The Sisters pictured with the lucky Dean Martin
1958: The McGuire Sisters held down #1 with "Sincerely".
1958: "Our Song" was released by Tom and Jerry, a teenage duo from Queens, New York, who later became known by their real names--Simon & Garfunkel.
1958: Buddy Holly played his only two shows in the UK at the Regal Cinema in Hull, Yorkshire.
1960: Percy Faith's "Theme From A Summer Place" was #1. It would become the second top instrumental hit of all-time (behind only "Love Is Blue").
1962: Bob Dylan released his self-titled debut LP.
1964: The #1 song in the United States was "She Loves You" by the Beatles.
1968: Donovan traveled to India to study transcendental meditation.
1970: David Bowie marries Angie Barnett.
1972: The debut hit from America became the #1 song in the land--"A Horse With No Name".
1974: Jefferson Starship set out on their first tour since they changed from Jefferson Airplane.
| 1976: Paul Kossof, a guitarist with Free, died of heart failure. 1978: The Bee Gees were #1 with "Night Fever". |
| 1981: J Geils Band topped the charts with "Centerfold". 1984: Van Halen had their first and only #1 song with "Jump". 1989: Mike & The Mechanics, led by Genesis keyboardist Mike Rutherford and classic vocalist Paul Carrack, had the #1 song "The Living Years". 1990: Alannah Myles scored a #1 song with "Black Velvet". 1993: Snow was #1 with "Informer". 1996: The second album of the Beatles' Anthology series was released, featuring the new track "Real Love". 1999: Cher had a huge comeback hit with the #1 song "Believe". 2002: Megadeth releases the live album "Rude Awakening". It would be their last album release. 2002: "Ain't It Funny" by Jennifer Lopez was #1. 2003: Justin Timberlake is voted "Best Chart Act" at the Dance Music Awards show in Las Vegas. 2003: 50 Cent has the #1 album with Get Rich or Die Tryin'. |
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| 2007: Soul singer Luther Ingram died of a heart attack at age 69. He had the #2 song "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" and also wrote the Staple Singers' biggest hit "Respect Yourself". Born on March 19: 1946: Paul Atkinson, guitarist of the Zombies 1946: Ruth Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1953: Ricky Wilson (B-52's 1953: Billy Sheehan, bassist of Mr. Big 1975: Brann Dailor, drummer of Mastodon |