30 March

Pick a Day

30 MARCH

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1974 John Denver's "Sunshine On My Shoulders" hits #1 in the US. The song first appeared on his 1971 album Poems, Prayers & Promises; it came to prominence after featuring in the made-for-TV movie Sunshine in 1973.

1967 The Beatles shoot the cover of their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album at Chelsea Manor Studios in London.

1964 Tracy Chapman is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

1963 Lesley Gore records "It's My Party" at Bell Studios in New York. That night, her producer Quincy Jones finds out that Phil Spector has recorded the song with his group The Crystals, so Jones rush-releases it to get Gore's version to radio stations first.

1955 Singer/songwriter Randy VanWarmer ("Just When I Needed You Most") is born in Indian Hills, Colorado.

1948 Black Oak Arkansas lead singer Jim "Dandy" Mangrum is born in Michigan.

1944 Ronnie Rice of The New Colony Six is born in Illinois.

1943 Love bass player Ken Forssi is born in Cleveland.

1941 Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues is born in Staffordshire, England.

1930 Rolf Harris ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport") is born in Perth, Australia.

1914 Harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson (not the blues singer/guitarist) is born in Jackson, Tennessee.

1913 Frankie Laine is born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio in Chicago.

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Ashanti (Ja) Rules The Chart

2002

Ashanti dominates the American Top 10, with her Ja Rule collaboration "Always On Time" at #4, her Fat Joe duet "What's Luv?" at #5, and her solo track "Foolish" at #9. The #1 song, "Ain't It Funny" by Jennifer Lopez, contains some lyrics written by Ashanti.

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