This Day In Music March 12

Birthdays

    1940 - Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
   1942 - Brian O'Hara, rocker
   1942 - Paul Kantner, SF Calif, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane)
   1945 - Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques)
   1948 - Dana Walden, rock keyboardist (Champaign)
   1948 - James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof)
   1948 - Les Holroyd, Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest)
   1949 - Bill Payne, Waco TX, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero)
   1949 - Mike Gibbons, Swansea Wales, rock drummer (Badfinger)
   1951 - Jack Green, rocker
   1953 - Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes)
   1957 - Marlon D Jackson, Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow)
   1957 - Steve Harris, London, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss)
   1969 - Graham Coxon, singer (Blur)

Other Happenings

   1857 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice
   1897 - Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel
   1963 - Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
   1964 - 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2
   1966 - Love's 1st album released "Love"
   1969 - Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
   1969 - 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
   1971 - Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca P‚rez Morena de Macias
   1991 - 5th Soul Train Music Awards
   1993 - Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney