March 16th - Born on this day Leon Roppolo (1902), Ruby Braff (1927), Tommy Flanagan (1930), Ray Walker - The Jordanaires (1934), Fred Neil (1936), Jerry Jeff Walker (1942), Michael Bruce - Alice Cooper Band (1948), Jimmy Nail (1954), Nancy Wilson - Heart (1954), Flavor Flav - Public Enemy (1959), Jimmy DeGrasso - Megadeth/Alice Cooper band (1963), Stuart Kerr - Texas (1963), H.P. Baxxter - Scooter (1966), Andy Dunlop - Travis (1972), Blu Cantrell (1976), Leena Peisa - Lordi (1979), Wolfgang Van Halen - Van Halen/Mammoth (1991)
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Chart News
1959 The Platters at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'
1963 Paul and Paula at No.1 in Australia with ‘Hey Paula’
1965 The Rolling Stones at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Last Time'
1968 The posthumously released Otis Redding single 'Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay' at No.1 on the US chart. Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10/12/67, 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.
1968 Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra at No.1 in Australia with ‘Love is Blue’
1974 Barbra Streisand at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Way We Were'
1974 Paper Lace at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Billy Don't Be A Hero'
1987 George Michael and Aretha Franklin at No.1 in Australia with ‘I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)’
1991 The Simpsons at No.1 in Australia with ‘Do the Bartman’
1996 Joan Osborne at No.1 in Australia with ‘One of Us’
2003 Gareth Gates featuring The Kumars at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Spirit In The Sky.'
2013 Baauer at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Harlem Shake’
2019 Jonas Brothers at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sucker'
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Gig News
1969 Fleetwood Mac, The Move, Amen Corner, Peter Sarstedt, The Tymes, Harmony Grass and Geno Washington appeared at 'Pop World 69' at the Wembley Empire Pool in London
1973 David Cassidy played at the Wembley Empire Pool in London
1974 Elvis Presley played the first of four nights at the Midsouth Coliseum in Memphis Tennessee
1977 Pink Floyd played at Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England
1996 The Ramones performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Music News
1970 Tammi Terrell died