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Music on the 18th of March in history

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18 Mar 1936 birth Robert Lee Smith, The Tams, (1964 US No.9 single 'What Kind Of Fool Do you Think I Am', 1971 UK No.1 single 'Hey Girl Don't Bother Me').
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18 Mar 1938 Born on this day Charley Pride who has had thirty-nine No.1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the 1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. Pride became the first Black country musician to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
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18 Mar 1939 Frank Sinatra made his first recording, a song called 'Our Love', with the Frank Mane band.
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18 Mar 1941 birth Wilson Pickett, US soul singer, (1965 UK No.12 & US No. 21 single 'In The Midnight Hour' plus 15 other US Top 40 singles). Pickett died of a heart attack on 19th Jan 2006 aged 64.
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18 Mar 1943 birth Dennis Linde, best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, 'Burning Love'. Linde wrote numerous hit songs for mainly country music singers, In 2000, his song for the Dixie Chicks, 'Goodbye Earl', stirred some controversy for its take on spousal abuse. He died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on December 22, 2006 aged 63.
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18 Mar 1947 birth Barry J Wilson, drums, Procol Harum, (1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'Whiter Shade Of Pale'). Wilson died after spending several months in a coma following a car accident on October 8th 1990, he was 43.
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18 Mar 1950 birth John Hartman, The Doobie Brothers, (1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin').
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18 Mar 1959 birth Irene Cara, US singer, actress, (1982 UK No.1 & US No. 4 single, 'Fame' & 1983 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Flashdance...What A Feeling'). Cara played Coco Hernandez in Fame.
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18 Mar 1961 birth Grant Hart, Husker Du, (1987 album 'Warehouse Songs And Stories').
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18 Mar 1963 birth Vanessa Williams, US singer, former model and beauty queen, (1992 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Save The Best To Last').
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18 Mar 1964 birth Courtney Pine, jazz musician, worked with Charlie Watts, Mica Paris, composer of film and TV music.
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18 Mar 1965 The Rolling Stones were each fined £5 ($8.50) for urinating in a public place, following an incident that had taken place at a petrol station after a gig at the ABC Theatre in Romford, Essex, England. This was after the last show on their fifth UK package tour with The Hollies, The Konrads, all girl-group Goldie and the Gingerbreads and Dave Berry and the Cruisers.
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18 Mar 1965 John Lennon gave his friend and ex-Quarry Man Pete Shotton £20,000 to open Hayling Supermarkets. Lennon, George Harrison and Shotton became joint directors of Hayling Supermarkets Ltd.
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18 Mar 1966 birth Jerry Cantrell, Alice In Chains, (1993 UK No.19 single 'Would').
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18 Mar 1967 The UK music magazine New Musical Express announced that former Spence Davis Group member Steve Winwood was planning to form a new group with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. The ensemble would choose the name Traffic.
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18 Mar 1967 The Beatles scored their 13th US No.1 single with 'Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever'. The song's title is derived from the name of a street near Lennon's house, in Liverpool. McCartney and Lennon would meet at Penny Lane junction in the Mossley Hill area to catch a bus into the centre of the city.
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18 Mar 1967 birth Miki Berenyi, guitar & vocals, Lush, (1996 UK No.21 single 'Single Girl').
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18 Mar 1970 birth Queen Latifah, female US rapper, (1990 UK No. 14 single with De La Soul, 'Mama Give Birth To The Soul Children').
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18 Mar 1972 Neil Young started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Heart Of Gold'. His only Top 20 hit as a solo artist reached No.10 on the UK chart.
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18 Mar 1972 Paul Simon scored his first solo No.1 album when his self-titled debut went to the top on the UK charts. Featuring the singles 'Mother And Child Reunion' and 'Me And Julio Down By The School Yard.'
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18 Mar 1972 T Rex played the first of two sold out nights at Wembley's Empire Pool; Ringo Starr filmed the shows for the 'Born To Boogie' Apple documentary.
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18 Mar 1974 birth Stuart Zender, bass, Jamiroquai, (1996 UK No.3 single 'Virtual Insanity'. 1998 UK No.1 & US No.2 album 'Godzilla').
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18 Mar 1977 The Clash released their debut single 'White Riot.' It peaked at No.38 on the UK charts.
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18 Mar 1977 birth Devin Lima, UK male singer, LFO, (1990 UK No.10 single 'LFO').
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18 Mar 1978 The Bee Gees had the Top 3 on the US singles charts, 'Night Fever' at No.1, '(Love is) Thicker Than Water', by brother Andy at No.2, co-written by Barry Gibb and 'Emotion' by Samantha Song written and produced by The Bee Gees at No.3.
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18 Mar 1978 Aerosmith, Santana, Heart, Dave Mason, Ted Nugent and Mahogany Rush all appeared at the California Jam II festival, Ontario, California.
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18 Mar 1979 birth Shola Ama, singer, (1997 UK No.3 single 'You're The One I Love').
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18 Mar 1979 birth Adam Levine, guitar, vocals, Maroon 5, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Songs About Jane’, the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘She Will Be Loved’ and the 2014 US No.1 album V.
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18 Mar 1985 birth Marvin Humes, singer, JLS, runners-up of the fifth series of The X Factor.
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18 Mar 1986 birth Lykke Li, Swedish indie pop singer-songwriter. She also worked with Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp on their 2009 album Junior and Kanye West, David Lynch and others.
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18 Mar 1989 A radio station in California arranged to have all it's Cat Stevens Records destroyed by having a steamroller run over them in protest of the singer's support of Ayatollah Khomeni.
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18 Mar 1989 Stock, Aitken and Waterman had three singles in the UK Top 5: Jason Donovan's 'Too Many Broken Hearts', Bananarama's 'Help', and Donna Summer's 'This Time I Know Its For Real.'
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18 Mar 1991 After attending an in-store promo appearance U2 were fined £500 ($850) after being found guilty of selling condoms illegally at the Virgin Megastore, Dublin.
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18 Mar 1996 The Sex Pistols announced their comeback at the 100 Club in London, 20 years after they had split.
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18 Mar 1997 Rap artist Notorious Big was cremated in New Jersey. The 24 year-old was gunned down and killed on 9th March of this year as he left a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
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18 Mar 2001 American singer, guitarist, and songwriter John Phillips of Mamas and The Papas died of heart failure aged 65. His first band, The Journeymen, were a folk trio, Mamas and The Papas had the US No.1 'Monday, Monday'. Phillips was married to Michelle Gilliam, they had one child together, Chynna Phillips, vocalist of the 1990's pop trio Wilson Phillips. His second solo album was released on Rolling Stones records and featured Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood.
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18 Mar 2001 Hear'Say started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Pure And Simple.' The winners of TV talent contest "Popstars", with sales of over half a million copies in the first week it became the biggest seller for a debut single.
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18 Mar 2001 Tragedy struck at an in-store appearance by British boy band A1 in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta after a stampede amongst the fans. Four girls were killed and two others were seriously injured.
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18 Mar 2002 The Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam and close friend of the Ramones. The ceremony took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
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18 Mar 2004 Courtney Love exposed her breasts during an appearance on David Letterman's TV talk show. The singer who had her back to the audience flashed at the presenter while singing the song Danny Boy. After the show, she went on to perform a surprise gig at the Plaid night-club in Manhattan where she was alleged to have injured a man by throwing a microphone stand into the crowd. Ms Love was charged with assault and reckless endangerment.
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18 Mar 2008 Heather Mills' evidence in her divorce case with Sir Paul McCartney was "inconsistent, inaccurate" and "less than candid", according to judge Mr Justice Bennett's. His High Court ruling was revealed in full after Ms Mills was told she could not appeal against its publication. The full ruling was published a day after she was awarded £24.3m at the High Court in London. Mills was awarded £3.2m per year for herself and the couple's daughter Beatrice, £8m for a home in London and £3m to purchase a home in New York. The judge found the total value of Sir Paul's assets was about £400m. Ms Mills had sought £125m and been offered £15.8m.
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18 Mar 2011 Organisers of an attempt to reunite 19 people who watched The Beatles play in a town hall in 1963 had claims from 24 people who said they were there. Billy Shanks was helping to lead the search for the audience members of the gig in Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland in 1963. He said some who turned up thought the music was rubbish and left to join an audience of 1,200 watching a local band in nearby Strathpeffer.
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18 Mar 2011 Jet Harris, bass guitarist for The Shadows, died from throat cancer at the age of 71. Jet played on the hit 'Apache' and during their days as Cliff Richard's backing band, performed on the chart-topper 'Living Doll'. In 1962 he left the group and had solo hits with 'Besame Mucho' and 'The Man With The Golden Arm'.
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18 Mar 2013 David Bowie's first album in a decade become the fastest-selling of the year, hitting the No.1 spot in the UK in its first week of release. 'The Next Day' was the 66-year-old's first No.1 since 1993's 'Black Tie White Noise' and sold 94,000 copies in the first week.
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