March 22 Born –
Leonard “Chico” Marx (1887) – pianist/actor, The Chico Marx Orchestra.
Stephen Sondheim (1930) – lyricist/composer.
Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner (1932) – Blues singer, harmonica player.
Roger Whittaker (1936) – folk singer/songwriter.
Johnny Ferguson (1937) – singer, one hit wonder (“Angela Jones”).
Jeremy Clyde (aka Michael Clyde, 1941) – Chad and Jeremy.
George Benson (1943) – Jazz guitarist/singer.
Keith Relf (1943) – vocalist for The Yardbirds.
Chris Stainton (1944) – session keyboardist, Joe Cocker and The Grease
Band.
Harry Vanda (aka Johannes Vandenberg, 1946) – producer, The Easybeats.
Patrick Olive (1947) – percussionist for Hot Chocolate.
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948) – composer.
Randy Jo Hobbs (1948) – bassist for Johnny Winter.
Stephanie Mills (1957) – R&B/soul singer.
Pete Wylie (1958) – vocalist/guitarist for Wah!
Susanne Sulley (1963) – The Human League.
Mickey Dale (1968) – keyboardist for Embrace.
Steve Howell (1971) – drummer for The Boo Radleys.
Aaron North (1979) – guitarist for Nine Inch Nails.
March 22 R.I.P. –
Stoney Cooper (1977) – Age 58. Guitarist/fiddler, Wilma Lee and Stoney
Cooper.
Mark Dinning (1986) – heart attack. Age 52. Pop singer ("Teen Angel").
Dave Guard (1991) – lymphoma. Age 56. The Kingston Trio.
Dan Hartman (1994) – AIDS related brain tumor. Age 43. The Edgar
Winter Group.
Billy Williamson (1996) – Age 71. Steel guitar player for Bill Haley
and His Comets.
Don Murray (1996) – ulcer surgery complications. Age 51. Drummer for
The Turtles.
Earl Beal (2001) – Age 77. The Silhouettes ("Get A Job").
Rod Price (2005) – fell down a flight of stairs suffering a heart
attack. Age 58. Guitarist for Foghat.
March 22 album releases –
The Beatles – Please Please Me (1963) UK
The Beatles – The Early Beatles (1965) U.S.
The Temptations – The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
Elvis Presley – You’ll Never Walk Alone (1971)
The Eagles – On The Border (1974)
Frank Zappa – Apostrophe (') (1974)
Soft Machine – Bundles (1975)
Elvis Presley – The Sun Sessions (1976)
The Beatles – Reel Music (1982)
Savatage – The Dungeons Are Calling (1984) U.S.
Alcatrazz – Disturbing The Peace (1985)
John Paul Jones – Scream For Help (Soundtrack) (1985)
Anthrax – Among The Living (1987)
White Zombie – Make Them Die Slowly (1989)
Nine Inch Nails – Head Like A Hole (1990)
Iron Maiden – A Real Live One (1993)
Cheap Trick – Woke Up With A Monster (1994)
Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground (2005)
March 22 events –
1955 – New York's Coral Records hires DJ Alan Freed as their A&R man,
and gives him license to sign and record acts under his own name.
1955 – Johnny Cash has his first formal recording session at Sun
Records, recording four songs, including “Hey Porter,” backed by The
Tennessee Two, Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant.
1956 – Carl Perkins is severely injured - and his brother, Jay, is
killed - in a car crash on the way to New York to appear on The Perry
Como Show.
1956 – Mr. Wonderful opens on Broadway, and makes Sammy Davis, Jr. a
star.
1957 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “All Shook Up” b/w “That’s
When The Heartaches Begin.”
1958 – Eight-year old Hank Williams, Jr. makes his stage debut in
Swainsboro, Georgia.
1960 – The Ventures record “Walk - Don’t Run.”
1961 – Dee Clark records “Raindrops.”
1961 – Elvis Presley records “Blue Hawaii,” “Almost Always True,”
“Moonlight Swim,” “Island Of Love” and “Hawaiian Wedding Song” at
Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
1962 – I Can Get It For You Wholesale opens on Broadway, launching 19-
year old Barbara Streisand's career.
1963 – Parlophone Records releases The Beatles’ debut album.
1964 – Bobby Vinton, Van Johnson, and The Brooks Sisters appear on The
Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show are The Ladybugs, which features
Jeannine Riley, Pat Woodell and Linda Kaye Henning from Petticoat
Junction, and Sheila James of Dobie Gillis, performing "I Saw Him
Standing There."
1967 – Elvis Presley begins filming his 25th movie, Clambake, on the
same day his 23rd movie, Easy Come, Easy Go is released in theaters.
To coincide with the film’s release, Elvis releases his six-song Easy
Come, Easy Go EP, featuring “The Love Machine,” “Yoga Is As Yoga
Does,” “You Gotta Stop,” “Sing You Children” and “I’ll Take Love,” as
well as the title track.
1967 – The Who make their U.S. stage debut at the Paramount Theater in
New York City.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appears at the Guildhall in
Southampton.
1971 – The entire Allman Brothers Band is arrested at a truck stop in
Jackson, Alabama, for possession of marijuana and heroin.
1971 – John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band release their single
"Power To The People" b/w "Touch Me" in the U.S.
1975 – Barry Manilow makes his television debut on American Bandstand.
1976 – While campaigning for President, Jimmy Carter tells the
National Association of Record Merchandisers (NARM) that he listened
to The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin while he was Governor
of Georgia.
1977 – John Denver's special, Thank God I'm A Country Boy, airs on ABC-
TV, with guests Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell and Roger Miller.
1978 – The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash airs on NBC-TV.
1978 – The Police sign with A&M Records.
1984 – The members of Queen dress in drag for the filming of their
video "I Want To Break Free."
1992 – Polygram Records officially announces that Tears For Fears has
split up.
1994 – Ted Nugent makes a public service announcement about the
dangers of inhalants.
1997 – Paul McCartney's original birth certificate is sold at an
auction for $84,146.
2000 – A fan falls 90 feet from an electrical tower to his death
during a KISS concert at the Oakland Arena in California.
2000 – Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, joins the campaign to save
the Section 28 ban on the promotion of homosexuality in UK schools.
2004 – A new book by Allan Morrison claims that Elvis Presley's
ancestors came from a small village called Lonmay in the North East of
Scotland, saying he found evidence that Elvis's great-great-great-
great-great-great grandfather was married in the village 300 years
ago.
2006 – Aerosmith cancels the remainder of their Rockin’ The Joint Tour
so Steven Tyler can undergo throat surgery.
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