Music Almanac: March 23

Chaka Khan

Birthdays

• 1932 - Louisiana Red (born Iverson Minter) (d. 2012)
• 1944 - Tony McPhee (Groundhogs) (68)
• 1945 - David Grisman (67)
• 1948 - David Olney (64)
• 1949 - Ric Ocasek (Cars) (63)
• 1952 - Dave Bartram (Showaddywaddy) (60)
• 1953 - Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens) (59)
• 1965 - Marti Pellow (born Mark McLoughlin) (Wet Wet Wet) (47)
• 1967 - John Stohm (Lemonheads) (45)
• 1968 - Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) (44)

Deaths

• 1978 - Bill Kenny (Ink Spots) - Respiratory illness (64)
• 1995 - Alan Barton (Black Lace) - Bus Crash (41)
• 2004 - Roy "Pop" Lewis (Lewis Family) (98)
• 2006 - Cindy Walker (87)

On This Day

• 1964 - In His Own Write by John Lennon was published in the U.K.
• 1967 - The Beatles won the Ivor Novello Award for 1966 for Best Selling Single (Yellow Submarine), Most Performed Song (Michelle) and Second Most Performed Song (Yesterday).
• 1970 - Allen Klein asks Phil Spector to work on the tracks from the Beatles aborted Let It Be sessions.
• 1972 - The film The Concert For Bangladesh premiered.
• 1973 - John Lennon is given 60 days to leave the U.S. by the immigration department. At the same time, Yoko Ono is granted permanent residency.
• 1977 - Elvis Presley played the first show of what would become his final tour.
• 1985 - Julian Lennon did his first concert.
• 1988 - Mick Jagger made did his first solo concert in Japan.
• 1990 - Fleetwood Mac started their Behind the Mask tour.
• 1992 - Janet Jackson signed with Virgin Records for $16 million.
• 1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ruling awarding Bette Midler $400,000 from an ad agency that used a sound-alike on a commercial.
• 2000 - Tina Turner played the first date of the U.S. leg of her farewell tour in Minneapolis, MN.

Marriages

• 1963 - Dion DiMucci and Sue Butterfield
• 1985 - Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley
• 2002 - Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) and Charleen Chuck McCrory

Recorded

• 1961 - Can't Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis Presley

Released

• 1963 - Surfin' U.S.A. - Beach Boys (single)
• 1979 - Van Halen II - Van Halen
• 2004 - The Paul Simon Songbook - Paul Simon (recorded 1965, first U.S. release)
• 2004 - Confessions - Usher

Broadcasts

• 2003 - Academy Awards - U2

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1963 - Our Day Will Come - Ruby & the Romantics (1 week)
• 1974 - Dark Lady - Cher (1 week)

Number Ones – U.K. Singles

• 1961 - Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley (6 weeks)
• 1968 - The Legend of Xanadu - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1 week)
• 1985 - Easy Lover - Philip Bailey (Duet With Phil Collins) (4 weeks)