This Day in Music - March 15

Birthdays
1940 - Phil Lesh, [Chapman], Calif, rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead)
1941 - Mike Love, Calif, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room)
1942 - Hughie Flint, London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band)
1944 - Davld Costell, rocker
1944 - Sly Stone, Dallas, rocker (Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People)
1946 - Howard Scott, San Pedro Cal, rock guitarist/vocalist (War, Cisco Kid)
1946 - David Wall, English ballet dancers/director (Royal Academy of Dancing)
1947 - Ry[land] Cooder, LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads)
1947 - Stomu Yamash'ta, composer
1962 - Steve Coy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
1962 - Terrence Trent D'Arby, NYC, rock vocalist (Wishing Well)
1963 - Bret Michaels, Harrisburg Pa, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me)
1963 - Frans Koenn, Dutch rock bassist (Lo‹s Lane-Precious)
1964 - Rockwell, [Kennedy Gordy], Det MI, rock vocalist (Someone Watching Me)
1968 - Sabrina [Salerno], Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys)


Happenings
1922 - 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
1950 - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in NYC
1966 - 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Striesand
1968 - LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"
1978 - -21] operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon
1979 - Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80
1992 - UN officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation
1994 - 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win