Steve, Randy Meisner (in the birthdays section) was also a founding member of Poco and also played in Ricky Nelson's Stone Canyon Band.
On Friday, March 8, 2013 9:14:01 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote: > > 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.
