Today in rock history 30th March

1941 - Graeme Edge-drummer for The Moody Blues born

1945 – Eric Clapton is born in Ripley

1948 – Jim Dandy Mangrum of Black Oak Arkansas is born in Black Oak, Ark.

1964 – British press report first Mods and Rockers clash in Clacton

1967 – The cover for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is photographed at a studio on London’s Flood Street, using cardboard cutouts and wax figures to represent the Beatles’ heroes. The effigies featured include Edgar Allan Poe, Lenny Bruce, Vidal Sassoon, Laurel and Hardy, Bob Dylan, and Huntz Hall.

1967 – Pink Floyd debut on UK singles chart with Arnold Layne.

1968 – In London, David Bowie makes his debut with the Lindsay Kemp mime troupe in Pierrot in Turquoise.

1970 – Led Zeppelin walk off stage during a Pittsburgh gig and say they won’t play until the police stop intimidating the audience. Ten minutes later they resume the show.

1974 -  Steely Dan debut on UK LP chart with Pretzel Logic.

1974 – Ramones play first show at the Performance Studio with Joey playing drums.

1975 – Jeff Beck releases his first solo album, Blow by Blow, in the U.S.

1976 – The Sex Pistols play their first gig at London’s 100 Club. There are 50 people in the audience, including the next English person you meet.

1984 – Greg Lake leaves Asia to be replaced by the band’s original bassist/singer, John Wetton.

1987 – Paul Simonon and Topper Headon of the Clash are arrested on charges of shooting pigeons.

1999 – It is announced that anti-American feeling over the bombing of Yugoslavia has prompted rock group KISS to cancel three concert dates in Russia.

2000 - Mick Jagger visited his old school, Dartford Grammar School to open Mick Jagger Centre, dedicated to the arts & music programmes at the school. Jagger was quoted as saying he had spent the worst years of his life at the school.

2003 – Limp Bizkit unveil guitarist Wes Borland’s replacement when they play Wrestlemania. Their new axe-man is Mike Smith, formerly of Snot.

2004 – Welsh rock band The Stereophonics play a gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust. They’re joined onstage by Ron Wood, The Jam’s Paul Weller, The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield.

2004 – Guns N’ Roses pull out of the Rock in Rio – Lisbon festival following the sudden departure of guitarist Buckethead.

2006 – Led Zeppelin: A man is removed from a flight to London on suspicion of terrorism after a taxi driver reports he was listening to The Clash’s “London’s Burning” and Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” on his way to the airport. Harraj Mann is released without charge.

2012 – Jerry Lee Lewis ties the knot for the 7th time.

Today in rock history 29th March

1943 – Chad Allan (Guess Who) is born

1947 – Bobby Kimball (Toto) is born

1959 – Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell is born in New York as Perry Bernstein.

1967 – John Popper (Blues Traveller) is born

1967 – Beatles begin work on Bad Finger Boogie (later renamed With a Little Help from My Friends) at Abbey Road.

1968 – Fleetwood Mac release Black Magic Woman in the UK.

1970 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono announce that Yoko is pregnant with John’s son.

1972 – In Bombay, India, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page record versions of “Four Sticks” and “Friends” with the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. Unfortunately, differing music theories lead to the sessions being scrapped.

1973 – Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

1987 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” Starship.

2001 – New York’s Radio City Music Hall honours Brian Wilson.

2004 – Jon Bon Jovi becomes a dad for the fourth time – officially. His wife gives birth to a son, Romeo Jon.

2005 – Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital in New York. Doctors expected the 59 year old to make a full recovery. The aneurysm was discovered when Young’s vision became blurred after the induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.

2007 – U2 singer Bono accepted an honorary knighthood at a ceremony in Dublin. Fellow band members The Edge and Adam Clayton joined the frontman’s wife and four children at the British ambassador David Reddaway’s official residence.

2011 – BlueBeat.com settles lawsuit over selling Beatles songs illegally.

2013 - A letter from John Lennon to Paul McCartney, written in 1971 during the aftermath of The Beatles' breakup, was announced as being one of the items being put up for sale on May 30th as part of an online auction organized by Profiles in History.

 

Today in rock history 28th March

1945 – Born on this day, Chuck Portz, The Turtles.

1948 – Born on this day, John Evans, Jethro Tull

1958 – Buddy Holly kicked off the first night of a 43 date tour at Brooklyn Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. The Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show also featured Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon, The Diamonds, Billy Ford, Danny & The Juniors,The Chantels, Larry Williams, Screaming Jay Hawkins.

1964 – Madame Tussauds, London unveiled the wax works images of The Beatles, the first pop stars to be honoured.

1967 – Working on session for the new Beatles album Sgt Pepper at Abbey Road studios in London, John Lennon recorded his lead vocal for ‘Good Morning Good Morning’, and Paul McCartney added a lead guitar solo to the track

1974 – Blues artist Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup died of a stroke at the age of 69. He wrote the Elvis Presley hit ‘That’s All Right (Mama).’

1976 – Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancaster from Status Quo were arrested after an incident at Vienna Airport, all three were released on bail.

1976 – Born on this day, Dave Keuning, guitarist, The Killers

1977 – During a UK tour, Pink Floyd played the first of four sold out nights at New Bingley Hall, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford.

1981 – Elton John’s version of The Beatles ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ was released as a tribute to John Lennon. Even though Paul sang the original.

1982 – David Crosby was arrested after crashing his car on the San Diego Highway. Police also found cocaine and a pistol in the Crosby Stills & Nash stars car. When the police asked Crosby why he carried the gun, his reply was, “John Lennon.”

1992 – Over $100,000 (£58,800) worth of damage was caused at The Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, California, when Ozzy Osbourne invited the first two rows of the audience on stage. Several others took up the offer and the band was forced to exit the stage.

1992 –During a North American tour Pearl Jam appeared at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago with Smashing Pumkins as the support act.

1996 -  Phil Collins announced that he was leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career, soundtrack work and some jazz projects.

2000 – Former Led Zeppelin member Jimmy Page accepts “substantial” libel damages and a public apology at London’s high court over a magazine article that accuses him of contributing to the Death of former bandmate John Bonham.

2005 – After playing a warm-up date the night before at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, U2 kicked off their Vertigo tour at the iPay One Center in San Diego, California.

2005 -  Queen kicked off their first tour with Paul Rodgers of Bad Company and Free replacing Freddie Mercury on vocals at London’s Brixton Academy.

2006 – “loudQuietloud: A Film About the Pixies” premieres during the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas.

2010 - Rush were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. They were recognized for the songs “Closer to the Heart”, “The Spirit of Radio”, “Tom Sawyer”, “Limelight” & “Subdivisions”.

 

Today in rock history 27th March

1950 – Tony Banks of Genesis is born

1953 – Wally Stocker (Babys) is born this day

1964 – Beatles have the top 6 singles in Australia.

1965 – Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds.

1968 – Grapefruit – the Apple group managed by John Lennon – make their stage debut at the Royal Albert Hall.

1972 – Grand Funk Railroad fire their producer/manager Terry Knight.

1973 – Jerry Garcia is busted for speeding on the New Jersey turnpike, but the fifteen-dollar speeding ticket turns into $2,000 bail when the police find pot, cocaine and LSD in Garcia’s car. He spends three hours in jail

1979 – Bruce Springsteen: On the BBC tonight, English TV viewers watch the world premiere of Bruce Springsteen’s first video, a live version of “Rosalita.”

1979 – After a much-publicized love tussle with his friend George Harrison, Eric Clapton finally marries Harrison’s ex-wife, Patti Boyd, in Arizona.

1981 – AC/DC release Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.

1984 – Metallica made their UK live debut at the Marquee, London.

1986 – Sammy Hagar plays his first gig with Van Halen.

1987 -  U2 performed from the roof of a store in downtown LA to make the video for ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’, attracting thousands of spectators and bringing traffic to a standstill. The police eventually stop the shoot.

1992 – Bruce Springsteen releases the albums Human Touch and Lucky Town on the same day.

1998 – Alice Cooper breaks ground for Cooper’s Town, the 50-year-old rocker’s sports and rock’n’roll-themed restaurant and bar to be built three blocks from the Arizona Diamondbacks’ baseball stadium.

2000 – Ian Dury, one of the best-loved individuals in recent U.K. music history, dies after a long battle with cancer. He is 57.

2002 – R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe takes the stand to defend guitarist Peter Buck against air rage charges in Britain. Stipe describes Buck as a “Southern gentlemen.”

2003 – The Rolling Stones postpone their Hong Kong concerts over fears of the spread of the killer flu, severe acute respiratory syndrome.

2003 – John Lennon’s childhood home at 251 Menlove Avenue in Liverpool is opened to the public.

2006 – Pete Wells, slide guitarist and one of the founders of Australian power blues band Rose Tattoo, dies in a Sydney hospital.

2007 – The wife of Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland was arrested on suspicion of burning over $10,000 (£5,000) of his belongings outside their home after police in southern California found a bin of smouldering clothes. Earlier that day, the couple left two rooms vandalised after an argument at a luxury hotel.

Today in rock history 26th March

1948 – Richard Tandy (ELO) is born

1948 – Steve Tyler (Aerosmith) is born

1949 – Fred Sheehan (Boston) is born this day

1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their “Bed-in” at the Amsterdam Hilton.

1976 - Genesis kicked off their first North American tour with Phil Collins singing for them in London, ON.

1980 - The Police performed in Bombay, India, the first western rock concert in Bombay in 10 years.

1994 – Soundgarden : Superunknown : US LP is no. 1 chart topper.

1998 – Chuck Negron files suit against his former Three Dog Night band mates, alleging that they breached a 1990 settlement agreement and interfered with his career.

2000 – Santana started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Supernatural.’

2000 – Phil Collins takes home the Oscar for best original song at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, earning his first golden statue for “You’ll Be In My Heart,”

2002 – Former Ozzy Osbourne/Motley Crue drummer Randy Castillo dies.

2006 – U2’s The Edge donated his favourite guitar a 1975 Gibson Les Paul to a charity he co-founded to replace instruments lost or destroyed when Hurricane Katrina hit the US.

2006 – Readers of Total Guitar magazine voted the guitar solo by Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway To Heaven’ as the greatest guitar solo of all time.

2010 – Jimi Hendrix coming to Rock Band

2011 – Yes re-team with Trevor Horn, the producer behind their 1983 hit “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”

Today in rock history 25th March

1938 – Hoyt Axton, who wrote Steppenwolf’s “The Pusher” and Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the World,” is born in Duncan, Okla.

1947 – Elton John is born this day

1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on Britain’s Top of the Pops, singing “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

1965 – Bob Dylan debuts on UK chart with Times They Are a’Changing.

1966 - Jeff Healey born today.

1967 – The Who perform their first US shows in New York (at Murray The K’s Easter rock-and-roll extravaganza).

1967 – Cream arrive in the U.S. to begin their first American tour. Featuring Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton.

1976 – Jackson Browne’s wife Phyllis Major commits suicide. He is working on his Pretender LP.

1979 – The mighty Van Halen release Van Halen II.

1990 – Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee is arrested for allegedly exposing himself during a concert in Augusta, Georgia.

1995 – Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder is rescued after being swept 250 feet offshore in New Zealand.

2002 – Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell walks out of rehearsals for new project with members of Rage Against the Machine. Fortunately, he later returns

2002 – U2 singer Bono testifies on Peter Buck’s behalf at the R.E.M. guitarist’s air rage trial in London.

2003 – Both R.E.M. and Lenny Kravitz post anti-war songs online for download.

2003 – Tom Petty cancels what would have been his first European tour in ten years after consulting with promoters. No word if war fears were involved.

2003 – Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler’s actress daughter Liv marries her longtime boyfriend, Royston Langdon of New York rockers Spacehog, in the Caribbean.

2005 – Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s Buckinghamshire mansion catches fire. The pair are treated for smoke inhalation after rescuing their pets from the blaze.

2008 – Richie Sambora was arrested in California on suspicion of drink driving.

2015 - Ringo Starr told Rolling Stone magazine that The Beatles would have gotten back together at some point if John Lennon and George Harrison had lived.

2016 - The Rolling Stones made a historic appearance in Havana, Cuba in front of an estimated crowd of 450,000 people. Rock 'n' Roll music was outlawed in Cuba shortly after Fidel Castro rose to power in 1959 and was reinstated in 2000.

Today in rock history 24th March

1949 – Nick Lowe is born in Woodchurch, England.

1951 - Dougie Thomson bassist for Supertramp born today.

1962 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards first perform together as Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys.

1965 – The Beatles continued filming ‘Help’ at Twickenham Studios,

1973 – Lou Reed is bitten by a fan who jumps on stage in Buffalo, N.Y.

1973 – Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies UK LP no. 1 chart topper.

1973 – Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon released in the UK.

1982 – Iron Maiden release the album The Number of the Beast.

1986 – Van Halen release 5150… or is that Van Hagar.

1991 – After repeatedly criticizing Miller Beer, the tour sponsors, The Black Crowes are dropped as the opening act on ZZ Top’s tour.

2000 – A film company paid £635,000, ($1,079,500) for over nine hours of film shot during the 70s by Yoko Ono. The film contained shots of Lennon smoking hash and talking about his political beliefs.

2001 – A stretch of road on Highway 19 in Macon, Georgia, was named Duane Allman Boulevard, near where the Allman Brothers guitarist died aged 24 in a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971.

2001 – A Bon Jovi-headlined concert at the Colonial Stadium in Melbourne grosses Australian $1.7 million to benefit flood-stricken farmers.

2001 – Sammy and Kari Hagar give birth to their second daughter in a Northern California hospital. Samantha Pastel Hagar weighs in at a healthy 6 lbs., 1 oz. and is the second child for the couple.

2002 – Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix becomes the proud father of a baby boy, Makaile Cielo Shaddix.

2005 – Anthrax announce they are reforming with their classic Among the Living line-up for a tour.

2008 – During a North American tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio.

2008 – Neil Aspinall, who ran the Apple Corps music empire for the Beatles from 1970 – 2007 died at a hospital in New York from cancer aged 66.

2010 – Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen announced his first Russian concert appearances in 21 years.

2017 - Pete Shotton, a former member of John Lennon's pre-Beatles group The Quarrymen, passed away at the age of 75

Today in rock history 23rd March

1944 – Born on this day, Tony McPhee, guitar, vocals, The Groundhogs

1949 – Ric Ocasek from The Cars is born in Baltimore.

1963 – Doo-wop prince Dion marries his “Runaround Sue,” Sue Butterfield.

1964 – John Lennon’s book In His Own Write is published in Britain.

1964 – The Beatles win three Ivor Novello Awards for their songwriting.

1969 - 30,000 people attended the Rally for Decency at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Announcements that publicized the rally warned that “longhairs and weird dressers” won’t be let inside. The rally was held in response to Jim Morrison’s alleged pants-dropping incident in Miami a few weeks earlier.

1970 – Although the Beatles had abandoned the tracks originally cut for Let It Be, their business manager, Allen Klein, invites Phil Spector to remix the recordings.

1972 – Pink Floyd spend the first of eight days recording performances at Pompeii, Italy’s Roman amphitheater.

1973 – Yoko Ono is granted permanent residency in the U.S.

1978 – In today’s issue of Rolling Stone, it’s reported that Fleetwood Mac are planning on performing in Moscow.

1985 – Billy Joel marries model Christie Brinkley.

1985 - Former Creedence Clearwater Revival front man John Fogerty went to #1 on the US album chart with his third solo LP, "Centerfield".

2002 – ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill and his girlfriend for the past decade, actress Charleen Chuck McCrory, finally tie the knot.

2003 – U2 makes their Oscar debut performing at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards. The Irish quartet plays “The Hands That Built America” from “Gangs of New York.”

2011 - The Who's Pete Townshend told Britain's Uncut magazine that he regretted ever forming the band. "What would I have done differently? I would never have joined a band. Even though I am quite a good gang member and a good trooper on the road, I am bad at creative collaboration."

Today in rock history 22nd March

1931 – William Shatner, famed Star Trek actor and odd interpreter of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man,” is born in Montreal.

1943 – Vocalist Keith Relf of the Yardbirds is born in Surrey.

1946 – Harry Vanda, guitarist with Australian pop act the Easybeats (“Friday on my Mind”), is born in the Netherlands. He went on to produce several AC/DC albums

1948 – Randy Jo Hobbs, who played bass for Montrose, is born in Union City, Ind. Montrose includes lineup Sammy Hagar, Bill Church, and Ronnie Montrose.

1958 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets play Gaumont, Salisbury, UK.

1965 – Bob Dylan releases Bringing It All Back Home, which contains his first electrical efforts.

1967 – The Who play their first American live gig at New York’s Paramount Theater.

1967 – Beatles begin Within You and Without You at Abbey Road.

1974 – The Eagles release their third album, On the Border.

1974 – Ten Years After play their last gig – at the Rainbow Theatre, London,

1975 – No. 1 on the Billboard charts is Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti. No. 3 is Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks.

1978 – All You Need is Cash (Eric Idle’s Beatles satire) gets its first TV showing.

1978 – The Police sign to A&M Records.

1980 – Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall US 45 is no. 1 chart topper.

1986 – No. 1 Chart Toppers hit: “These Dreams,” by Heart. The song is the group’s first chart topping single.

1994 – Ted Nugent records a public service announcement warning kids against inhaling aerosol spray cans.

2000 – In the presence of Angus Young, the Spanish town of Leganes unveil a sign designating a street “Calle de AC/DC.”

2000 – A fan falls 90 feet to his death during a KISS concert at the Oakland Arena in California.

2003 – Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose sends the Offspring a cease and desist letter after they announce plans to call their new album Chinese Democrazy

2004 – Marilyn Manson gets on bended knee and proposes to longtime girlfriend, burlesque artist Dita von Mona Teese

2004 – Ozzy Osbourne was voted the nation’s favourite ambassador to welcome aliens to planet Earth.

2006 – Aerosmith cancel their North American tour as Steven Tyler enters hospital for throat surgery. A publicist denies the singer is suffering from throat cancer.

2017 - Former Boston drummer, 67-year-old Sib Hashian, collapsed and died on stage during a performance on a Caribbean cruise ship.

Today in rock 21st March

1949 – Eddie Money (Edward Mahoney) is born

1950 – Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is born this day

1955 – Big Maybelle records Whole Lotta Shakin’ in New York.

1961 – Beatles play Cavern Club for the first time (following call from Pete Best’s mum to DJ Bob Wooler).

1965 – The Who appeared at the Trade Union Hall in Watford.

1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their ‘Bed-In’ at Amsterdam Hilton.

1976 – David Bowie and Iggy Pop are busted for suspected marijuana possession in New York, but charges are later dropped.

1983 – Pink Floyd release The Final Cut, their last album recorded with Roger Waters.

1984 – Strawberry Fields, an area in Central Park bought by Yoko Ono in memory of her late husband was opened.

1987 – ZZ Top wrap up their Afterburner world tour with a final show in Honolulu.

1991 – Leo Fender dies .His most famous creations include the Fender Stratocaster.

2002 – Marilyn Manson announces his new album is called The Golden Age of Grotesque. Fans have to wait until 2003 for its release, however.

2003 – Matchbox Twenty postpone their European tour as war escalates between the United States and Iraq.

2003 – Kid Rock and country star Tim McGraw play a surprise concert outside of Detroit to benefit the Red Cross.

2005 – MTV airs the final episode of The Osbournes. The dysfunctional metal family get paid a visit from TV guru Dr. Phil.

2010 – Rarely seen 1979 Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley TV interview has been posted online to promote the never ending KISS memorabilia auctions of eBay seller EliteWorks.

2012 – “Yellow Submarine” the animated Beatles movie was restored completely.

2013 - The US Library of Congress announced that Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon", Simon And Garfunkel's "Sounds Of Silence" and Chubby Checker's "The Twist" would all be added to the National Recording Registry as culturally or historically significant recordings.

Today in rock history 20th March

1950 – Carl Palmer drummer born today

1951 – Jimmy Vaughan (Fabulous Thunderbirds and brother of Stevie Ray) is born this day.

1964 – The Beatles perform on English TV’s Ready Steady Go! programme, which achieves its highest rating.

1965 – The No. 1 single in the British Isles is the Rolling Stones’ “The Last Time.”

1968 – Eric Clapton is arrested in Los Angeles along with Neil Young, Richie Furay, and Jim Messina. The four are charged with “being in a place where it is suspected marijuana is being used.” Clapton is later found innocent, while the Buffalo Springfield guys receive a small fine.

1969 – John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar

1971 – Yes release The Yes Album in the UK.

1972 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “A Horse with No Name,” America

1976 – Alice Cooper married 19 year old Sheryl Goddard

1976 – Born on this day, Chester Bennington, vocals, Linkin Park

1977 – The final live T. Rex concert is held in Portsmouth,

1980 –A 28-year-old truck driver takes the office manager of Elektra/Asylum Records’ New York branch hostage. Joseph Riviera demands that either Jackson Browne or the Eagles give him money in order to start his own business. Neither responds, and he eventually surrenders to New York police.

1984 – Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats marries actress Britt Ekland.

1991 – Conor, Eric Clapton’s 4 year old son, falls to his death from a 53rd story New York City apartment window. Clapton later writes the song “Tears in Heaven"

1994 - Rush were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during the Juno Awards of 1994 at the O’Keefe Centre in Toronto.

2003 – Gene Simmons says on his Web site, “”Spent most of yesterday reading the forthcoming Sex Money KISS I wrote for SIMMONS AUDIO/New Millennium.

2005 – Welsh trio The Stereophonics top the U.K. album charts with Language. Sex. Violence .Other?

2013 - On what would have been their 44th wedding anniversary, Yoko Ono tweeted an image of John Lennon's bloodstained glasses overlaid with the message: "Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980."1950 – Carl Palmer drummer born today

1951 – Jimmy Vaughan (Fabulous Thunderbirds and brother of Stevie Ray) is born this day.

1964 – The Beatles perform on English TV’s Ready Steady Go! programme, which achieves its highest rating.

1965 – The No. 1 single in the British Isles is the Rolling Stones’ “The Last Time.”

1968 – Eric Clapton is arrested in Los Angeles along with Neil Young, Richie Furay, and Jim Messina. The four are charged with “being in a place where it is suspected marijuana is being used.” Clapton is later found innocent, while the Buffalo Springfield guys receive a small fine.

1969 – John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar

1971 – Yes release The Yes Album in the UK.

1972 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “A Horse with No Name,” America

1976 – Alice Cooper married 19 year old Sheryl Goddard

1976 – Born on this day, Chester Bennington, vocals, Linkin Park

1977 – The final live T. Rex concert is held in Portsmouth,

1980 –A 28-year-old truck driver takes the office manager of Elektra/Asylum Records’ New York branch hostage. Joseph Riviera demands that either Jackson Browne or the Eagles give him money in order to start his own business. Neither responds, and he eventually surrenders to New York police.

1984 – Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats marries actress Britt Ekland.

1991 – Conor, Eric Clapton’s 4 year old son, falls to his death from a 53rd story New York City apartment window. Clapton later writes the song “Tears in Heaven"

1994 - Rush were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during the Juno Awards of 1994 at the O’Keefe Centre in Toronto.

2003 – Gene Simmons says on his Web site, “”Spent most of yesterday reading the forthcoming Sex Money KISS I wrote for SIMMONS AUDIO/New Millennium.

2005 – Welsh trio The Stereophonics top the U.K. album charts with Language. Sex. Violence .Other?

2013 - On what would have been their 44th wedding anniversary, Yoko Ono tweeted an image of John Lennon's bloodstained glasses overlaid with the message: "Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980."

Today in rock history 19th March

1946 – Born on this day, Paul Atkinson, guitar, The Zombies,
1953 – Born on this day, Billy Sheehan, bass guitarist, Mr. Big,
1958 – During his only UK tour, Buddy Holly played two shows at the Regal Cinema in Hull, Yorkshire.
1964 – UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson presented The Beatles with their awards for show business personalities of the year for 1963 at London’s Dorchester Hotel.
1965 – Tailor And Cutter Magazine ran an article asking The Rolling Stones to start wearing ties. The current fashion did not include wearing ties with shirts and many tie-makers were facing financial disaster. Mick Jagger said of the appeal, “The trouble with a tie is that it could dangle in the soup. It is also something extra to which a fan can hang when you are trying to get in and out of a theater.”
1968 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience played two shows at The Capitol Theatre, Ottawa, Canada.
1970 – David Bowie marries his first wife, Angie Barnett.
1971 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Me and Bobby McGee,” Janis Joplin. The song is the second posthumous No. 1 song of the rock era
1974 – Jefferson Airplane is re-named Jefferson Starship.
1976 – Paul Kossof guitarist with Free and Back Street Crawler died of heart failure on a flight from Los Angeles to New York.
1982 – Randy Rhoads, the lead guitarist for heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, is killed when the plane in which he is flying buzzes Osbourne’s tour bus and crashes into a house.
1996 – The second Beatles Anthology series was released. The album featured ‘Real Love’, a track the remaining members of the Beatles recorded using an old demo track of John Lennon.
2001 - Aerosmith, Queen, Steely Dan, Paul Simon & Michael Jackson were some of the acts inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Kid Rock inducted Aerosmith, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters inducted Queen, & Moby inducted Steely Dan.
2002 – Sharon Osbourne announces that the line-up for this year’s Ozzfest will include her husband Ozzy, System of a Down, P.O.D., Audioslave and Drowning Pool.
2003 – War isn’t a joke for comedy rockers Tenacious D. They cancel the remainder of their European tour as the U.S. begins bombing Baghdad.
2015 - Kenny Loggins appeared on the TV talent show American Idol where he performed his 1984, US #1 hit, "Footloose".