13 MARCH
In Music History
1968 The Byrds' Greatest Hits is certified gold.
1965 The Beatles land their seventh #1 hit in America with "Eight Days A Week."
1962 James Darren guests on ABC-TV's Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea in the episode "The Mechanical Man."
1961 Ricky Nelson records "Travelin' Man."
1960 U2 bass player Adam Clayton is born in Oxfordshire, England.
1959 An emergency plane landing in a South Bend, Indiana, field nearly kills The Kingston Trio's band members.
1949 Donald York (original vocalist for Sha Na Na) is born in Boise, Idaho.
1948 Peggy Lee goes to #1 in America with "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)."
1940 Daniel Bennie (of the Detroit doo-wop group The Reflections) is born in Johnstone, Scotland.
1939 Neil Sedaka is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1933 Songwriter Mike Stoller is born in Long Island, New York. Along with his partner Jerry Leiber, he writes a slew of hits, including "Jailhouse Rock," "Yakety Yak" and "Stand By Me."
Cher Auto-Tunes To #1 With "Believe"
1999Using the pitch correction software Auto-Tune to distort her vocals, Cher goes to #1 in America with "Believe," opening the floodgates for many more Auto-Tuned hits.
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2007 Amy Winehouse's second album, Back to Black, is released in the US. It enters the Billboard chart the following week at #7, and surges to its chart peak of #2 after Winehouse wins five Grammy awards for the album the following year, including Record of the year and Song of the Year for "Rehab."
2006 Black Sabbath, Blondie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Miles Davis and The Sex Pistols are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Sex Pistols refuse to attend the ceremony and turn down the induction.More
2006 Isaac Hayes quits the TV series South Park after an episode airs mocking his religion, Scientology.More
1976 The Four Seasons hit #1 in America with "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)," making them the only act to chart #1 hits before, during and after The Beatles.
1965 Eric Clapton, concerned that the band is becoming too commercial, leaves The Yardbirds. His replacement is Jeff Beck.
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