Music Almanac: March 12

James Taylor

Birthdays

• 1896 - Jesse Fuller (d. 1976)
• 1917 - Leonard Chess (d. 1969)
• 1940 - Al Jarreau (72)
• 1942 - Brian O'Hara (Fourmost) (d. 1999)
• 1946 - Liza Minnelli (66)
• 1948 - James Taylor (64)
• 1948 - Les Holroyd (Barclay James Harvest) (64)
• 1949 - Bill Payne (Little Feat) (63)
• 1949 - Mike Gibbins (Badfinger) (d. 2005)
• 1951 - Jack Green (Pretty Things) (61)
• 1953 - Richard “La Bamba” Rosenberg (Asbury Jukes) (59)
• 1956 - Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) (55)
• 1957 - Marlon Jackson (Jackson 5) (55)
• 1964 - Tony Terry (48)
• 1965 - Coleen Nolan (Nolans) (47)
• 1969 - Graham Coxon (Blur) (43)
• 1975 - Kelle Bryan (Eternal) (37)
• 1977 - Ben Kenney (Incubus) (35)
• 1978 - Claudio Sanchez (Coheed and Cambria) (34)
• 1979 - Pete Doherty (Libertines, Babyshambles) (33)
• 1986 - Danny Jones (McFly) (26)

Deaths

• 1955 - Charlie Parker - Heart attack (34)
• 1993 - June Valli (64)
• 2010 - Lesley Duncan - Cerebrovascular disease (66)

On This Day

• 1955 - The Dave Brubeck Quartet made their first appearance at Carnegie Hall.
• 1958 - Billie Holiday was sentenced to one year's probation for narcotics possession.
• 1969 - George and Patti Harrison were arrested after police found 120 joints at their house.
• 1971 - A London judge rules in favor of Paul McCartney in his move to dissolve the Beatles.
• 1974 - John Lennon and Harry Nilsson were evicted from the Troubadour in L.A. after yelling insults at Tommy Smothers. Lennon also allegedly hit a photographer in the eye.
• 1977 - The Sex Pistols get into a fight with personnel from the BBC's Old Gray Whistle Test, leading to them being dropped by their label, A&M Records.
• 1981 - Bow Wow Wow cancelled the first date of their U.K. tour when the London Greater Council said that their lead singer, Annabella Lewin (15), would be charged with truancy.
• 1999 - A private funeral was held for Dusty Springfield.
• 2000 - Michele Williams and Farrah Franklin made their live debuts in Destiny's Child.
• 2003 - Elvis Costello filled in on David Letterman's show after the host underwent heart surgery.
• 2003 - The Chinese government told the Rolling Stones that they couldn't play Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman, Beast of Burdon or Let's Spend the Night Together when they tour the country.
• 2004 - Travis Barker of Blink-182 broke his foot forcing the cancellation of the group's Australian tour.
• 2009 - Tickets went on sale for Michael Jackson's comeback shows at London's O2 Arena.
• 2010 - Pink Floyd won a court case against EMI, preventing the company from selling single tracks from their albums via digital download.
• 2010 - Eight people were hurt and 130 arrested for trying to gatecrash a Metallica show in Columbia.

Marriages

• 1969 - Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman were married.

Recorded

• 1957 - Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly & the Crickets
• 1968 - Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones (began recording)
• 1971 - At the Fillmore East - Allman Brothers

Released

• 1971 - Aqualung - Jethro Tull
• 1971 - Power to the People - John Lennon (single)
• 1991 - Out of Time - R.E.M.
• 1996 - Unplugged - Kiss

Awards

• 1969 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Pop Performance Duo or Group - Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
• Album of the Year - By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell
• Song of the Year - Little Green Apples - Bobby Russell
• New Artist - Jose Feliciano
• Female Pop Vocal - Do You Know the Way to San Jose? - Dionne Warwick
• Male Pop Vocal - Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
• Female R&B Vocal - Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
• Male R&B Vocal - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Cloud Nine - Temptations
• Female Country Vocal - Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
• Male Country Vocal - Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs