Jay Livingston also wrote the theme to Bonanza...don't ask me how I knew
that...
On Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:59:18 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
> 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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