don't Wanna Dance", +7 UK Top40 singles and a founding member of The #Equals 1968 UK #1 & US #32 "Baby Come Back", +5 UK Top40 singles #HBday @Eddy_Grant | |
| BTD Mar5,1951 | Elaine Page | #BTD Mar5,1951 #ElainePage (Elaine Bickerstaff) singer, actress 1981 UK #6 single "Memory", 1985 UK #1 "I Know Him So Well" 1968 Her appearance in the production of #Hair marked her West End debut #HBday @elaine_paige | |
| BTD Mar5,1952 | Alan Clark | #BTD Mar5,1952 #AlanClark 1st & main keyboardist #DireStraits 1979 US #4 & UK #8 "Sultans Of Swing", 1985 US #1 & UK #4 "Money For Nothing", 1986 US #7 & UK #2 "Walk Of Life", +8 UK Top40s & 4 UK #1 LPs. 2018 inducted in @rockhall of Fame as member of Dire Straits @DireStraits77 | |
| BTD Mar5,1958 | Andy Gibb | #BTD Mar5,1958 #AndyGibb RIP singer, songwriter, teen idol 1977 US #1 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything", 1977 US #1 "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water", 1978 US #1 "Shadow Dancing", +6 US Top40 singles. Youngest brother of the Brothers Gibb Barry, Robin and Maurice @BeeGees | |
| OTD Mar5,1924 | IBM | #OTD Mar5,1924 The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corporation becomes #IBM (International Business Machines #IBM) @IBM | |
| OTD Mar5,1955 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Mar5,1955 #ElvisPresley made his TV debut on a regional show "The Louisiana Hayride" | |
| OTD Mar5,1956 | Frank Sinatra | #OTD Mar5,1956 #FrankSinatra releases his 10th studio album "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" This is his 4th LP for #Capitol Records. The LP is arranged by #NelsonRiddle. The album will become the 1st #1 album in UK history on Jul22,1956 | |
| OTD Mar5,1960 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Mar5,1960 #ElvisPresley is discharged from the US Army it becomes one of the most publicized returns of a soldier @USArmy | |
| OTD Mar5,1961 | Chubby Checker | #OTD Mar5,1961 #ChubbyChecker starts a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Pony Time" written by #DonCovay and #JohnBerry; originally recorded in 1960 by Covay with his group the #Goodtimers. Checkers second #1 single of the 60s | |
| OTD Mar5,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Mar5,1963 #Beatles Tea break during the recording of "From Me To You" & "The One After 909" at Abbey Road with #GeorgeMartin | |
| OTD Mar5,1963 | Cowboy Copas | #OTD Mar5,1963 #CowboyCopas (Lloyd Estel Copas) RIP singer, songwriter dies at the age of 49 in a plane crash in a forest outside Camden, Tn. 1960 US Country #1 & US #63 "Alabam", +14 US Country Top40 singles. Copas was a member of the Grand Ole Opry @opry | |
| OTD Mar5,1963 | Hawkshaw Hawkins | #OTD Mar5,1963 #HawkshawHawkins (Harold Hawkins) RIP dies at 41 in a plane crash near Camden, Tn; Hawkins gave #BillyWalker his commercial airline ticket for Mar3 & flew on #RandyHughes private plane. Hawkshaw 1963 US Country #1 & US #108 "Lonesome 7-7203", +7 US Country Top40s | |
| OTD Mar5,1963 | Patsy Cline | #OTD Mar5,1963 #PatsyCline (Virginia Patterson Hensley) singer RIP dies at 30 in a plane crash near Camden, Tn; 1961 US Country #1 & US #12 I" Fall to Pieces" & 1962 US Country #1 & US #14 "She's Got You", +2 US and 5 US Country Top40s. 1st female soloist in @countrymusichof Fame | |
| OTD Mar5,1963 | Plane crash | #OTD Mar5,1963 #PatsyCline, #CowboyCopas, #RandyHughes and #HawkshawHawkins die in a plane crash in a forest outside Camden, Tn. #BillyWalker lives and says "God On My Side" | |
| OTD Mar5,1963 | Randy Hughes | #OTD Mar5,1963 #RandyHughes RIP guitarist, manager dies at the age of 34. Hughes the pilot of the plane that crashed in a forest outside Camden killing #PatsyCline, #CowboyCopas & #HawkshawHawkins; Hughes was their manager too. He was not trained to fly in rain with instruments | |
| OTD Mar5,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Mar5,1963 The #Beatles record "From Me to You" at Abbey Road Studios in 6 takes. Apr11 @parlophone will release the single in the UK with "Thank You Girl" on the B-side. #JohnLennon & #PaulMcCartney began writing it while riding a coach during the #HelenShapiro concert tour | |
| OTD Mar5,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Mar5,1964 After filming "A Hard Day's Night" The #Beatles and #BrianEpstein dine at Oxford's Brasenose College | |
| OTD Mar5,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Mar5,1964 The #Beatles during the movie "A Hard Day's Night" filming are aboard a train, this time they are headed to Taunton and back | |
| OTD Mar5,1964 | British acts | #OTD Mar5,1964 UK Top10 Singles Chart, the Top9 artists are British acts. #CillaBlack leading the way at #1 with "Anyone Who Had A Heart" #BrendaLee at #10 with "As Usual" is the only non-Brit breaking the list | |
| OTD Mar5,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Mar5,1965 The #Beatles are filming the movie "Help!" shots include #JohnLennon, #PaulMcCartney & #GeorgeHarrison running around the island shouting #Ringo | |
| OTD Mar5,1965 | Mannish Boys | #OTD Mar5,1965 The #MannishBoys release "I Pity The Fool" featuring #DavidBowie, #JimmyPage is a session guitarist. 1961 originally recorded by #BobbyBland for #Duke Records; written by #JoeMedwick but Duke owner #DonRobey (using Deadric Malone) on songwriting credits | |
| OTD Mar5,1965 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Mar5,1965 The #RollingStones start a 5th UK tour at Regal Theatre. Tjhe Rolling Stones play 2 shows with The #Hollies, #Konrads, #DaveBerry and the #Cruisers, Goldie and the Gingerbreads @RollingStones | |
| OTD Mar5,1966 | Melody Maker Magazine | #OTD Mar5,1966 Melody Maker Magazine have 12 musicians vote on the best upcoming artists. Odd note nobody picked a girl singer and several wouldn't have a rhythm guitarist. | |
| OTD Mar5,1966 | Barry Sadler | #OTD Mar5,1966 Staff Sgt #BarrySadler starts 5wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Ballad Of The Green Berets" written by Sadler when training as a Special Forces medic with lyrics by author #RobinMoore. Moore helped get recording contract with #RCA Records | |
| OTD Mar5,1967 | Saville Theatre | #OTD Mar5,1967 #PinkFloyd, #JeffBeck, #RyanBrothers #LeeDorsey play at the Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue London @pinkfloyd @jeffbeckmusic | |
| OTD Mar5,1968 | Jerry Lee Lewis | #OTD Mar5,1968 #JerryLeeLewis as Lago opens in the rock musical of "Othello" in Hollywood, CA. After 6 weeks Jerry Lee Lewis leaves the production to continue his music career @jerryleelewis | |
| OTD Mar5,1969 | Jim Morrison | #OTD Mar5,1969 An arrest warrant issued for #JimMorrison related to the concert in Miami Mar1. Morrison will turn himself in to FBI in LA Apr4; Nov9 enters a not guilty plea; trial Aug12,1970. Sep20,1970 Morrison found guilty on misdemeanor charges & not guilty on felony charges | |
| OTD Mar5,1970 | Dean Martin | #OTD Mar5,1970 The movie "Airport" is released. Starring #DeanMartin as Vernon Demerest, check-ride captain for Trans Global Airlines, #BurtLancaster as Mel Bakersfeld, airport manager. Won 9 @TheAcademy Awards | |
| OTD Mar5,1972 | Harry Nilsson | #OTD Mar5,1972 #HarryNilsson starts a 5wk run at #1 on the UK Singles Chart with his version of the #Badfinger song "Without You" written by #PeteHam and #TomEvans. Nilsson's only UK #1. The single is at #1 simultaneously in the UK & the US for the next 2wks | |
| OTD Mar5,1977 | Barbra Streisand | #OTD Mar5,1977 #BarbraStreisand starts a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Evergreen" (also called "Love Theme from A Star Is Born") by Streisand with lyrics by #PaulWilliams and arranged by Ian Freebairn-Smith @BarbraStreisand | |
| OTD Mar5,1977 | Eagles | #OTD Mar5,1977 The #Eagles are at #2 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "New Kid In Town" written by #DonHenley, #GlennFrey and #JDSouther and The #SteveMiller Band is at #3 on the @billboard Hot100 Chart with "Fly Like An Eagle" written and produced by Steve Miller | |
| OTD Mar5,1982 | John Belushi | #OTD Mar5,1982 Comedian, actor, musician #JohnBelushi dies at 33. Original cast of Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl. Movie ie 1978 "Animal House" Cause of death a drug combination called speedball (cocaine & heroin), #CathySmith gave it to him she served 15 months in jail manslaughter | |
| OTD Mar5,1983 | Michael Jackson | #OTD Mar5,1983 #MichaelJackson starts a 7wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Billie Jean" written by Michael Jackson, his 4th US #1. The single has also been a UK #1 since Feb27, the song will only spend 1wk at #1 in the UK @michaeljackson | |
| OTD Mar5,1983 | Wham! | #OTD Mar5,1983 #Wham! makes their US TV debut when they appear on #DickClark's American Bandstand | |
| OTD Mar5,1988 | George Michael | #OTD Mar5,1988 #GeorgeMichael is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Father Figure" for the last week of a 2wk run | |
| OTD Mar5,1988 | Michael Aspel | #OTD Mar5,1988 The broadcast of #MichaelAspel interviewing #GeorgeHarrison & #RingoStarr on his talk show "Aspel & Company" This was the first major TV interview given by any two former #Beatles since the group disbanded in 1970 Video==> youtu.be/JQaqcLPAI_s | |
| OTD Mar5,1994 | Prince | #OTD Mar5,1994 #Prince enters the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart at #60 with "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" written by Prince, #BrunoBergonzi and #MicheleVicin. The song will peak at #3 for 3wks Apr30. It 1st premiered on the 1994 Miss USA Pageant, but not in full |