March 29 Born –
Aubrey “Moon” Mullican (1909) – Rockabilly pianist.
Pearl Bailey (1918) – singer/actress.
Dick Jacobs (1918) – orchestrator/conductor/arranger ("The Man With
The Golden Arm").
Jean Dinning (1924) – The Dinning Sister, singer/songwriter (“Teen
Angel”).
Donny Conn (aka Donald Claps, 1930) – The Playmates.
Eden Kane (aka Richard Sarstedt, 1941) – British pop singer.
Chad Allan (aka Allan Kowbel, 1943) – The Guess Who.
Vangelis (aka Evangelos Papathanassiou, 1943) – Greek composer.
Terry Jacks (1944) – Canadian singer/songwriter.
John "Speedy" Keen (1945) – singer/songwriter for Thunderclap Newman.
Bobby Kimball (1947) – singer for Toto.
Dave Greenfield (1949) – keyboardist for The Stranglers.
Michael Brecker (1949) – saxophonist.
Patty Donahue (1956) – The Waitresses.
Perry Farrell (aka Peretz Bernstein, 1959) – Jane's Addiction and
Porno For Pyros..
John Popper (1967) – singer for Blues Traveler.March 29 R.I.P. – Mantovani (1980) – Age 74. Conductor, orchestra leader. Ray Bloch (1982) – Age 79. Pianist/songwriter, band leader for Toast Of The Town. The Singing Nun (1985) – suicide. Age 51. Jimmy McShane (1995) – AIDS. Age 37. Irish singer. Joe Williams (1999) – natural causes. Age 80. Jazz singer. John Lewis (2001) – prostate cancer. Age 80. Composer/pianist for The Modern Jazz Quartet. March 29 album releases – The James Gang – Yer' Album (1969) Diana Ross – Diana! (Television Soundtrack) (1971) The Jackson 5 – Skywriter (1973) Mott The Hoople – The Hoople (1974) King Crimson – Starless And Bible Black (1974) The Charlie Daniels Band – Saddle Tramp (1976) Supertramp – Breakfast In America (1979) Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast (1982) Slade – Rogues Gallery (1985) Little Feat – Representing The Mambo (1990) The Kinks – Phobia (1993) Suede – Suede (1993) The Subdudes – Annunciation (1994) Gwar – This Toilet Earth (1994) Gamma Ray – Power Plant (1999) Prince – Lotusflow3r / MPL Sound (2009) March 29 events – 1871 – Queen Victoria presides over the opening of the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences. 1958 – Private Elvis Presley arrives at Fort Hood, Texas, for basic training. 1961 – Ben E. King records "Amor" at Atlantic Studios in New York City. 1964 – The Hollies, The Dave Clark Five, The Kinks and The Mojos begin a UK package tour at the Coventry Theatre. 1966 – An overzealous fan throws a chair at Mick Jagger during a concert in Marseilles, France, hitting him in the forehead and causing a gash that needs eight stitches. 1966 – Two members of The Walker Brothers receive concussions when fans mob the group outside their hotel in Cheshire. 1966 – Jimmie Rodgers records "It's Over" at RCA Studios in Hollywood. 1967 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Bremen-Stadthalle in Germany, with opening acts The Easybeats and The Creation. 1969 – John and Yoko, Black Sabbath, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Curved Air, J.J. Jackson's Dilemma, Shy Limbs, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Sunflower Brass Band and Toe Fat all appear at the London Free Easter Festival in Bethnal Green. 1970 – The Ed Sullivan Show is broadcast from various VA hospitals treating the Viet Nam wounded. Musical guests include Gladys Knight and The Pips, Bobbie Gentry, Buck Owens and Nancy Ames. 1970 – Fess Parker and Willie Nelson perform on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour. 1972 – Jimmy Page and Robert Plant travel to Bombay, India, to record versions of their songs "Friends" and "Four Sticks" with local Indian musicians. 1973 – Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. 1975 – All six Led Zeppelin albums are on the Billboard 200 chart, with their latest, Physical Graffiti, at #1. 1976 – Neil Young plays the first of three nights at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. 1978 – Tina Turner's divorce from Ike is finalized after two years in court. 1978 – David Bowie kicks off his 77-date Low/Heroes World Tour at the San Diego Sports Arena in California. 1979 – After Dire Straits' show at The Roxy in L.A., Bob Dylan approaches Mark Knopfler and drummer Pick Withers about playing on his next album. 1980 – Chicago antiques dealer Ronald Selle sues The Bee Gees for plagiarism, claiming their song, "How Deep Is Your Love," borrows heavily from his song, "Let It End." Selle wins the lawsuit, but The Bee Gees win on appeal three years later. 1982 – Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder release their single, “Ebony And Ivory” b/w “Rainclouds.” 1983 – U2 appears at the Hammersmith Palais in London on their War UK tour, with opening act Big Country. 1986 – Beatles records officially go on sale in Russia. 1996 – Marshall Leib and Carol Connors of The Teddy Bears sue former band mate, Phil Spector, for back royalties for their song "To Know Him Is To Love Him." 1998 – Shania Twain begins her first headlining tour in her hometown of Sudbury, in Ontario, Canada. 1999 – The David Bowie Internet Radio Show is first broadcast on Rolling Stone Radio. 2000 – Phil Collins sues two members of Earth, Wind & Fire, claiming they were over paid royalties for recordings they appeared on. 2001 – An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson is held at Radio City Music Hall. 2004 – French rock star Bertrand Cantat is sentenced to eight years in prison for murdering his girlfriend in a hotel in Vilnius. 2005 – Neil Young is admitted to a hospital in New York for treatment of a brain aneurysm. 2006 – Tom Jones is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. 2007 – U2 singer Bono receives an honorary knighthood from the British Ambassador to Ireland, David Reddaway. 2011 – The owner of the music download and streaming web site BlueBeat.com agrees to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by EMI, Capitol Records and Virgin Records for illegally offering Beatles music downloads for 25¢ each. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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