March 8 Born – Dick Hyman (1927) – Jazz pianist. Richard Fariña (1937) – American folk singer. Ralph Ellis (1942) – The Swinging Blue Jeans. Shel Macrae (aka Andrew Semple, 1943) – guitarist for The Fortunes. Keith "Keef" Hartley (1944) – drummer for The Keef Hartley Band. Micky Dolenz (aka George Dolenz, Jr., 1945) – The Monkees. Randy Meisner (1946) – The Eagles. Carole Bayer Sager (1947) – songwriter. Michael Allsup (1947) – guitarist for Three Dog Night. "Little" Peggy March (1948) – singer. Mel Galley (1948) – guitarist for Trapeze. Dave Lambert (1949) – The Strawbs. Douglas "Buzz" Shearman (1950) – vocalist for Moxy. Clive Burr (1957) – drummer for Iron Maiden. Gary Numan (1958) – singer/songwriter/keyboardist. Steve Grantley (1962) – drummer for The Alarm and Stiff Little Fingers. Peter Gill (1964) – drummer for Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Salt (aka Cheryl James, 1966) – Salt-N-Pepa. Gareth “Gaz” Coombes (1976) – vocalist/guitarist for Supergrass. Tom Chaplin (1979) – vocalist for Keane.
March 8 R.I.P. – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1973) – gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Age 27. The Grateful Dead. Stuart Hamblen (1989) – brain cancer. Age 80. Country and Christian music artist. Billy Eckstine (1993) – Age 78. Big band singer. Roger Christian (1998) – brain tumor. Age 48. The Christians. Adam Faith (2003) – heart attack. Age 62. British singer, teen idol. Hank Locklin (2009) – Age 91. Country singer/songwriter (“Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On”). Mike Starr (2011) – prescription drug overdose. Age 44. Bassist for Alice In Chains. St. Clair Lee (2011) – Age 66. Vocalist for The Hues Corporation (“Rock The Boat”). Jimmy Ellis (2012) – Alzheimer’s disease. Age 64. Vocalist for The Trammps. March 8 album releases – The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today! (1965) Queen – Queen II (1974) Badfinger – Ass (1974) UK Foreigner – Foreigner (1977) The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour (1982) Luther Vandross – The Night I Fell In Love (1985) Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (1994) Failure – Magnified (1994) Soundgarden – Superunknown (1994) David Lee Roth – Your Filthy Little Mouth (1994) Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) March 8 events – 1958 – Little Richards' "Good Golly Miss Molly" hits the Billboard Hot 100. 1960 – Jimmy Jones records "Good Timin’,” at Olmstead Sound Studios in New York City. 1961 – The Beatles play three shows at three different venues around Liverpool. The first is at the Cavern Club for a lunchtime set; the second is an early evening gig at the Aintree Institute in Aintree, and finally a late show at Hambleton Hall in Huyton. 1963 – Country music singer Jack Anglin, of the duo Johnnie & Jack, and The Anglin Brothers, is killed when he crashes his car in Madison, Tennessee on his way to Patsy Cline’s memorial service. He was 46. 1963 – The Four Tops sign with Motown as a jazz-pop act for $400. 1964 – The Dave Clark 5 makes their debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Glad All Over.” Also on the show are Jerry Vale, Florence Henderson, Harry Ruby and Blossom Seeley, who perform a salute to American composers. 1965 – David Bowie makes his television debut as Davie Jones and The Manish Boys, singing "I Pity The Fool" on the BBC show Gadzooks! It's All Happening. 1965 – Bob Dylan releases his single "Subterranean Homesick Blues" b/w "She Belongs To Me." 1966 – Bob Dylan records "Just Like A Woman" at Columbia Studios in Nashville. 1966 – The Hollies and Lulu begin a tour of Poland, making Lulu the first British female singer to perform behind the Iron Curtain. 1968 – Bill Graham's Fillmore East opens in the East Village in Manhattan. Tim Buckley, Albert King and Janis Joplin with Big Brother and The Holding Company play on opening night. 1968 – Cream plays the first of two nights at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Both shows are recorded for possible release. 1968 – Elvis Presley’s 26th movie, Stay Away Joe, opens in theaters. 1968 – Simon and Garfunkel record “Old Friends/Bookends.” 1969 – The Small Faces perform their final show with Steve Marriott, and break up. 1970 – Diana Ross makes her debut as a solo performer at the Monticello Dinner Theater & Nightclub in Framingham, Massachusetts. 1971 – Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock performance of "The Star Spangled Banner.” 1973 – Paul McCartney pleads guilty to growing marijuana on his farm in Scotland and is fined £100. 1974 – Bad Company makes their concert debut at Newcastle City Hall in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1975 – The New Musical Express announces that The Rolling Stones have chosen Wayne Perkins to replace the recently departed guitarist Mick Taylor. 1976 – The Beatles release the single "Yesterday" b/w "I Should Have Known Better" in the UK. 1990 – Rolling Stone magazine names Jefferson Airplane’s 1989 comeback (and final) album the Most Unwanted Comeback of the Year, while Cher wins the worst video nod for “If I Could Turn Back Time.” 2006 – Boy George pleads guilty in a Manhattan court to filing a false burglary report at his apartment, where the responding officers found cocaine. George is sentenced to a drug rehab program and five days of community service in New York City. 2008 – China imposes stricter rules on foreign pop stars after Björk causes controversy by shouting "Tibet, Tibet" at her concert in Shanghai during a performance of her song “Declare Independence.” 2009 – Malcolm Jones, guitarist with the Scottish band Runrig, is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack and collapsing at Waverley rail station in Edinburgh. 2009 – A blue plaque commemorating Keith Moon is unveiled at the site of the original Marquee Club. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
