March 14 Born –
Les Brown (1912) – Les Brown and The Band of Renown.
Lee Hays (1914) – Folk singer/songwriter, The Weavers (“Kisses Sweeter
Than Wine”).
Les Baxter (1922) – American musician and composer.
Phil Phillips (1926) – singer/songwriter ("Sea Of Love").
Lita Roza (1926) – British singer (“(How Much Is) That Doggie In The
Window?”).
Quincy Jones (1933) – songwriter/producer.
Shirley Scott (1934) – “Queen of the Organ.”
Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner (1943) – vocalist for The Ohio Players.
Jim Pons (1943) – bassist for The Leaves, The Turtles and The Mothers
of Invention.
Walt Parazaider (1945) – saxophonist for Chicago.
Michael Martin Murphy (1945) – singer/songwriter.
Jim O'Rourke (1945) – guitarist for John Fred and His Playboy Band.
Jona Lewie (aka John Lewis, 1947) – singer/songwriter, Terry Dactyl
and The Dinosaurs.
Peter Skellern (1947) – British singer/songwriter.
Rick Dees (aka Rigdon Osmond Dees III, 1950) – radio personality,
songwriter (“Disco Duck”).
Chris Redburn (1956) – bassist for Kenny.
Mike Muir (1963) – vocalist for Suicidal Tendencies.
Michael Bland (1969) – drummer for Prince's New Power Generation and
Soul Asylum.
Kristian Bush (1970) – Sugarland.
Jacques Brautbar (1979) – guitarist for Phantom Planet.
Taylor Hanson (1983) – keyboardist for Hanson (“MMMBop”).March 14 R.I.P. – Mary Ann Ganser (1970) – overdose. Age 22. The Shangri-Las. Linda Jones (1972) – diabetes. Age 28. Soul singer. Doc Pomus (1991) – lung cancer. Age 65. Songwriter (“Sweets For My Sweet”). Howard Ashman (1991) – AIDS. Age 40. Disney songwriter. Tommy Collins (2000) – Age 69. Country singer/songwriter (”If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)”). Cherie DeCastro (2010) – pneumonia. Age 87. The DeCastro Sisters (“Teach Me Tonight”). Ronnie Hammond (2011) – heart failure. Age 60. Vocalist for Atlanta Rhythm Section. March 14 album releases – Brenda Lee – Bye Bye Blues (1966) Waylon Jennings – Folk-Country (1966) Justin Hayward and John Lodge – Blue Jays (1975) Def Leppard – On Through The Night (1980) Joe Jackson – Body And Soul (1984) Voivod – Rrröööaaarrr (1986) Extreme – Extreme (1989) Level 42 – Forever Now (1994) Bonnie Raitt – Longing In Their Hearts (1994) Collective Soul – Collective Soul (1995) Matthew Sweet – 100% Fun (1995) 2Pac – Me Against The World (1995) Poison – Crack A Smile… And More! (2000) March 14 events – 1941 – Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra, along with Miguelito Valdés on vocals, records “Babalu.” The song will later become associated with Desi Arnaz - who never had a hit with the song - as the theme song of his Ricky Ricardo television character. 1943 – Ernest Tubb makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. 1946 – Grandpa Jones makes his debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry. 1955 – CBS A&R man Arthur Godfrey auditions and signs Pat Boone, and turns down Elvis Presley. Later in the day, Elvis appears on Jimmy Dean's Town And Country Jubilee television show. 1956 – The Alan Freed movie, Rock Around The Clock, featuring Billy Haley and His Comets, The Platters and Freddie Bell, premieres in New York City. 1958 – The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) begins awarding Gold record status for records with sales of 500,000 units. Perry Como's "Catch A Falling Star" is the first 45 to receive the award. 1958 – Buddy Holly and The Crickets appear at the Granada Theatre in Woolwich on their UK tour. 14-year old Michael Jagger is in the audience. 1959 – Elvis Presley's album For LP Fans Only enters the charts and becomes the first album ever issued without the artist's name anywhere on the cover, front or back. 1960 – Sam Cooke begins a tour of the West Indies in Montego Bay, Jamaica. 1963 – Gerry Marsden of The Pacemakers attempts to sneak a custom-made guitar purchased in Hamburg, Germany through British customs and is fined £60. 1965 – Petula Clark makes her American television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Downtown” and “I Know A Place.” Also on the show are Steve Rossi, The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem, Jimmy Roselli and Dorothy Donegan. 1968 – BBC's Top Of The Pops debuts The Beatles' "Lady Madonna" promo film in black and white. 1969 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience films a live concert for the Dutch television show, Fan Club. 1969 – The Yellow Submarine soundtrack album becomes The Beatles' 14th gold album. 1971 – CBS airs the television special Singer Presents Burt Bacharach, with guests Barbara Streisand and Tom Jones. 1974 – Stevie Wonder holds a press conference to announce his intention to move to Ghana, Africa within the next two years. He finally makes the move 21 years later. 1980 – On his 47th birthday, Quincy Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1981 – Eric Clapton checks into a hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota with bleeding ulcers, and is forced to cancel the remainder of his tour. 1982 – Metallica plays their first live performance at Radio City in Anaheim. 1983 – John Bongiovi, Ritchie Sambora and Alec Such form Bon Jovi. 1984 – Rainbow plays their final show together in Japan. 1984 – Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox marries Hare Krishna devotee Radha Raman. They divorce eight months later. 1985 – Dead Or Alive is taken off the UK music show The Tube when they admit they can't play live. 1986 – Frank Zappa appears as crime boss Mr. Frankie in the “Payback” episode of NBC’s Miami Vice. 1990 – Flea and Chad Smith from The Red Hot Chili Peppers are arrested for sexually harassing a woman on Daytona Beach in Florida. They are each fined $1,000. 1990 – Michael Jackson is voted Artist of the Decade at the annual Soul Train Awards. 1991 – R.E.M. performs the first of two nights at London's The Borderline club, billed as Bingo Hand Job. 1992 – A phony bomb threat disrupts a Jay and The Americans concert on Long Island. 1992 – Farm Aid V takes place at Texas Stadium in Irving, featuring performances by Willie Nelson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paul Simon, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Neil Young, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ricky Van Shelton, Lorrie Morgan and John Mellencamp. 1995 – Tupac Shakur becomes the first male solo artist to have a #1 album on the Billboard chart while in prison when his album Me Against The World debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. 1998 – Jo Dee Messina makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. 2001 – Sgt. Pepper album cover designer, Peter Blake, sues EMI for more money for the album cover. 2001 – Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is banned from driving for six weeks and fined £400 for speeding in her Aston Martin DB7 after she is photographed by a traffic camera doing 60mph in a 30mph zone. 2002 – Alicia Keys plays a show in a suite at the House of Commons after young Labour MP David Lammy arranged the show in an attempt to make Parliament more accessible to young people. 2005 – Michael Jackson is blasted by British Army veterans for wearing military badges while on trail for child abuse. 2008 – Suffering from cancer with not long to live, Peter MacBeth, ex- bassist for The Foundations, is sentenced to six years in prison for pedophilia, downloading child pornography, and sexual assault. 2010 – Phil Blake of UK indie band Redtrack returns to his career as the bassist with the band after undergoing a pioneering operation to re-attach his hand after it was hacked to the bone in a machete attack in March of 2007. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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