March 6 Born –
Walter "Furry" Lewis (1893) – Blues guitarist/songwriter.
Bob Wills (1905) – The King of Western Swing.
Wes Montgomery (1923) – Jazz guitarist.
Sylvia Robinson (1936) – Mickey & Sylvia.
Sam the Sham (aka Domingo Samudio, 1937) – Sam the Sham and The
Pharaohs.
Doug Dillard (1937) – The Dillards.
Mary Wilson (1944) – The Supremes.
Hugh Grundy (1945) – drummer for The Zombies.
David Gilmour (1946) – Pink Floyd.
Kiki Dee (aka Pauline Matthews, 1947) – singer/songwriter.
Peter McCann (1948) – singer/songwriter ("Right Time Of The Night").
Madonna Wayne Gacy (aka Stephen Bier, Jr., 1964) – Marilyn Manson.
Guy Garvey (1974) – vocalist/guitarist for Elbow.
March 6 R.I.P. –
John Philip Sousa (1932) – heart failure. Age 77. Composer/conductor,
developer of the sousaphone.
Ivor Novello (1951) – coronary thrombosis. Age 58. Welsh composer.
George Formby (1961) – heart attack. Age 56. British singer ("Leaning
On A Lamp Post").
Nelson Eddy (1967) – cerebral hemorrhage on stage. Age 65. Singer/
actor.
Mike "Smitty" Smith (2001) – natural causes. Age 58, Drummer for Paul
Revere & The Raiders.
King Floyd (2006) – stroke and diabetes. Age 61. New Orleans soul
singer.
Mark Linkous (2010) – suicide. Age 47. Vocalist for Sparklehorse.
March 6 album releases –
The Temptations – Temptations Live! (1967)
The United States Of America – The United States Of America (1968)
The Temptations – Psychedelic Shack (1970)
Charles Manson – Lie: The Love And Terror Cult (1970)
The Rolling Stones – Stone Age (1971) UK
Three Dog Night – Hard Labor (1974)
Rod Stewart – Downtown Train (1990)
Mike + The Mechanics – Beggars On A Beach Of Gold (1995)
Aerosmith – Just Push Play (2001)
Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball (2012)
March 6 events –
1941 – Les Hite and His Orchestra record "The World Is Waiting For The
Sunrise" in New York.
1945 – Frank Sinatra, along with The Ken Lane Singers, records
“Dream.”
1955 – “Tennessee” Ernie Ford hits #1 on the UK singles chart with
“Give Me Your Word.”
1957 – The Diamonds become one of the first Canadian acts to hit the
U.S. charts with their hit "Little Darlin’," which reaches #2 on the
Billboard Pop chart and #3 on the R&B chart.
1958 – Sam Cooke begins his first residency at The Copacabana in New
York City.
1958 – The Everly Brothers record “All I Have To Do Is Dream” in just
two takes, with Chet Atkins on guitar.
1959 – The Drifters record "There Goes My Baby."
1962 – Frank Sinatra records his last song for Capitol Records, "I
Gotta Right To Sing The Blues."
1964 – Elvis Presley's 14th movie, Kissin' Cousins, premieres in
theaters.
1964 – The divorce between singer Eddie Fisher and actress Elizabeth
Taylor becomes finalized.
1964 – The Rolling Stones release their single, “Not Fade Away” b/w “I
Wanna Be Your Man” in the U.S.
1966 – The Rolling Stones begin recording "Paint It Black" at RCA
Studios in Hollywood.
1967 – The Beatles finish the song “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band” by adding audience sound effects.
1970 – Charles Manson has an album’s worth of his songs released to
help raise money for his murder defense fund.
1971 – Led Zeppelin makes their first appearance in Dublin, Ireland,
performing at the National Boxing Stadium.
1972 – Pink Floyd plays the first night of a 7-date tour of Japan at
the Tokyo-To Taiikukan in Tokyo.
1973 – John Lennon's visa extension is cancelled after only five days
by the Immigration Department.
1973 – "Colonel" Tom Parker declines an offer for Elvis appearances in
the UK at Earls Court for fear that his illegal alien status in the
U.S. will be discovered.
1974 – John Denver records “Back Home Again” at RCA Studios in
Hollywood.
1977 – Diana Ross' second television special, An Evening With Diana
Ross, airs on NBC.
1978 – Billy Joel is awarded a rare platinum single for "Just The Way
You Are."
1982 – Dick Clark donates his original American Bandstand podium to
the Smithsonian.
1983 – The Country Music Channel, CMT, begins broadcasting on cable
television.
1989 – Smokey Robinson publishes his first autobiography, Inside My
Life, in which he reveals for the first time that he once struggled
with an addiction to crack cocaine.
1991 – George Michael plays the first of four sold-out concerts at the
Tokyo Dome in Japan.
1995 – Pearl Jam appears at the Perth Entertainment Centre in
Australia.
1998 – Oasis singer Liam Gallagher appears handcuffed in a Brisbane,
Australia court on charges of head butting a fan at the band’s show
the previous evening. A 20-year old British tourist was taking
pictures during the concert when Gallagher head butted him, breaking
his nose. Gallagher was arrested after the show for assault.
1999 – Country music singer George Jones is severely injured in
critical condition when he crashes his SUV into a bridge outside of
Nashville.
2000 – Eric Clapton is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as
a solo artist, becoming the first person inducted three times - his
first two as members of The Yardbirds and Cream.
2001 – Led Zeppelin is named "the most bootlegged band" when 422
illegal albums are counted. The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and The
Beatles are next with more than 350 bootleg titles available.
2004 – David Crosby is arrested for possession of marijuana, a .45
caliber handgun and a knife after leaving behind one of his bags at a
hotel in Manhattan, which is found by a maid.
2007 – At the request of son Jay Richardson, the casket of J.P. "The
Big Bopper" Richardson is exhumed in Beaumont, Texas, and his remains
are examined by doctors, who confirm that no foul play took place
aboard the plane which crashed in 1959, killing Richardson, Ritchie
Valens and Buddy Holly.
2009 – Rapper Coolio is arrested at the Los Angeles Airport for
possession of crack cocaine.
2009 – Michael Jackson, in London to announce his O2 concerts, is
mobbed by screaming fans as he takes his two youngest children to see
Oliver! at the Drury Lane Theatre.
2010 – R&B singer D'Angelo is arrested at the wheel of his Range Rover
in New York after paying $40 for sex with an undercover police officer
posing as a prostitute.
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