March 28 Born –
Paul Whiteman (1890) – bandleader, "King of Jazz."
Jimmie Dodd (1910) – actor, TV show host, singer/songwriter (“The
Mickey Mouse Club March”).
Jay Livingston (1915) – film and television composer ("Silver Bells").
Thad Jones (1923) – Jazz trumpeter for the Count Basie Orchestra.
Dean Webb (1937) – The Dillards.
Charlie McCoy (1941) – harmonica player.
Chuck Portz (1945) – bassist for The Turtles.
Sally Carr (aka Sarah Carr, 1945) – vocalist for Middle Of The Road.
John Evan (1948) – keyboardist for Jethro Tull.
Milan Williams (1948) – keyboardist for The Commodores.
Reba McEntire (1955) – Country music singer/songwriter.
Geo Grimes (1962) – bassist for Danny Wilson, Deacon Blue and Simple
Minds.
Andy Cousin (1963) – bassist for All About Eve.
Steve Turner (1965) – guitarist for Mudhoney.
Dave Keuning (1976) – guitarist for The Killers.
Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Germanotta, 1986) – singer/songwriter.
March 28 R.I.P. –
W. C. Handy (1958) – bronchial pneumonia. Age 84. "Father of the
Blues."
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1974) – heart attack. Age 68. Blues
songwriter ("My Baby Left Me").
Dorothy Fields (1974) – stroke. Age 68. Songwriter ("I Can't Give You
Anything But Love, Baby").
Dick Haymes (1980) – lung cancer. Age 61. Big band singer, actor.
Morris “Moe” Koffman (2001) – non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Age 72. Jazz
saxophonist/clarinetist.
Farrell "Rusty" Draper (2003) – pneumonia. Age 80. Country/pop singer
("Gambler's Guitar").
Herb Ellis (2010) – Alzheimer's disease. Age 88. Jazz guitarist with
Oscar Peterson.
Earl Scruggs (2012) – natural causes. Age 88. Flatt and Scruggs.
March 28 album releases –
The Young Rascals – The Young Rascals (1966)
The Rolling Stones – Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) (1966) U.S.
Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy (1973)
10cc – Look Hear? (1980)
The Outfield – Voices Of Babylon (1989)
Roxette – Joyride (1991)
Pink Floyd – The Division Bell (1994)
The Divine Comedy – Promenade (1994)
Wilco – A.M. (1995)
Sarah McLachlan – The Freedom Sessions (1995) U.S.
Peter Cetera – Another Perfect World (2001)
March 28 events –
1939 – The Smoothies, with Hal Kemp and His Orchestra, record “Three
Little Fishies.”
1950 – Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys record “I’m Movin’ On” in
Nashville.
1956 – Little Richards' "Long Tall Sally" debuts on the Hot 100 chart,
staying for twelve weeks.
1956 – The Five Satins release their single, “The Jones Girl” b/w “In
The Still Of The Night” on Standard Records.
1957 – Elvis Presley wears his gold lamé suit on stage for the first
time during his concert at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago.
1958 – Eddie Cochran records "Summertime Blues."
1958 – Opening night of Alan Freed's Big Beat Show takes place at
Brooklyn's Paramount Theater, featuring Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Danny and The Juniors, The Chantels, Frankie Lymon
and The Teenagers, The Diamonds, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Larry Williams
and others.
1960 – Brenda Lee records “I’m Sorry” at Owen Bradley’s Quonset Hut
studio in Nashville.
1964 – Radio Caroline, the UK's first pirate radio station, begins
broadcasting from the MV Federicia in the North Sea.
1964 – Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London unveils four wax statues
of The Beatles.
1965 – Little Anthony and The Imperials perform “Hurts So Bad” on The
Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show are Bobby Vinton and Marilyn
Michaels.
1966 – Gary Lewis and The Playboys record “Green Grass” with the
Wrecking Crew in L.A.
1967 – Van Morrison records "Brown Eyed Girl."
1968 – Pink Floyd films a performance for the BBC 2 television show
The Sound Of Change at Barnes Common in London.
1968 – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell release their single, “Ain’t
Nothing Like The Real Thing” b/w "Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl" on
the Tamla label.
1970 – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young release their single, “Woodstock”
b/w “Helpless.”
1971 – Melanie, Sandler and Young, Danny Davis and The Nashville
Brass, and Joanna Simon appear on the final Ed Sullivan Show. The
program will remain on the air showing reruns until June.
1971 – Bobby Goldsboro and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are the musical
guests on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
1974 – Queen appears at Aberystwyth University in Wales.
1975 – After seeing Elvis' late show in Las Vegas, Barbara Streisand
meets with Presley backstage to discuss re-making the movie A Star Is
Born.
1976 – Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancaster of Status Quo
are arrested after an incident at the Vienna Airport. All three are
released on bail.
1976 – Genesis begins their first North American tour with Phil
Collins as lead singer at the Century Theatre in Buffalo, New York.
1977 – Pink Floyd plays the first of four sold-out nights at the New
Bingley Hall at the Staffordshire County Showground in Stafford.
1978 – KISS plays the first of five sold-out nights at Budokan Hall in
Tokyo, Japan.
1982 – David Crosby is pulled over in L.A. for driving erratically,
and is arrested for driving under the influence, possession of
Quaaludes, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and an unlicensed .45 pistol.
1984 – Mick Fleetwood files for bankruptcy.
1986 – 6,000 radio stations simultaneously broadcast "We Are The
World" at 10:15am EST.
1987 – The Doobie Brothers move their Phoenix, Arizona concert to Las
Vegas when they learn that Arizona Governor Evan Mecham rescinded the
observance of Martin Luther King Day.
1991 – The funeral is held for Eric Clapton's son, Conor, who fell to
his death from a high-rise window. George Harrison, Patti Boyd and
Phil Collins are among the mourners.
1992 – More than $100,000 damage is done to the Irvine Meadows
Amphitheatre at an Ozzy Osbourne concert when he invites the first two
rows on stage.
1992 – Pearl Jam appears at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago with opening
act Smashing Pumpkins.
1996 – Phil Collins quits Genesis.
2000 – Jimmy Pages wins a substantial libel lawsuit against Ministry
magazine for an article claiming that Page watched John Bonham die
while he tried to save him with Satanic spells.
2001 – The artist formerly known as Puffy and Puff Daddy tells MTV he
now wants to be known as P. Diddy.
2005 – Michael Jackson appears on Jesse Jackson's radio show, and
claims that the child molestation charges against him are "a racist
conspiracy."
2005 – U2 kicks off their 131-date Vertigo tour at the iPay One Center
in San Diego, California.
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