Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Mar17,1919 | Nat King Cole | #BTD Mar17,1919 #NatKingCole (Nathaniel Coles) RIP pianist, singer. At 16, had own band The Royal Dukes. 1st R&B #1 1942 That Ain't Right, 1st US #1 1946 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, 1950 US & R&B #1 Mona Lisa, +87 US 3 more #1s, 38 R&B 4 more #1s & 30 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Mar17,1941 | Clarence Collins | #BTD Mar17,1941 #ClarenceCollins original member, founder of #LittleAnthony and The #Imperials 1958 US #4 & US R&B #2 "Tears On My Pillow", +6 US and 10 R&B Top40 singles | |
| BTD Mar17,1941 | Paul Kantner | #BTD Mar17,1941 #PaulKantner RIP co-founder, rhythm guitarist, vocalist #JeffersonAirplane 1967 US #18 "White Rabbit" & 1967 US #5 "Somebody to Love" and continued as a member of #JeffersonStarship 1975 US #3 "Miracles", +8 Top40 singles and solo artist 1981 US #8 "Hearts" | |
| BTD Mar17,1944 | John Sebastian | #BTD Mar17,1944 #JohnSebastian singer, songwriter, guitarist, founder of The Lovin’ Spoonful 1965 US #9 single "Do You Believe In Magic", 1966 US #1 "Summer in the City", +5 other US Top10 singles and solo artist 1976 US #1 "Welcome Back" | |
| BTD Mar17,1944 | Pat McAuley | #BTD Mar17,1944 #PatMcAuley (also known as John McAuley) RIP keyboards, drummer #Them (from 1964-1965) 1965 UK #2 & US #24 single "Here Comes The Night" | |
| BTD Mar17,1946 | Harold Ray Brown | #BTD Mar17,1946 #HaroldRayBrown drummer, founding member #War 1970 US #3 "Spill the Wine", 1972 US #2 "The Cisco Kid", 1976 US #7, R&B #1 & UK #12 "Low Rider", +9 US, 16 R&B Top40 singles #HBday @OGWardrums | |
| BTD Mar17,1948 | Pat Lloyd | #BTD Mar17,1948 #PatLloyd (Patrick Lloyd) guitarist, songwriter, original founding member, The #Equals 1968 UK #1 & US #32 "Baby Come Back", +5 UK Top40 singles. Lloyd is the only remaining and longest-serving original founder member of The Equals since its formation in 1965 | |
| BTD Mar17,1951 | Scott Gorham | #BTD Mar17,1951 #ScottGorham guitarist, songwriter #ThinLizzy 1973 UK #6 "Whisky In The Jar" 1976 UK #8 & US #12 "The Boys Are Back in Town", +12 UK Top40 singles @ThinLizzy_ #HBday @Scott_Gorham | |
| OTD Mar17,1956 | Carl Perkins | #OTD Mar17,1956 #CarlPerkins is on the #ABC Network #OzarkJubilee performing "Blue Suede Shoes" written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. Perkins 1st time on TV is the same night as #ElvisPresley performs "Blue Suede Shoes" on the #CBS TV network's "Stage Show" | |
| OTD Mar17,1956 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Mar17,1956 #ElvisPresley on the #CBS TV network's "Stage Show" performing "Blue Suede Shoes" written and first recorded by #CarlPerkins in 1955. Same night as Perkins is performing the same song on the #ABC Network #OzarkJubilee | |
| OTD Mar17,1957 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Mar17,1957 #ElvisPresley buys the #Graceland mansion from Mrs Ruth Brown-Moore for $102k with 13.8 acres of land | |
| OTD Mar17,1958 | Coasters | #OTD Mar17,1958 The #Coasters record "Yakety Yak" the song will spend 7wks at #1 on the US R&B charts & on Jul12,1958 became a #Billboard Hot100 #1. Song written, produced, and arranged by #JerryLeiber and #MikeStoller | |
| OTD Mar17,1960 | Johnny Preston | #OTD Mar17,1960 #JohnnyPreston starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Running Bear" written by Jiles Perry Richardson (a.k.a. The Big Bopper); also a #1 in the US Jan23,1960 for 3wks | |
| OTD Mar17,1961 | Beatles | #OTD Mar17,1961 The #Beatles (John, Paul, George and Pete Best) play a gig at Mossway Hall in Croxteth, Liverpool. Their pay is all the #Guinness they can drink Happy St. Patrick's Day #StPatricksDay @GuinnessGB | |
| OTD Mar17,1962 | Bruce Channel | #OTD Mar17,1962 #BruceChannel is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Hey! Baby" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Mar17,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Mar17,1962 The #Beatles play at the "St Patrick's Night Rock Gala" at Knotty Ash Village Hall in Liverpool with #RoryStorm and the Hurricanes | |
| OTD Mar17,1966 | Walker Brothers | #OTD Mar17,1966 #WalkerBrothers start a 4wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio; The Walker Brothers 2nd UK #1. Originally sung by #FrankieValli of the #FourSeasons but it did not chart @frankievalli | |
| OTD Mar17,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Mar17,1967 #Beatles record "She's Leaving Home" #PaulMcCartney inspired by a story in the Daily Mirror on Feb27,1967 a girl age 17 named #MelanieCoe. #McCartney met #Coe in 1963 when he chose her as the prize winner in a dancing contest on "Ready Steady Go" @DailyMirror | |
| OTD Mar17,1967 | Bobby Vee | #OTD Mar17,1967 #BobbyVee and the #Strangers record "Come Back When You Grow Up" written by #MarthaSharp. The song enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart on Jul22 and peaks at #3 Sep9 & stayed for 3wks | |
| OTD Mar17,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Mar17,1967 The #Beatles record "She's Leaving Home" at #EMI Studios London. #PaulMcCartney wrote and sings the verse, #JohnLennon wrote the chorus which both sing together. #GeorgeHarrison nor #RingoStarr are involved. Beatles did not play any instruments on the recording | |
| OTD Mar17,1968 | Bee Gees | #OTD Mar17,1968 The #BeeGees made their US TV debut on the #EdSullivan Show. They sing "To Love Somebody" & "Words" | |
| OTD Mar17,1973 | David Cassidy | #OTD Mar17,1973 #DavidCassidy article in the Evening Standard in the UK. Starting tonight a 5 show run at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Because hotel managers were wary of him staying at their hotels, he stays in the Ocean Sabre a 120ft yacht moored on the Thames just by Tower Bridge | |
| OTD Mar17,1973 | Dr Hook | #OTD Mar17,1973 #DrHook and the Medicine Show single "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" peaks at #6 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart. Banned on the #BBC in the UK because of its reference to @RollingStone magazine, UK has an advertising ban in songs @DrHookOfficial | |
| OTD Mar17,1973 | Eric Weissberg | #OTD Mar17,1973 #EricWeissberg starts a 3wk run at #1 on the US album chart with "Dueling Banjos" From the film "Deliverance" Dueling Banjos scene | |
| OTD Mar17,1973 | Roberta Flack | #OTD Mar17,1973 #RobertaFlack is still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Killing Me Softly With His Song" the last week of a 4wk run at #1 @Roberta_Flack | |
| OTD Mar17,1979 | Gloria Gaynor | #OTD Mar17,1979 #GloriaGaynor is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "I Will Survive" for the 2nd week in a row. Gaynor will fall to #2 for 2wks then return to #1 on Apr7 for an additional week. 1980 #Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording @gloriagaynor | |
| OTD Mar17,1984 | Philip Bailey | #OTD Mar17,1984 #PhilipBailey, of Earth, Wind & Fire and #PhilCollins, of Genesis start a 4wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Easy Lover" jointly written and composed by Bailey, Collins and #NathanEast | |
| OTD Mar17,1984 | Van Halen | #OTD Mar17,1984 #VanHalen is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Jump" for the 4th week of a 5wk run at #1. Van Halen's only #1 with #DavidLeeRoth as the lead vocalist @DavidLeeRoth @VanHalen | |
| OTD Mar17,1990 | Janet Jackson | #OTD Mar17,1990 #JanetJackson is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Escapade" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 @JanetJackson | |
| OTD Mar17,1997 | RIAA | #OTD Mar17,1997 #RIAA announces that the #Eagles LP "Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975" had tied #MichaelJackson's album "Thriller" as the all-time best-selling album in the US @RIAA | |
| OTD Mar17,2013 | Beatles | #OTD Mar17,2013 Former #Beatles #JohnLennon and #GeorgeHarrison get a #blueplaque at the site of the former Apple Boutique at 94 Baker Street | |
| OTD Mar17,2016 | Empty Hearts | #OTD Mar17,2016 The #EmptyHearts during a photo shoot for their self-titled album "The Empty Hearts" @TheEmptyHearts | |
| OTD Mar17,2019 | David White | #OTD Mar17,2019 #DavidWhite (also known as David White Tricker) RIP singer, songwriter dies at the age of 79. Formed, and founding member of the doo-wop quartet Danny & the Juniors | |
| OTD Mar17,2019 | Dick Dale | #OTD Mar17,2019 #DickDale (Richard Monsour) RIP guitarist, pioneer of surf music dies at the age of 82. "The King of the Surf Guitar" invents surf music; wrote his 1st surf song an instrumental in 1961 "Let's Go Trippin'" & 1962 "Misirlou" |