March 18 Born –
Smiley Burnett (aka Lester Alvin Burnett, 1911) – Country music singer/
songwriter.
Robert Lee Smith (1936) – The Tams.
Charley Pride (1938) – Country music singer/songwriter.
Wilson Pickett (1941) – R&B singer/songwriter (“In The Midnight
Hour”).
Dennis Linde (1943) – Country songwriter (“Burning Love”).
Bob Johnson (1944) – guitarist for Steeleye Span.
Eric Woolfson (1945) – The Alan Parsons Project.
B. J. Wilson (aka Barrie Wilson, 1947) – drummer for Procol Harum.
Bobby Whitlock (1948) – keyboardist/vocalist for Derek And The
Dominos.
John Hartman (1950) – drummer and founder of The Doobie Brothers.
Irene Cara (1959) – R&B/disco singer.
Grant Hart (1961) – drummer for Hüsker Dü.
Vanessa Williams (1963) – singer/actress.
Jeff LeBar (1963) – guitarist for Cinderella.
Courtney Pine (1964) – Jazz multi-instrumentalist.
Jerry Cantrell (1966) – guitarist for Alice In Chains.
Miki Berenyi (1967) – guitarist/vocalist for Lush.
Queen Latifah (aka Dana Owens, 1970) – R&B singer/rapper.
Stuart Zender (1974) – bassist for Jamiroquai.
Adam Levine (1979) – singer/songwriter for Maroon 5.
March 18 R.I.P. –
Billy Butterfield (1988) – Age 71. Jazz trumpeter/cornetist with Artie
Shaw ("Stardust").
John Phillips (2001) – heart failure. Age 65. The Mamas & The Papas.
Eddie Bo (2009) – heart attack. Age 78. Singer/songwriter/pianist
(“I’m Wise”).
Jet Harris (2011) – cancer. Age 71. Bassist for The Shadows.
March 18 album releases –
Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps – Gene Vincent Rocks And The Blue Caps
Roll (1958)
Peter, Paul and Mary – Album 1700 (1967)
Donna Summer – A Love Trilogy (1976)
Iggy Pop – The Idiot (1977)
Grace Slick – Dreams (1980)
The Beatles – Anthology 2 (1996)
Aerosmith – Nine Lives (1997)
The Buzzcocks – Buzzcocks (2003)
The Allman Brothers Band – Hittin' The Note (2003)
March 18 events –
1902 – Opera singer Enrico Caruso begins his path to becoming the
world's first recording star when he cuts ten songs on wax with
Maestro Cortone on piano at the Gaisberg Hotel for Italy's Gramophone
and Typewriter Company.
1939 – Frank Sinatra makes his first demo recording with a song called
"Our Love," backed by The Frank Mane Band.
1940 – Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra records “No Name Jive” in
New York.
1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis appears on American Bandstand and becomes the
first artist to play three songs live on the show, performing "Great
Balls Of Fire," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," and "Breathless."
1959 – EMI halts production of 78 rpm discs.
1960 – The Everly Brothers record "Cathy's Clown" at RCA Studios in
Nashville, which will become their first single for Warner Bros.
1962 – Gary "U.S." Bonds performs "Twist, Twist, Senora" on The Ed
Sullivan Show.
1965 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Bill Wyman are arrested for
urinating on a gas station in Essex after a show. The incident cements
their reputation as “bad boys.”
1965 – The Standells appear as themselves in the "Far-Out Munster"
episode of The Munsters.
1965 – John Lennon gives his friend and ex-Quarryman, Pete Shotton,
£20,000 to open a supermarket at Hayling Island in Hampshire. Lennon,
Shotten and George Harrison become joint directors of Hayling
Supermarkets Ltd.
1967 – The Five Americans release their single, “Western Union” b/w
“Now That It’s Over.”
1967 – The New Musical Express announces that former Spencer Davis
Group member Steve Winwood is planning to form a new group with Jim
Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason.
1972 – T. Rex plays the first of two sold-out concerts at Wembley,
which is filmed by Ringo Starr for inclusion in the movie Born To
Boogie.
1972 – The Chi-Lites and Edwin Starr appear on Soul Train.
1973 – Wings play a benefit show for the charity Release at The Hard
Rock Café in London.
1973 – Pink Floyd plays the first of two nights at Earls Court in
London on their Dark Side Of The Moon tour.
1974 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band plays the first two of
eight shows over a four night stay at Gertie’s in Dallas, Texas.
1975 – The Who's film, Tommy, premieres in New York.
1976 – David Bowie's movie, The Man Who Fell To Earth, premieres in
London.
1977 – The Clash releases their debut single, “White Riot” b/w “1977.”
1978 – California Jam II is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway.
Performers include Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Santana, Dave Mason,
Foreigner, Heart, Bob Welch, Mahogany Rush and Rubicon.
1982 – Teddy Pendergrass is paralyzed from the waist down when the
brakes on his 1981 Rolls Royce fail, sending the car into on-coming
traffic, hitting a guard rail and two trees.
1989 – A California radio station has all of its Cat Stevens records
destroyed by steamroller in protest of the singer's support of
Ayatollah Khomeini.
1991 – The members of U2 are fined £500 after being found guilty of
selling condoms illegally at an in-store promo appearance at the
Virgin Megastore in Dublin, Ireland.
1992 – Donna Summer receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1994 – The Rolling Stones announce that Darryl Jones is Bill Wyman's
replacement on bass.
1996 – The Sex Pistols announce they are getting back together for a
reunion tour with all four original members.
1997 – Keyboardist Yanni becomes the first western performer to play
at the Taj Mahal in India.
1997 – Rapper The Notorious B.I.G. is cremated in New Jersey.
1997 – Taylor Hawkins replaces William Goldsmith as drummer for Foo
Fighters.
1997 – Joni Mitchell announces that she has reunited with her daughter
she gave up for adoption in 1965.
1998 – Michael Jackson, dressed as an Arab woman, takes his son
shopping at a toy store in Munich, Germany.
2000 – The U.S. Postal Service issues a 20-cent stamped postcard
picturing the historic Ryman Auditorium, home to the Grand Ole Opry
for over 30 years.
2001 – Four girls are killed and two others are seriously injured in a
fan stampede at an in-store appearance by British boy band A1 in the
Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
2004 – Courtney Love is arrested and charged with assault after her
show at The Plaid club in Manhattan for injuring an audience member
with a microphone stand.
2008 – A day after awarding Heather Mills with $48.6 million, High
Court judge, Mr. Justice Bennett, labels Mills a liar, saying her
claims against McCartney were "inconsistent, inaccurate" and "less
than candid."
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