19 MARCH
In Music History
1953 B-52s guitarist Ricky Wilson is born in Athens, Georgia.
1951 Derek Longmuir (drummer for Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1946 Paul Atkinson (guitarist for The Zombies) is born in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, England.
1946 Ruth Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters) is born in Oakland, California. She is the eldest member of the singing sisters.
1941 Jimmy Dorsey records "Green Eyes," with vocals from Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly.
1937 R&B singer Clarence "Frogman" Henry, known for the 1961 hit "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do," is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1930 Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman is born in Fort Worth, Texas. Date of birth sometimes listed as March 9.
1926 Jazz singer Bill Henderson is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1921 Tommy Cooper is born in Caerphilly, Wales.
1914 Actress/singer Patricia Morison is born in New York City.
New Orleans Plays Jazz To Appease Serial Killer
1919Jazz music plays throughout New Orleans after a serial killer threatens to murder anyone not listening to it.
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2010 The Runaways, about the pioneering all-girl rock band, hits theaters. The film, which focuses on group member Joan Jett (played by Kristen Stewart), is a huge flop.More
2000 The New York Mets release Garth Brooks, who is participating in spring training with the team. The country star gets the boot after going 0-17 at the plate.
1990 Andrew Wood, lead singer of Mother Love Bone, dies of a heroin overdose at age 24. Members of the band go on to form Pearl Jam.More
1988 Michael Jackson begins construction on his 2,800-acre ranch and private amusement park in Santa Barbara, California, which he names "Neverland" after a fantasy location in his favorite book, Peter Pan, a place where children never grow up.
1982 Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads dies when he takes a plane ride with a pilot who tries to buzz Ozzy's tour bus. When the wing hits the bus, the plane crashes into a nearby house, killing Rhoads, the pilot, and the tour costume designer/hairdresser.
1975 The movie version of The Who's rock opera Tommy premieres in America.More
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