March 4 Born –
Paul Mauriat (1925) – French orchestra conductor ("Love Is Blue").
Miriam Makeba (1932) – South African singer.
Betty Jack Davis (1932) – The Davis Sisters.
Barbara McNair (1934) – singer/actress.
Eric Allandale (1936) – trombonist for The Foundations.
Ron Carter (1937) – Jazz bassist.
Angus MacLise (1938) – drummer for Velvet Underground.
Bobby Womack (1944) – R&B/soul singer/guitarist.
Michael "Mick" Wilson (1944) – drummer for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick
& Tich.
Dieter Meier (1945) – Yello.
Red Stripe (aka David Gittins, 1946) – The Flying Pickets.
Chris Squire (1948) – bassist for Yes.
Shakin' Stevens (aka Michael Barratt, 1948) – Welsh singer/songwriter.
Chris Rea (1951) – singer/songwriter/guitarist.
Emilio Estefan, Jr. (1953) – Miami Sound Machine.
St. Clair L. Palmer (1954) – The Sweet Sensations.
Rowland “Boon” Gould (1955) – guitarist for Level 42.
Jason Newsted (1963) – bassist for Metallica.
Patrick “Patch” Hannan (1966) – drummer for The Sundays.
Evan Dando (1967) – The Lemonheads.
Patricia “Patsy” Kensit (1968) – actress, singer for Eighth Wonder.
Chastity "Chaz" Bono (1969)
Fergal Lawler (1971) – drummer for The Cranberries.
March 4 R.I.P. –
Richard Manuel (1986) – suicide. Age 42. Keyboardist for The Band.
Howard Greenfield (1986) – AIDS. Age 49. American songwriter
("Breaking Up Is Hard To Do").
Minnie Pearl (1996) – stroke. Age 83. Country music artist.
Raymond Edwards (1997) – Age 74. The Silhouettes (“Get A Job”).
Glenn Hughes (2001) – lung cancer. Age 50. "Leatherman" from The
Village People.
John McGeoch (2004) – Age 48. Guitarist for Siouxsie and The Banshees.
Lolly Vasquez (2010) – lung cancer. Age 70. Vocalist/guitarist for
Redbone.
Ron Banks (2010) – heart attack. Age 58. The Dramatics.
Johnny Preston (2011) – heart failure. Age 71. Singer/songwriter
(“Running Bear”).
March 4 album releases –
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps – Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps (1957)
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention – We're Only In It For The
Money (1968)
ABBA – Waterloo (1974)
The Police – Live At Zellerbach (1979)
Huang Chung – Huang Chung (1982)
Thin Lizzy – Thunder And Lightning (1983)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Dazzle Ships (1983)
Spandau Ballet – True (1983)
Cocteau Twins – Aikea-Guinea (1985) (EP)
Evanescence – Fallen (2003)
March 4 events –
1877 – Emile Berliner invents the microphone in New York. The device
is initially used as a telephone speech transmitter.
1951 – Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys, featuring vocalist
Redd Stewart, record "Slow Poke” at RCA Studios in Chicago.
1955 – Jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker makes his final live
performance at Birdland in New York City, with Charles Mingus, Bud
Powell, Kenny Dorham and Art Blakey.
1957 – Marty Robbins releases his single, “A White Sport Coat (And A
Pink Carnation)” b/w “Grown-Up Tears” on Columbia.
1959 – The first Grammy Awards were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
in Los Angeles, with Record of the Year and Song of the Year going to
"Volare" by Domenico Modugno, and Album of the Year going to Henry
Mancini's Peter Gunn soundtrack.
1962 – Fats Domino, Connie Stevens, Tommy Sands, and The Johnny Puleo
Gang perform on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1963 – The Beach Boys release their single, “Surfin’ U.S.A.” b/w “Shut
Down.”
1963 – Al Martino releases his single, “I Love You Because” b/w “Merry-
Go-Round” on Capitol Records.
1966 – The London Evening Standard publishes Maureen Cleaves' article
about home life with John Lennon. The piece will grow notorious four
months later when it is re-printed in the U.S. in DATEbook magazine
because of Lennon’s comments about Christianity.
1968 – The Temptations’ Eddie Kendrick and Otis Williams are
hospitalized with minor injuries after a car accident on an icy road
near Sommerset, Pennsylvania.
1970 – Janis Joplin, vacationing in Rio de Janeiro, is fined $200 in
absentia for using obscene language at a Tampa, Florida concert the
previous November.
1971 – The Rolling Stones announce they will be moving to France as
“tax exiles." In the evening, the group plays two shows on the first
night of a nine date UK tour at Newcastle City Hall in Newcastle upon
Tyne, with opening act The Groundhogs.
1973 – Pink Floyd plays the first night of the third North American
leg of their Dark Side Of The Moon tour at the Dane County Coliseum in
Madison, Wisconsin.
1973 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Steamroller Blues” b/w
“Fool.”
1977 – The Rolling Stones perform a rare intimate show at the small El
Mocambo Tavern in Toronto.
1978 – The I.R.S. raids Jerry Lee Lewis' home at dawn to remove
$170,000 worth of automobiles to pay his tax debts.
1979 – The Jackson 5's Randy Jackson is severely injured in a car
accident, breaking both legs, and is almost killed in the emergency
room when a nurse accidently injects him with methadone.
1982 – Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and his daughter Moon Unit form a
band called Fred Zeppelin.
1987 – Simply Red appears at the Galway Leisureland in Ireland.
1989 – Time Inc. and Warner Communications merge, creating Time
Warner.
1990 – David Bowie begins his Sound+Vision tour at the Colisée de
Québec in Quebec City, Canada.
1993 – Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1994 – Kurt Cobain ingests 60 pills in an attempt to commit suicide in
Rome. He is in a coma for almost 24 hours before coming to.
1995 – In Los Angeles, classical guitarist Liona Boyd plays an hour-
long concert for the sequestered jurors and deputy sheriffs
participating in O.J. Simpson's murder trial.
2001 – Michael Jackson and child actor-friend Macaulay Culkin spend
the night shopping at a London record store, which stays open after
hours to accommodate the pair.
2003 – 23-year old Sian Davies is fined £1,000 plus court costs after
environmental protection officers raided her flat in Porth, Rhondda,
Wales and seized 15 amplifiers and speakers, plus 135 CDs and cassette
tapes. Davies was initially arrested for playing Cliff Richard’s music
too loud.
2004 – Brian Wilson performs SMiLE at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow.
2009 – Former Monkee Peter Tork undergoes extensive surgery in New
York for a rare form of head and neck cancer.
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