March 26 Born –
Joe Loco (1921) – Latin jazz pianist.
James Moody (1925) – Jazz saxophonist.
Alan Arkin (1934) – actor/singer, The Tarriers.
Freddie Parris (1936) – The Five Satins.
Larry Butler (1942) – Country music producer/songwriter.
Diana Ross (1944) – singer.
Johnny Crawford (1946) – actor/singer (“Cindy’s Birthday”).
Richard Tandy (1948) – keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra.
Steven Tyler (aka Steven Tallarico, 1948) – Aerosmith.
Fran Sheehan (1949) – bassist for Boston.
Vicki Lawrence (1949) – actress/singer ("The Night The Lights Went Out
In Georgia").
Teddy Pendergrass (1950) – R&B/soul singer/songwriter.
Billy Lyall (1953) – keyboardist/vocalist for Pilot.
Paul Morley (1957) – rock journalist, producer, Art Of Noise.
James Iha (1968) – guitarist for Smashing Pumpkins.
Kenny Chesney (1968) – Country music singer/songwriter.
John Hendy (1971) – East 17.March 26 R.I.P. – Noel Coward (1973) – heart failure. Age 73. Playwright/composer (Mad Dogs And Englishmen). Don Messer (1973) – Age 63. Canadian country/folk artist, Don Messer’s Jubilee. Anthony "Duster" Bennett (1976) – car accident. Age 29. British blues singer/musician. Jon Poulos (1980) – drug related heart failure. Age 42. Drummer for The Buckinghams. Eazy-E (1995) – AIDS. Age 31. Rapper for N.W.A. Randy Castillo (2002) – Squamous cell carcinoma. Age 51. Drummer for Ozzy Osbourne. Jan Berry (2004) – seizure. Age 62. Jan and Dean. Paul Hester (2005) – suicide. Age 46. Drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House. Carl Bunch (2011) – diabetes. Age 71. Winter Dance Party tour drummer for Buddy Holly. Tom Wells (2012) – Age 70. Television show theme composer (WKRP In Cincinnati). March 26 album releases – John Mayall – John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965) Billy Preston – Wildest Organ In Town! (1966) (stereo) The Kinks – Percy (Soundtrack) (1971) Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention – Just Another Band From L.A. (1972) Beck, Bogert & Appice – Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973) U.S. ABBA – Ring Ring (1973) Smokey Robinson – A Quiet Storm (1975) Santana – Amigos (1976) Wings – Wings At The Speed Of Sound (1976) UK Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak (1976) The Village People – Go West (1979) Van Halen – Women And Children First (1980) The Oak Ridge Boys – Fancy Free (1981) Keel – The Right To Rock (1985) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Southern Accents (1985) Heart – Brigade (1990) Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 (1991) (box set) Rod Stewart – Vagabond Heart (1991) Bonnie Tyler – Free Spirit (1996) Stone Temple Pilots – Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) Coldplay – The Singles 1999-2006 (2007) March 26 events – 1956 – Elvis Presley begins the first of three days of screen tests at Paramount Studios for the up-coming film The Rainmaker. The studio likes what they see, but Presley doesn’t get the job. 1957 – Ricky Nelson records "I'm Walkin'," "A Teenager's Romance" and “You’re My One And Only Love” at Master Recorders in Hollywood. 1958 – Dee Clark records “Hey Little Girl.” 1958 – The Kalin Twins record “When” at Decca Studios inside the Pythian Temple in New York City. 1959 – The Coasters record “Along Came Jones” at Atlantic Studios in New York City. 1962 – Elvis Presley begins filming his eleventh movie, Girls! Girls! Girls! 1964 – The Broadway play Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre for a 1,348-performance run. 1964 – Brenda Holloway releases her single, “Every Little Bit Hurts” b/ w “Land Of A Thousand Boys” on the Tamla label. 1964 – Former Beatles drummer Pete Best appears on the American TV show, I've Got A Secret. 1965 – The Walker Brothers make their debut appearance on Ready, Steady, Go! 1966 – Dean Martin records "Come Running Back" at United Recording Studios in Hollywood. 1967 – The Dave Clark Five perform "I've Got To Have A Reason" and "You Got What It Takes" on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1969 – Pat Boone appears as himself in the "Collard Greens An' Fatback" episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. 1970 – Peter, Paul & Mary's Peter Yarrow pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year-old girl. 1970 – The Woodstock movie opens in theaters in the U.S. 1972 – Ian Hunter and Mott The Hoople call it quits… until they are approached by David Bowie, who has two songs for them to record - one called “All The Young Dudes,” and another called “Suffragette City,” which they pass on. 1974 – Dionne Warwick and The Spinners record “Ten Came You” at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. 1975 – The Who's movie, Tommy, premieres in London. 1976 – Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg celebrate the birth of their son, Tara, who will die from pneumonia ten weeks later, on July 6. 1976 – Elvis Presley witnesses a car accident, and brandishing his honorary policeman's badge, stops to help the victims until the rescue crews arrive. 1977 – Foreigner releases their debut single, “Feels Like The First Time” b/w “Woman, Oh Woman.” 1980 – Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon becomes the album with the longest consecutive stay on the Billboard 200 album chart, surpassing Carole King's Tapestry. Dark Side will stay on the chart for eight more years. 1980 – The Police become the first Western pop group to play in Bombay, India in ten years when they play a one off gig at Rang Bhawan Stadium. 1985 – After dedicating his Oscar win for “I Just Called To Say I Love You” to Nelson Mandela the previous night, Stevie Wonder's records are banned on all South Africa radio stations. 1998 – Ex-Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron sues his two former bandmates, Danny Hutton and Cory Wells, claiming they breached a 1990 contract settlement agreement that interfered with his career. 2000 – Phil Collins wins an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “You'll Be In My Heart,” from the Disney animated feature Tarzan. 2001 – The Eminem toy “action figure” doll is banned in some UK stores, with Woolworth's and Hamleys refusing to stock the dolls, citing that buying the dolls for children is inadvertently giving their approval to use bad language. 2006 – Jimmy Page's solo in "Stairway To Heaven" is voted the greatest guitar solo of all time by Total Guitar magazine. 2006 – U2's The Edge donates his favorite guitar, a 1975 Gibson Les Paul, to a charity he co-founded to replace instruments lost or destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. 2008 – The Los Angeles Times apologizes to Sean "Diddy" Combs for claiming the rap mogul was involved in the 1994 shooting of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur. The L.A. Times, which published the original story on its website, initially said its claims were based on FBI records, witness accounts and other unnamed sources, but confesses that the newspaper was conned by a prisoner who doctored the documents used. -- 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.
