1962: Gene Chandler earned a gold record for "Duke of Earl".
1963: The Shadows had their fifth #1 in the UK with "Foot Tapper"
1964: The Hollies, the Dave Clark Five, the Kinks and the Mojos began a UK tour at the Coventry Theatre.
1966: Mick Jagger was injured during a concert in Marseilles, France after a fan threw a chair at the stage. Jagger had to have eight stitches.
1966: Fans mobbed the Walker Brothers after they entered their hotel in Cheshire. Two group members suffered concussions.
1967: The Rolling Stones appeared at the Bremen-Stadthalle in Germany along with opening acts the Easybeats and the Creation.
1967: The Beatles began work on a new song "With a Little Help From My Friends". The track required 10 takes of the rhythm arrangement.
1968: Glen Campbell is named as the guest host of the Smothers Brothers' Summer Replacement Variety Hour.
1969: John Lennon, Black Sabbath, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Curved Air were among those who appeared at the London Free Easter Festival in Bethnal Green.
1969: Blood, Sweat & Tears soared to the top of the U.S. album chart with their phenomenal debut album.
1970: Ed Sullivan debuted a series of live broadcasts in which music stars sang for servicemen in VA hospitals during the Vietnam War. Bobby Gentry and Gladys Knight & the Pips appear on the first show.
1970: John Lennon and Yoko Ono announced that Yoko was pregnant with the couple's first child.
1973: After Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show wrote a song about not appearing on "The Cover of the Rolling Stone", they appeared on the cover of The Rolling Stone.
1974: John Denver scored one of his biggest hits with the #1 song "Sunshine On My Shoulders".
1975: Labelle topped the U.S. singles chart with "Lady Marmalade".
1975: Led Zeppelin placed all six albums on the U.S. album chart simultaneously. No other act has ever matched that feat. Physical Graffiti was #1.
1976: Neil Young started a European tour with three concerts at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1978: David Bowie premiered his Low/Heroes 77-date World Tour at San Diego Sports Arena.
1985: Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins is found collapsed on his hotel room floor, Bailey suffered from exhaustion.
1985: Phil Collins had the #1 song "One More Night".
1987: Starship was on top with "Nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now".
1988: Madonna appeared in the Broadway play "Speed the Plow".
1989: Carly Simon won the Oscar at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "Let the River Run" from Working Girl.
1993: Peabo Bryson and Regina Bell win the Oscar for Best Original Song for "A Whole New World" from Aladdin.
1998: Shania Twain headlined a concert for the first time in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
2003: James Brown donated 400 tickets to his Houston show to members of the military.
2004: Prince began his Musicology tour in Los Angeles. He announced that it would be the last time he would play his hits live.
2005: Neil Young required brain surgery after suffering an aneurysm.
2008: Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" was #1 for a second week, giving her 80 total weeks at #1 in her career. Wikipedia tells you that she passed Elvis Presley but that is erroneous--with her 80th week at #1, Carey and Elvis are now tied for the Rock Era record.
2009: Guitar Hero: Metallica was released.
Born This Day:
1940: Ray Davis, of Parliament and Funkadelic
1943: Chad Allen, Guess Who
1943: Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis)
1945: Speedy Keen, drums and vocals for Thunderclap Newman
1946: Terry Jacks ("Seasons in the Sun')
1947: Bobby Kimball, vocalist of Toto
1959: Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction
1967: John Popper of Blues TravelerSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-day-in-rock-history-march-29.html
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1963: The Shadows had their fifth #1 in the UK with "Foot Tapper"
1964: The Hollies, the Dave Clark Five, the Kinks and the Mojos began a UK tour at the Coventry Theatre.
1966: Mick Jagger was injured during a concert in Marseilles, France after a fan threw a chair at the stage. Jagger had to have eight stitches.
1966: Fans mobbed the Walker Brothers after they entered their hotel in Cheshire. Two group members suffered concussions.
1967: The Rolling Stones appeared at the Bremen-Stadthalle in Germany along with opening acts the Easybeats and the Creation.
1967: The Beatles began work on a new song "With a Little Help From My Friends". The track required 10 takes of the rhythm arrangement.
1968: Glen Campbell is named as the guest host of the Smothers Brothers' Summer Replacement Variety Hour.
1969: John Lennon, Black Sabbath, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Curved Air were among those who appeared at the London Free Easter Festival in Bethnal Green.
1969: Blood, Sweat & Tears soared to the top of the U.S. album chart with their phenomenal debut album.
1970: Ed Sullivan debuted a series of live broadcasts in which music stars sang for servicemen in VA hospitals during the Vietnam War. Bobby Gentry and Gladys Knight & the Pips appear on the first show.
1970: John Lennon and Yoko Ono announced that Yoko was pregnant with the couple's first child.
1973: After Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show wrote a song about not appearing on "The Cover of the Rolling Stone", they appeared on the cover of The Rolling Stone.
1974: John Denver scored one of his biggest hits with the #1 song "Sunshine On My Shoulders".
1975: Labelle topped the U.S. singles chart with "Lady Marmalade".
1975: Led Zeppelin placed all six albums on the U.S. album chart simultaneously. No other act has ever matched that feat. Physical Graffiti was #1.
1976: Neil Young started a European tour with three concerts at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1978: David Bowie premiered his Low/Heroes 77-date World Tour at San Diego Sports Arena.
1985: Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins is found collapsed on his hotel room floor, Bailey suffered from exhaustion.
1985: Phil Collins had the #1 song "One More Night".
1987: Starship was on top with "Nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now".
1988: Madonna appeared in the Broadway play "Speed the Plow".
1989: Carly Simon won the Oscar at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "Let the River Run" from Working Girl.
1993: Peabo Bryson and Regina Bell win the Oscar for Best Original Song for "A Whole New World" from Aladdin.
1998: Shania Twain headlined a concert for the first time in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
2003: James Brown donated 400 tickets to his Houston show to members of the military.
2004: Prince began his Musicology tour in Los Angeles. He announced that it would be the last time he would play his hits live.
2005: Neil Young required brain surgery after suffering an aneurysm.
2008: Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" was #1 for a second week, giving her 80 total weeks at #1 in her career. Wikipedia tells you that she passed Elvis Presley but that is erroneous--with her 80th week at #1, Carey and Elvis are now tied for the Rock Era record.
2009: Guitar Hero: Metallica was released.
Born This Day:
1940: Ray Davis, of Parliament and Funkadelic
1943: Chad Allen, Guess Who
1943: Evangelos Papathanassiou (Vangelis)
1945: Speedy Keen, drums and vocals for Thunderclap Newman
1946: Terry Jacks ("Seasons in the Sun')
1947: Bobby Kimball, vocalist of Toto
1959: Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction
1967: John Popper of Blues TravelerSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-day-in-rock-history-march-29.html
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