15 March

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1965 Freddie & the Dreamers release "I'm Telling You Now."

1964 R&B singer Rockwell is born Kennedy William Gordy in Detroit, Michigan.

1963 Bret Michaels (lead singer of Poison) is born Bret Michael Sychak in Butler, Pennsylvania.

1962 Terence Trent D'Arby is born in Manhattan, New York. He lands a bit hit with "Wishing Well" in 1987, and in 2001 he changes his name to Sananda Maitreya.

1958 Elvis Presley performs his last concert before leaving for the Army, a show at Memphis' Russwood Park. Aside from two benefit shows in 1961, it is the last Presley concert until 1969.

1956 The musical My Fair Lady opens on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.

1956 Colonel Tom Parker officially becomes Elvis Presley's manager.

1955 Fats Domino records "Ain't That A Shame" at Master Recorders in Los Angeles.

1954 The Chords record "Sh-Boom."

1952 Kay Starr's "Wheel Of Fortune" hits #1.

1947 Rock musician/producer Ry Cooder is born in Los Angeles, California.

1947 The Ted Weems Orchestra with Elmo Tanner go to #1 in the US with "Heartaches."

1947 Frank Lugo (bassist for ? & the Mysterians) is born.

1946 Howard Scott (guitarist for War) is born in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, but grows up in Compton.

1943 Sly Stone (frontman for Sly & the Family Stone) is born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas.

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Fats Domino's Pianos Salvaged From Hurricane Katrina

2006

Remnants of Fats Domino's two pianos are discovered and saved by the Louisiana State Museum after attempting to salvage his Ninth Ward home after Hurricane Katrina.

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