This Date In Music History- March 29

Birthdays:

Chad Allan, Guess Who (1943)

Evangelos Papathanassiou- Vangelis (Chariots of Fire 1943)

Terry Jacks- singer, songwriter, (1974 UK & US #1 single “Seasons In The Sun”) (1946)

Bobby Kimball- vocals, Toto (1947)

Patty Donahue- Waitresses (1956)

Perry Farrell- Jane's Addiction (1959)

M.C. Hammer (1963)

John Popper - Blues Traveler (1967)


They Are Missed:

Pearl Bailey was born 1918.

Mantovani (orchestra leader) died in 1980 (age 74).


History:

In 1964, the Beatles held down the top five positions on Billboard's Hot 100 chart (with seven more records in the bottom 70).

"The King and I" opened on Broadway in 1951.

In 1976 Bruce Springsteen jumped a fence at Graceland in an attempt to see his idol, Elvis Presley.

Dr. Hook appeared on Rolling Stone's cover in 1973 shortly after making a splash with their hit "The Cover of Rolling Stone." Just like the lyrics in the song, the band members buy five copies of the magazine to give to their mothers.

In 2004, Janet Jackson told TV talk show host David Letterman that her breast-baring Super Bowl stunt was "an accident." "It was supposed to kind of happen like that, but I wasn't supposed to come out of it the way I did," she says, confusingly. Uh, OK, an accident…

Blood Sweat & Tears went to #1 on the US album chart in 1969 with their self-titled album.

Working at Abbey Road studios in 1967, the Beatles finished recording “Good Morning Good Morning.” They then started work on a new song “With a Little Help From My Friends,” (originally titled “Bad Finger Boogie”), recording 10 takes of the rhythm track, then had Ringo overdub a double-tracked lead vocal.

Pink Floyd's “Dark Side Of The Moon,” spent it's 303rd week on the US album chart in 1980, beating the record set by Carole King's album “Tapestry.”

Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was injured during a gig in Marseilles in 1966 after a fan threw a chair at the stage, Jagger required eight stitches in the cut.

Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital in New York in 2005. 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.

“Umbrella,” by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z was released in the US in 2007. The track went on to reach #1 in various countries, including the US. A #1 in the UK for 10 consecutive weeks making it the longest running #1 single since Wet Wet Wet's “Love Is All Around” in 1994, and the longest running #1 by a female artist since Whitney Houston's “I Will Always Love You.”

In 2004, French rock star Bertrand Cantat, lead singer with Noir Desir, was found guilty of killing his girlfriend, the actress Marie Trintigant, and sentenced to eight years in prison.

Led Zeppelin had all their six albums in the US Top 100 chart in the same week in 1975 with their latest album “Physical Graffiti” at #1.

Austrian singer Falco started a three-week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with “Rock Me Amadeus,” also a #1 in the UK.