03/31/1960

Lonnie Donegan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'My Old Man A Dustman', his third No.1. Donegan became the first British artist to enter the UK chart at No.1, the only other artist to achieve this feat at this time was Elvis Presley. The song which was recorded live at the Bristol Hippodrome was a music hall novelty song.

03/30/1957

Buddy Knox became the first artist in the Rock 'n' Roll era to write his own number one hit when 'Party Doll' topped the US singles chart. Knox would go on to score four more US Top 40 hits between 1957 and 1961.

03/29/1973

Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show got their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine after their hit, 'The Cover of Rolling Stone' reached No. 6 on the US singles chart. According to members of the group, they really did buy five copies for their mothers, just like the song said.

03/29/1963

The Shadows had their fifth and final UK No.1 single with 'Foot Tapper'.

03/28/1992

Over a $100,000 worth of damage was caused at The Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, California, when Ozzy Osbourne invited the first two rows of the audience on stage. Several others took up the offer and the band was forced to exit the stage.

03/28/1970

Simon and Garfunkel were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', the duo's only UK No.1. Only Art Garfunkel sang on the track.

03/27/1987

U2 performed from the roof of a store in downtown LA to make the video for 'Where The Streets Have No Name', attracting thousands of spectators and bringing traffic to a standstill. The police eventually stop the shoot.

03/27/1966

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello award for 'Michelle', the most performed song in the UK in 1966.

03/26/1976

One-man blues band Duster Bennett was killed in a car accident. 1970 album 'Smiling Like I'm Happy'. Worked with Alexis Korner, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac and B.B. King.

03/26/1956

Kay Starr was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rock And Roll Waltz'. The song is told from the point-of-view of a teenager who comes home early from a date, and catches her parents attempting to dance to one of her rock and roll records.

 

03/24/1973

Alice Cooper went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Billion Dollar Babies'. Also a No.1 in the US.

 

03/24/1956

Les Baxter started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Poor People Of Paris' (a UK No.1 for Winifred Atwell). Baxter had the UK No.10 hit in 1955 with 'Unchained Melody'.

03/23/1961

Elvis Presley had his seventh UK No.1 single with 'Wooden Heart'. The song was based on a German folk song and was featured in Presley's film GI Blues.