22 MARCH
In Music History
1943 Keith Relf (lead vocalist for The Yardbirds) is born in Richmond, Surrey, England.
1943 Jazz guitarist George Benson is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1941 Jeremy Clyde of Chad & Jeremy is born in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England.
1937 Country/pop singer Johnny Ferguson is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
1936 Roger Whittaker is born in Nairobi, British Kenya.
1932 Blues musician Juke Boy Bonner is born Weldon H. Philip Bonner in Bellville, Texas.
1930 Composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim is born in New York City. He wins an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Madonna's "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)," written for the 1990 film Dick Tracy.
1916 Bernard Weissman, the future George Wyle, is born in New York City. Among his compositions: the Gilligan's Island theme song.
Pink Floyd Has A Hit Single
1980Pink Floyd tops the Hot 100 with "Another Brick In The Wall (part II)," which stays a total of four weeks. It's a rare hit single for the band, whose only other Top 40 appearance is "Money," which hit #13 in 1973.
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2003 Britney Spears' girl-power flick Crossroads earns eight nominations at the 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards, and two wins: Worst Original Song for "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" and Worst Actress for Spears, an honor she shares with Razzie darling Madonna for Swept Away (named Worst Picture). The Material Girl, who has been a regular contender - and five-time Worst Actress winner - since her 1986 win for Shanghai Surprise, earns two more awards. She shares Worst Screen Couple with Adriano Giannini for Swept Away and garners Worst Supporting Actress as Verity in Die Another Day.
1987 Anthrax release their third album, Among the Living. The cover shows an image of Henry Kane, a character in the film Poltergeist II: The Other Side, which the band finds terrifying.More
1986 Heart's "These Dreams" hits #1 in the US. The lyric is written by Elton John's songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin.
1978 A Beatles parody special called The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, airs on ABC. The special stars various members of the Monty Python troupe.More
1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber is born in Kensington, London, England.More
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