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Music on the 10th of March in history

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10 Mar 1940 birth Dean Torrence, Jan and Dean, (1963 US No.1 & UK No.26, single 'Surf City', co written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson).
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10 Mar 1945 birth Pete Nelson, The Flowerpot Men, (1967 UK No.1 single 'Let's Go To San Francisco').
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10 Mar 1947 birth Tom Scholz, guitar, keyboards, Boston, (1977 UK No.23 single 'More Than A Feeling', 1986 US No.1 single 'Amanda').
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10 Mar 1950 birth Ted McKenna, drummer, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, (1975 UK No.7 single 'Delilah').
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10 Mar 1954 birth Tina Charles, (1976 UK No.1 single 'I Love to Love, But My Baby Loves to Dance').
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10 Mar 1955 birth Bunny Debarge, Debarge, (1983 US No.17 single 'All This Love', 1985 UK No.4 single 'Rhythm Of The Night').
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10 Mar 1956 RCA Records placed a half page ad in Billboard Magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was 'the new singing rage.'
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10 Mar 1958 Big Records released 'Our Song' by a teenage duo from Queens, New York, Tom and Jerry. The duo will become famous in the '60s under their real names, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
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10 Mar 1960 UK trade paper Record Retailer published the UK's first ever EP (extended player) chart and LP chart. No. 1 EP was 'Expresso Bongo' by Cliff Richard & The Shadows and No.1 LP 'The Explosive Freddy Cannon.'
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10 Mar 1962 Bruce Channel started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hey! Baby', it made No.2 on the UK chart.
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10 Mar 1962 birth Gary Clark, guitar, vocals, Danny Wilson, (1988 UK No.3 single 'Mary's Prayer').
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10 Mar 1963 birth Jeff Ament, bass, Pearl Jam, (1992 UK No.15 single 'Jeremy', 1993 US No.1 & UK No.2 album 'Vs', 1994 US No.1 & UK No.4 album Vitalogy' and 1996 US No.1 & UK No.3 album 'No Code').
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10 Mar 1963 birth Jay "Rick" Rubin, American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin is the founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings. 
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10 Mar 1964 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel record 'The Sounds Of Silence' as an acoustic duo. It wasn't until record company producers added electric guitar, bass and drums, without the knowledge of Paul and Art, that the song would become a hit in late 1965.
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10 Mar 1964 birth Neneh Cherry, singer, songwriter, (1988 UK & US No.3 single with 'Buffalo Stance' and a 1994 UK No.3 single with '7 Seconds' with Youssou N'dour).
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10 Mar 1964 birth Patrick Kane, Hue and Cry, (1987 UK No.6 single 'Labour Of Love').
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10 Mar 1965 Davie Jones (David Bowie) and the Manish Boys appeared at the Bromel Club, Bromley Hill, England.
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10 Mar 1966 birth Edie Brickell, US singer, (1989 UK No.31 single with the New Bohemians, 'What I Am', also a 1999 hit for Spice Girl Emma Bunton). Edie married Paul Simon in 1992.
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10 Mar 1966 birth Dave Krusen, drummer Pearl Jam, (1992 US & UK album 'Ten').
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10 Mar 1967 birth Susie Q, Cookie Crew, (1988 UK No.5 single 'Rok Da House').
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10 Mar 1971 birth Timothy Z. Mosley (Timbaland), R&B producer and rapper. With partner Magoo, he is a member of hip-hop duo Timbaland & Magoo. Produced hits for Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Utada Hikaru, Ludacris and The Pussycat Dolls.
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10 Mar 1973 Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' in the US. It remained in the US charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. After moving to the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart, the album notched up a further 759 weeks, and had reached a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
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10 Mar 1973 listen to ‘This Day in Music March 10th’ on Audioboo
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10 Mar 1973 birth John Charles LeCompt, guitar, Evanescence, (2003 UK No.1 & US No.5 single ‘Bring Me To Life’, 2003 UK No.1 & US No.3 album ‘Fallen’).
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10 Mar 1977 At 7am in the morning on a trestle table set up out-side Buckingham Palace, London, The Sex Pistols signed to A&M Records, (the real signing had taken place the day before). The contract lasted for six days.
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10 Mar 1977 birth Robin Thicke, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and musician. Thicke has written hits for Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Usher and Mary J. Blige and scored the 2013 worldwide No.1 hit 'Blurred Lines'.
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10 Mar 1979 Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Will Survive', also a No.1 in the UK. The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called 'Substitute.'
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10 Mar 1982 birth Jonathan Ansell, singer, G4, (2005 UK No.1 self-titled album).
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10 Mar 1983 birth Carrie Underwood, American pop country music singer, winner of the fourth season of American Idol. Her debut album 'Some Hearts' is the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history. In 2010, when Carrie garnered her second win as ACM Entertainer of the Year, she became the first female artist to win the award twice, and only the 7th female to take the award in the 40-year history of the ACM category, among Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, and the Dixie Chicks.
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10 Mar 1987 birth Emeli Sandé, Scottish singer, songwriter. Sandé has three UK No.1 singles with 'Read All About It' with Professor Green, 'Next to Me' and 'Beneath Your Beautiful'.
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10 Mar 1988 Younger brother of The Bee Gees Andy Gibb died in hospital. His death from myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) followed a long battle with cocaine addiction, which had weakened his heart.
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10 Mar 1995 Former Stone Roses' manager Gareth Evans' £10 million ($17 million) lawsuit with the band was settled out of court over alleged wrongful dismissal for an undisclosed sum.
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10 Mar 1996 Alanis Morissette won Best Album for 'Jagged Little Pill', Best Female singer, Best Rock Album, Best songwriter and best single at the 25th Juno Awards held in Hamilton, Canada.
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10 Mar 1997 American rhythm and blues singer Lavern Baker died from coronary complications aged 57. Had the 1958 US No.6 single 'I Cried A Tear.'
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10 Mar 2000 Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde was arrested for leading an animal rights protest against the clothing firm Gap, who were accused of using leather from cows slaughtered 'illegally and cruelly'. The protest took place in a store in Manhattan.
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10 Mar 2000 The Daily Mail published pictures of Paul McCartney dancing with a cowgirl on the bar of a New York club. McCartney sang along to 'Whole Lotta Shakin' through a megaphone and mimicked a strip tease in front of 100 onlookers.
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10 Mar 2001 TV's 'Pop Idol' winner Will Young revealed in an exclusive News Of The World interview that he was gay, saying 'It's no big deal, its just part of who I am.'
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10 Mar 2002 Alanis Morissette went to No.1 on the US album chart and No.2 on the UK chart with 'Under Rug Swept.'
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10 Mar 2003 Johnny Cash was admitted to Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to undergo treatment for pneumonia.
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10 Mar 2003 During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas" (referring to Maines' hometown of Lubbock and President Bush hailing from the same state). This was during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, the comment sparked intense controversy and outrage among Americans, including a large share of country music fans.
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10 Mar 2005 A survey carried out by Music Choice concluded that 'Angels' by Robbie Williams was the song Britons would most like played at their funeral. Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' was second and Monty Python's 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' was voted into third place.
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10 Mar 2005 Michael Jackson arrived in court an hour late dressed in his pyjamas after being treated for a back injury. Jackson was attending the Santa Moria court for his child abuse trial.
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10 Mar 2009 Tickets for a one-off gig by Sir Paul McCartney in Las Vegas sold out seven seconds after going on sale. The former Beatle was booked to perform at the opening of the New Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on 19 April 2009 in-front of 4,000 fans. Tickets cost $750 each.
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10 Mar 2010 Pink Floyd won a court battle with EMI that prevented the record company from selling single downloads and ringtones on the Internet from the group's albums. Pink Floyd's back catalogue was second only in sales to the Beatles.
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