March 19 Born –
Patricia Morison (1915) – Broadway and film singer.
Bill Henderson (1926) – Jazz singer.
Ornette Coleman (1930) – Jazz sax and trumpet player.
Clarence "Frogman" Henry (1937) – R&B singer/pianist.
Jeff Neighbor (1942) – bassist for Joy Of Cooking.
Tom Constanten (1944) – keyboardist for The Grateful Dead.
Paul Atkinson (1946) – guitarist for The Zombies.
Ruth Pointer (1946) – The Pointer Sisters.
Derek Longmuir (1951) – drummer for The Bay City Rollers.
Billy Sheehan (1953) – bassist for Mr. Big and David Lee Roth.
Ricky Wilson (1953) – guitarist for The B-52s.
Bruce Willis (1955) – singer/harmonica player, actor.
Terry Hall (1959) – vocalist for The Specials.
Jack Bessant (1971) – bassist for Reef.
March 19 R.I.P. –
Paul Kossoff (1976) – drug-related heart problems. Age 25. Guitarist
for Free and Back Street Crawler.
Randy Rhoads (1982) – plane crash. Age 25. Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne
and Quiet Riot.
Andrew Wood (1990) – hemorrhage aneurysm from heroin overdose. Age 24.
Mother Love Bone.
Luther Ingram (2007) – heart failure. Age 69. R&B singer (("If Loving
You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right").
March 19 album releases –
Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan (1962)
Jethro Tull – Aqualung (1971) UK
Cat Stevens – Buddha And The Chocolate Box (1974)
America – Hearts (1975)
The Who – Tommy (Soundtrack) (1975)
KISS – Dressed To Kill (1975)
The Doobie Brothers – Takin' It To The Streets (1976)
The Beach Boys – L.A. (Light Album) (1979)
Black Flag – Who’s Got The 10½? (1986)
D.J. Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – Rock The House (1987)
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads – Tribute (1987)
Robert Plant – Manic Nirvana (1990)
Depeche Mode – Violator (1990)
George Strait – Chill Of An Early Fall (1991)
The Beatles – Anthology II (1996)
Prince – Girl 6 (1996)
Barenaked Ladies – Born On A Pirate Ship (1996)
Jimmy Buffett – Far Side Of The World (2002)
Donovan – Pied Piper (2002)
Megadeth – Rude Awakening (2002)
March 19 events –
1941 – The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, along with vocalists Helen
O’Connell and Bob Eberly, records “Green Eyes.”
1956 – The Teen Kings, featuring Roy Orbison, release their single,
"Trying To Get To You" b/w "Ooby Dooby" on Je-Wel Records.
1958 – Tom and Jerry releases their single, “Our Song” b/w “Two
Teenagers” on Big Records. The duo will begin performing under their
real names, Simon and Garfunkel, in 1963.
1958 – Buddy Holly plays two shows at the Regal Cinema in Hull,
Yorkshire. Other acts on the bill include Gary Miller, The Tanner
Sisters, Des O'Connor, The Montanas, and Ronnie Keene & His Orchestra.
1959 – Duane Eddy records “Some Kinda Earthquake” at Audio Recorders
in Phoenix, Arizona, with Plas Johnson on saxophone.
1960 – Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge opens next to the Ryman Theater in
Nashville, and becomes the favorite hang out for in between shows at
the Grand Ole Opry.
1961 – Roy Orbison releases his single, “Running Scared” b/w “Love
Hurts.”
1962 – Bob Dylan releases his self-titled debut album.
1962 – Elvis Presley records “Just Tell Her Jim Says Hello,”
Suspicion” and “She’s Not You” at RCA Studios in Nashville.
1964 – The Beatles are given the "Show Business Personalities of 1963"
award by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
1965 – Tailor And Cutter magazine runs an article on behalf of neck
tie makers beseeching The Rolling Stones to wear ties with their
suits.
1966 – In an attempt to raise money for a charity, Walker Brother Gary
Leeds allows himself to be kidnapped in a fake abduction. He is
released shortly afterward.
1966 – Leslie Gore plays herself in the final episode of The Donna
Reed Show, "By Line: Jeffrey Stone."
1967 – The Lovin’ Spoonful perform “Do You Believe In Magic?” and
“Daydream,” and Johnny Rivers performs “Baby I Need Your Lovin’” on
The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show are Cab and Chris Calloway and
Jane Powell.
1968 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays two shows at the Capitol
Theatre in Ottawa, Canada, where Jimi has his famous and favorite hat
stolen by an audience member in front of the stage. The hat is
recovered by the concert’s promoter as the audience is leaving.
1968 – Donovan travels to Rishikesh, India to study transcendental
meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
1969 – Bobbie Gentry and Jim Nabors appear on The Glen Campbell
Goodtime Hour.
1970 – David Bowie marries Mary Angela "Angie" Barnett.
1971 – Bobby Sherman appears as Bobby Conway in the "A Knight In
Shining Armor" episode of The Partridge Family.
1974 – Jefferson Airplane re-names the band Jefferson Starship.
1975 – Led Zeppelin plays the first of two sold-out nights at the
Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.
1976 – Marty Robbins releases his single, “El Paso City” b/w “When I’m
Gone.”
1978 – Billy Joel plays his first concert in the UK at the Dury Lane
Theatre in London.
1979 – Elton John appears at the Odeon Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1980 – Elvis Presley's autopsy report is subpoenaed in the trial of
his doctor, Dr. George Nichopoulous.
1981 – Styx's Paradise Theatre album goes gold.
1985 – Spin magazine begins publication.
1988 – Michael Jackson begins construction on the amusement park and
grounds of Neverland.
1999 – Elton John appears on The Rosie O’Donnell Show, performing
“Your Song” and “Written In The Stars.”
1999 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band play the second night
at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey as warm up dates for
their forthcoming Reunion Tracks tour.
2001 – Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's London home is broken into,
with the intruder stealing the singer's computer and stereo and a
necklace that used to belong to actress Elizabeth Taylor. The thief
also threw milk and Ribena fruit drinks on the walls, as well as
leaving obscene notes.
2003 – The musical, Cliff, based on the life of Cliff Richards, opens
in London.
2004 – Aretha Franklin is admitted to Detroit's Sinai-Grace Hospital
after suffering an allergic reaction to antibiotics.
2005 – Rapper 50 Cent becomes the first solo artist to have three
singles - “Candy Shop,” “How We Do” and “Disco Inferno” - in the Top 5
of the Billboard Hot 100.
2006 – Shakira becomes the first pop star to release a single in the
form of a mobile download, when the singer's release, “Hips Don't
Lie,” is only available to phone users connected to Verizon.
2009 – Eighties pop fan Justine Thompson is ordered by the court to
pay more than £1,040 for repeatedly playing The Cure’s “Boys Don’t
Cry,” “Geno” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners and The Smiths’ “This Charming
Man” so loud that it shook flats around her home in Brighton.
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