Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Mar13,1910 | Sammy Kaye | #BTD Mar13,1910 #SammyKaye RIP bandleader, songwriter, his 1st US #1 hit was in 1937 with "Rosalie" total of 108 US Top40 hits with 7 #1s. His tagline "Swing & sway with Sammy Kaye" became one of the most famous of the #BigBand Era | |
| BTD Mar13,1933 | Mike Stoller | #BTD Mar13,1933 #MikeStoller composer, partner with lyricist #JerryLieber. Leiber & Stoller songwriter team with these Top40s - 56 US w/ 6 #1s - Kansas City, Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Don't, Yakety Yak, Beautiful Girls; 49 R&B w/ 10 #1s; 34 UK w/ 3 #1s & 10 Country w/ 3 #1s | |
| BTD Mar13,1937 | Terry Cox | #BTD Mar13,1937 #TerryCox drummer #Pentangle (or The Pentangle) 1969 UK #46 "Once I Had a Sweetheart" and UK #43 "Light Flight" also worked with #DavidBowie 1969 LP “Man of Words/Man of Music”, the #BeeGees and #EltonJohn | |
| BTD Mar13,1939 | Neil Sedaka | #BTD Mar13,1939 #NeilSedaka singer, songwriter 1959 US #9 "Oh! Carol", 1961 US #4 "Calendar Girl", 1962 US #1 "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", 1974 US #1 "Laughter in the Rain", +17 other US Top40 singles. Sedaka has wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs #HBday @neilsedaka | |
| BTD Mar13,1960 | Adam Clayton | #BTD Mar13,1960 #AdamClayton bass guitarist #U2 1984 UK #3 Pride, In The Name Of Love, +25 UK Top40 singles, 1987 UK #1 LP The Joshua Tree, +5 US #1 LPs @U2 | |
| OTD Mar13,1948 | Peggy Lee | #OTD Mar13,1948 #PeggyLee starts a 9wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" written by Peggy Lee and #DaveBarbour | |
| OTD Mar13,1953 | Guy Mitchell | #OTD Mar13,1953 #GuyMitchell starts a 4wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "She Wears Red Feathers" written by #BobMerrill; a song about a banker's love for a hula girl | |
| OTD Mar13,1954 | Jo Stafford | #OTD Mar13,1954 #JoStafford with #PaulWeston & His Orchestra start a 3wk run at #1 on the US Top40s chart with "Make Love To Me!" written by #BillNorvas, #AlanCopeland & New Orleans Rhythm Kings (Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel, Walter Melrose) | |
| OTD Mar13,1957 | Tab Hunter | #OTD Mar13,1957 #TabHunter still at #1 for the week ending Mar13 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Young Love" for the last week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Mar13,1958 | RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America | #OTD Mar13,1958 The Recording Industry Association of America introduces its awards for record sales @RIAA | |
| OTD Mar13,1959 | Ringo Starr | #OTD Mar13,1959 #RingoStarr 1st plays on the same bill as The #Beatles (The #QuarryMen at the time) opening night at the Morgue Skiffle Cellar with #RoryStorm and the #Hurricanes @ringostarrmusic | |
| OTD Mar13,1961 | Rick Nelson | #OTD Mar13,1961 #RickNelson records the single "Travelin' Man" #JerryFuller wrote the song with #SamCooke in mind, Sam turned it down so #RickyNelson picked it up and brought it to the #1 on Jun4,1961 | |
| OTD Mar13,1963 | John Lennon | #OTD Mar13,1963 #JohnLennon misses his 2nd straight gig with a bad cold. The other 3 #Beatles play at the Rialto Theater in York on the Montez/Roe tour | |
| OTD Mar13,1964 | Billboard, Beatles | #OTD Mar13,1964 #Billboard reports that The #Beatles single sales are 60% of the US market & that the LP "Meet the Beatles" reaches 3.5M records sold | |
| OTD Mar13,1965 | Eric Clapton | #OTD Mar13,1965 #EricClapton leaves the #Yardbirds due to musical differences with the other band members | |
| OTD Mar13,1965 | Freddie and the Dreamers | #OTD Mar13,1965 #Freddie and the #Dreamers enter the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #71 with "I'm Telling You Now" written by by #FreddieGarrity and #MitchMurray and the song will reach #1 in the US on Apr10,1965 for 2wks | |
| OTD Mar13,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Mar13,1965 The #Beatles start a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Eight Days A Week" written by #PaulMcCartney and #JohnLennon based on McCartney's original idea. The Beatles 7th US #1 | |
| OTD Mar13,1967 | Bee Gees | #OTD Mar13,1967 #BeeGees continue recording of the single "New York Mining Disaster 1941" They add orchestra and some other parts. The Bee Gees actually finished the main parts of the song on Mar7 taking six takes to create the song @BeeGees | |
| OTD Mar13,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Mar13,1967 The #Beatles continue to work on "Good Morning, Good Morning", bringing in a brass group for overdubs | |
| OTD Mar13,1967 | Bravo Magazine | #OTD Mar13,1967 The #German #Bravo Magazine calls The #Monkees the biggest sensation since The #Beatles @bravomagazin | |
| OTD Mar13,1967 | Monkees | #OTD Mar13,1967 The #Monkees TV series S1 E26 "Monkee Chow Mein" The #Monkees #PeterTork finds a secret message in a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant, forcing Monkeemen #DavyJones and #MikeNesmith to come to his rescue from the evil Dragonman @TheMonkees | |
| OTD Mar13,1971 | Brewer and Shipley | #OTD Mar13,1971 #BrewerandShipley enters the US Top40 charts at #39 with "One Toke Over The Line" written by #MikeBrewer, #TomShipley; peaking at #10 on Apr10. The band said toke meant token as in ticket | |
| OTD Mar13,1971 | Osmonds | #OTD Mar13,1971 The #Osmonds are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "One Bad Apple" The #Osmonds on the top of the charts for the last week of a 5wk run at #1. The song has @donnyosmond & @merrillosmond singing lead | |
| OTD Mar13,1973 | David Cassidy | #OTD Mar13,1973 #DavidCassidy plays at the Bell Vue Kings Hall in Manchester, the first of 10 sold out UK shows | |
| OTD Mar13,1976 | Jacksons | #OTD Mar13,1976 The #Jackson5 #JacksonFive moved from #Motown Records to #Epic Records. They also changed their name to the #Jacksons @Jacksons @motown @Epic_Records | |
| OTD Mar13,19764 | Four Seasons | #OTD Mar13,1976 The 4 Seasons #FourSeasons start a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" written by #BobGaudio and #JudyParker. Their 5th & final #1 in the US; the only Four Seasons song at #1 in the UK Feb15,1976 for 2wks | |
| OTD Mar13,1977 | Iggy Pop, David Bowie | #OTD Mar13,1977 #IggyPop & #DavidBowie kick off a Tour at Le Plateau Theatre in Montreal #Blondie is the opening act @BlondieOfficial | |
| OTD Mar13,1982 | J Geils Band | #OTD Mar13,1982 The #JGeilsBand is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Centerfold" for the last week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Mar13,1984 | MTV | #OTD Mar13,1984 the weekly series "Top 20 Video Countdown" airs for the 1st time on #MTV hosted by #MarkGoodman @MTV | |
| OTD Mar13,1987 | Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band | #OTD Mar13,1987 #BobSeger and the Silver Bullet Band got a star on the #Hollywood #WalkOfFame @BobSeger | |
| OTD Mar13,1987 | Bryan Adams | #OTD Mar13,1987 #BryanAdams song "Heat of the Night" written by Bryan Adams and #JimVallance; became the first commercially released cassette single in the US @bryanadams | |
| OTD Mar13,1999 | Cher | #OTD Mar13,1999 #Cher starts a 4wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Believe" written by #BrianHiggins, #StuartMcLennen, #PaulBarry, #StevenTorch, #MatthewGray, #TimothyPowell & Cher; making her the oldest woman to top the US singles chart at age 53 @cher | |
| OTD Mar13,2017 | Kristina Esposito | #OTD Mar13,2017 Producer #KristinaEsposito of KEME Productions is at the #ACTRA awards in Toronto @ACTRAToronto @KristinaEspo1 @kemeproductions |