Eagles - Hotel California
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Significant Events In Music This Week - 3.14 - 3.20
March 14th In Music
1972 - California Governor Ronald Reagan grants a pardon to Merle Haggard, absolving him of his 1957 burglary that sent him to prison for three years.
1973 - ABBA released 'Ring Ring' the title track of their debut album. It gave the group their first appearance on the UK singles chart where it peaked at No. 32 and became their first Swedish No. 1 and first Australian top 10 hit.
Birthdays:
1945 - Walter Parazaider. American saxophonist with Chicago, who had the 1976 US No. 1 single 'If You Leave Me Now'. The band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois as The Chicago Transit Authority before shortening the name in 1970. Chicago have had five consecutive No. 1 albums on the Billboard chart and 20 top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Born in Maywood, Illinois.
1946 - Jim Pons. Bass guitar from the American rock The Turtles who had the US 1967 No. 1 single 'Happy Together' and the 1967 hit 'She'd Rather Be with Me'. He went on to work with Frank Zappa. Born in Santa Monica, California.
March 15th In Music
1975 - The Doobie Brothers went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Black Water', their ode to the Mississippi River, the group's first of two US No. 1's.
1975 - Olivia Newton-John's album Have You Never Been Mellow hits No. 1 in the US.
1976 - KISS release their album Destroyer, featuring "Detroit Rock City" and "Beth."
1986 - Starship's "Sara" hits No. 1 on the Hot 100. It's the second chart-topper (following "We Built This City") for the third iteration of the group, which was previously Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
Birthdays:
1940 - Phil Lesh. American musician who was a founding member and bassist with the Grateful Dead. They released over 140 albums, the majority of them recorded live in concert. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of Grateful Dead family music with side project Phil Lesh and Friends. Born in Berkeley, California.
1941 - Mike Love. American singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded The Beach Boys. Love collaborated with Brian Wilson and was a lyricist on singles including 'Fun, Fun, Fun' (1964), 'California Girls' (1965), and 'Good Vibrations. (1966). Born in Los Angeles, CA.
1943 - Sly Stone. American musician, songwriter, and record producer most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, a band which played a critical role in the development of soul, funk, rock, and psychedelia in the 1960s and 1970s. Stones scored the 1968 US No. 8 single 'Dance To The Music', and the 1969 US No. 1 single 'Everyday People'. Born in Denton, Texas.
1946 - Howard Scott. American guitarist with American funk band War. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling US album of 1973. They also scored the 1973 US No. 2 single 'Cisco Kid'. Born in San Pedro, CA.
March 16th In Music
1968 - The posthumously released Otis Redding single '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay' started a five week run at No. 1 on the US chart. Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10th December 1967 three days after recording the song. 'Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay', became the first posthumous No. 1 single in US chart history and sold over four million copies worldwide.
1977 - Paper Lace were at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with the anti-war pop song 'Billy Don't Be A Hero,' the group's only No. 1. Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods scored a US No. 1 with their version of the song.
Birthdays:
1948 - Michael Bruce. American rock musician, guitarist with the Alice Cooper Band, who had the 1972 US No. 7 single 'School's Out' and the 1973 US No. 1 album, Billion Dollar Babies. Born in Arizona.
1950 - Matt Irving. Scottish musician, best known as the bass guitar player for Manfred Mann's Earth Band between 1981 and 1986. Irving has also worked with with The Lords of the New Church, Squeeze, Chris Rea, Paul Young and Roger Waters. He died on 4.3.2015.
March 17th In Music
1958 - The first "Greatest Hits" compilation is released, and it's by Johnny Mathis. It's a huge hit, and the format catches on quickly. The Mathis album stays in the Billboard 200 album chart for over nine years, a record not broken until Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.
1958 - ”Tequila" by The Champs hits No. 1 in America, becoming one of the most popular saxophone instrumentals of all time.
1973 - Dr Hook's single 'On The Cover Of Rolling Stone' peaked at No. 6 on the US chart. The single was banned in the UK by the BBC due to the reference of the magazine.
1973 - Yes's The Yes Album and Yessongs are both certified Gold.
1978 - Jimmy Buffett releases his eighth studio album, Son Of A Son Of A Sailor, which features his popular tune "Cheeseburger In Paradise."
Birthdays:
1941 - Paul Kantner. American guitarist, singer and songwriter from Jefferson Airplane. He was known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane, the leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era, and its more commercial spin-off band Jefferson Starship. With Jefferson Airplane, Kantner was among the performers at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 and the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Born in San Francisco. Kantner died in San Francisco on 1.28.2016 at the age of 74.
1944 - John Sebastian. American singer, songwriter, guitarist, harmonicist, and autoharpist, who is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful. They had the 1966 UK No. 2 single 'Daydream', and 1966 US No. 1 single 'Summer in The City' and Sebastian scored the solo 1976 US No. 1 single 'Welcome Back'. In August 1969, Sebastian made an appearance at Woodstock. Born in New York City.
1946 - Harold Ray Brown. Percussionist, drummer, vocalist and band leader with American funk band War. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling US album of 1973. They also scored the 1973 US No. 2 single 'Cisco Kid'. Born in Long Beach, California.
1951 - Scott Gorham. Thin Lizzy and Supertramp. Thin Lizzy, who had the 1976 hit single 'The Boys Are Back In Town' and the UK No. 2 album Live and Dangerous. Gorham joined the band at a time when their future was in doubt after the departures of original guitarist Eric Bell and his brief replacement Gary Moore. Born in Glendale, California.
March 18th In Music
Birthdays:
1945 - Eric Woolfson. Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, producer, pianist, and co-creator of The Alan Parsons Project. Following the 10 successful albums he made with Alan Parsons, he sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Woolfson died on 12.2.2009 at age 64.
1947 - Barry J Wilson. Drums, Procol Harum, who had the 1967 US No. 5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale'. Wilson died on 10.8.1990, he was 43.
1950 - John Hartman. American drummer who was a co-founder and original drummer with The Doobie Brothers. They had the 1979 US No. 1 single 'What A Fool Believes', and the 1993 hit single 'Long Train Runnin'. The group has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide throughout its career. Born in Falls Church, Virginia.
March 19th In Music
1967 - Jimi Hendrix Experience released 'Purple Haze' in the US. Hendrix had read Night of Light, a 1966 novel by Philip José Farmer. In the story set on a distant planet, sunspots produced a "purplish haze" which had a disorienting effect on the inhabitants. Hendrix took this as the idea for the songs lyrics.
1974 - Jefferson Airplane re-form with most of their original members and kick off their tour at Auditorium Theatre in Chicago as Jefferson Starship. The new line-up included Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, drummer Johnny Barbata, David Freiberg, Peter Kaukonen, Cragi Chaquico and Papa John Creach. They drop the "Jefferson" in 1984 and become simply "Starship."
1976 - The Doobie Brothers release Takin' It To The Streets, their first album with Michael McDonald. He was brought into the group to play keyboards, but claimed the role of lead singer when he belted out the title track, which he wrote, in the studio for producer Ted Templeman.
Birthdays:
1944 - Tom Constanten. American keyboardist who is best known for playing with the Grateful Dead from 1968 to 1970.
1952 - Derek Longmuir. Scottish drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers who had the 1975 UK No. 1 single 'Bye Bye Baby' plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles' and the 1976 US No. 1 single 'Saturday Night'. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1953 - Ricky Wilson. Guitarist, with the American new wave band The B-52's. Best known for their 1978 debut single 'Rock Lobster and the 1990 US No. 3 single 'Love Shack'. Born in Athens, Georgia. Wilson died on 10.12.1985 aged 32.
March 20th In Music
1982 - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts started a seven week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll', a No. 4 hit in the UK. The song had been a B-side from 60s bands The Arrows.
Birthdays:
1944 - Jance Garfat. Bassist for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. Born in California.
1951 - Carl Palmer. English drummer and percussionist who was a member of Atomic Rooster, (1971 UK No. 4 single 'The Devil's Answer’), Emerson Lake and Palmer, (1977 UK No. 2 single 'Fanfare For The Common Man') and Asia, (1982 US No. 4 single 'Heat Of The Moment'). Born in Birmingham, England.
