March 1

Births

1904: Glenn Miller (Trumpet Player & Band Leader)

1927: Harry Belafonte (Day-O)

1944: Roger Daltrey (Singer for The Who)

1944: Mike D'Abo (Singer for Manfred Mann)

1945: Burning Spear (Winston Rodney) (Reggae Singer)

1947: Norman Connors (R&B Singer)

1958: Nik Kershaw (Singer)

1962: Peter Stephenson (Keyboards for The Shamen)

1962: Bill Leen (Bass for Gin Blossoms)

1963: Rob Affuso (Drummer for Skid Row)

1973: Ryan Peake (Bass for Nickelback)

1987: Ke$ha (Kesha Rose Sebert) (Singer)

1994: Justin Bieber (Singer)

Events

1941: The world's first commercial FM radio station, Nashville's W47NV, begins broadcasting.

1958: In what would prove to be a major influence on the burgeoning British rock scene, Buddy Holly and the Crickets begin their first and only UK tour at London's Trocadero Club, playing 25 dates of two sets a night.

1958: New Orleans mayor DeLesseps "Chep" Morrison, noting Elvis Presley's arrival in town to begin filming his movie King Creole, officially declares today "Elvis Presley Day" in the city.

1966: Upset by the band deciding to use Roger McGuinn as lead vocal on all singles, and also suffering from a fear of flying that made touring difficult, guitarist and vocalist Gene Clark announces his departure from the Byrds.

1968: Johnny Cash marries June Carter of the gospel stars The Carter Family. Carlene Carter's $1-a-week allowance, earned by mowing the lawn, rises to $10-a-week.

1969: Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested on stage during a gig in Miami, FL, for allegedly exposing himself to the crowd during the band's show at the Coconut Grove Auditorium. The singer is later tried and sentenced to eight months of hard labor, a sentence his lawyers were still appealing when Morrison died in 1971.

1973: Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, sells all of Elvis' back catalog recordings to RCA for a lump sum of $5.4 million, forgoing all future royalties, in an apparent attempt to garner the King some quick, much-needed cash. Parker also renegotiates Elvis into a 50-50 split on new royalties, and lands another seven-year, fourteen-album deal with RCA for $3.5 million.

1973: The Robert Joffrey Dance Company opened the presentation "Deuce Coupe Ballet". The show was based on the music of the Beach Boys.

1974: Chris Difford placed an ad in a shop window 'lyricist seeks musician for co-writing' Glen Tillbrook answered the ad. The pair went on to form Squeeze.

1974: Queen begin their first tour as headliners with a show at Blackpool's Winter Gardens.

1980: Patti Smith married MC5 guitarist Fred 'Sonic' Smith. Fred Smith died on November 4th 1994.

1982: Jimmy Page's first solo LP was released. It was the soundtrack to Death Wish II.

1986: Gary Glitter was admitted to hospital, suffering from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills.

1994: Aretha Franklin is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Frank Sinatra is given the annual Living Legends Award at tonight's Grammys in New York.

1994: Tony Bennett's Unplugged wins Album of the Year at tonight's Grammy Awards.

1994: Nirvana played their final concert ever when they appeared at The Terminal Einz in Munich, Germany. The 3,000 capacity venue was a small Airport Hanger. The power went off during the show so they played an impromptu acoustic set including a version of The Cars 'My Best Friend's Girl.'

1995: In Switzerland, Bill Berry (Drummer for R.E.M) suffered a brain aneurysm while performing on stage.

1997: 'Bowie Bonds' were issued on the US Stock Exchange. Linked to David Bowie's back catalogue albums with money earned on the bonds via interest from royalties, investors could expect to make an 8% profit in about 10 years.