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1940
Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean is born in Los Angeles, California.

1947
Tom Scholz, guitarist with Boston, is born in Toledo, Ohio.
Boston "Star-Spangled Banner"

1959
Elvis Presley's "I Need Your Love Tonight" backed with "A Fool Such as I" is released on RCA Records. The following day, based on advanced orders for the disco totaling nearly one million, RCA ships a gold record for the platter to Elvis, who is stationed in Germany.

1960
The British music weekly Record Retailer, known later as Music Week, publishes the first U.K. LP chart. The first Number One LP in the U.K. was The Explosive Freddy Cannon.

1961
Twenty-two year old songwriter Jeff Barry whose "Tell Laura I Love Her" was a Top Ten hit for Ray Peterson, signs an exclusive writing and recording deal with Trinity Music. In 1962, he hooks up with Phil Spector and Shadow Moaton, and with his new wife Ellie Greenwich, they start cranking out the hits. They include "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Then He Kissed Me" (Crystals), "Be My Baby" (Ronettes), "Chapel of Love" (Dixie Cups), "Do Wah Diddy" (Manfred Mann), "Leader of the Pack" (Shangri-Las), "River Deep , Mountain High" (Ike and Tina Turner), "Hanky Panky" (Tommy James), and "Cherry Cherry" (Neil Diamond).

1963
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament is born in Havre, Montana.
Pearl Jam "Yellow Ledbetter"

1966
Singer Edie Brickell is born in Dallas, Texas.

1972
The group America receive a gold record for the self-titled debut album. Two weeks later, the single "A Horse with No Name" also goes gold.
America "A Horse with No Name"

1977
Two months after EMI nulled its contracts with the Sex Pistols, A&M Records signs the band, in a ceremony in front of Buckingham Palace. The group has been banned from airplay and from virtually every concert venue in the U.K. Nine days later, A&M terminates the deal reportedly because of the reputation for attracting violence which the media has pinned on them.

1977
Pink Floyd's second album since 1973's landmark The Dark Side of the Moon, Animals goes platinum. It hits Number Three.

1978
The Bee Gee's "Night Fever" moves into the #1 spot on the chart. It replaces another Gibb Brothers tune, "Stayin' Alive."

1979
James Brown plays the Grand Ole Opry.

1988
Singer Andy Gibb dies of a heart ailment. He was 30 years old.

1988
Onstage in Perth, Australia, George Michael thanks Tipper Gore, head of the Parents Musical Resource Committee, for helping boost sales of his Faith LP.

1992
Prince wins a lifetime achievement award at the Soul Train awards.

1997
Singer Laverne Baker dies in New York at the age of 67. She had been suffering from diabetes.

March 10 Birthdays

• Marcello Malpighi 1628
• Friedrich Von Schlegel 1772
• Barry Fitzgerald 1888
• Arthur Honegger 1892
• Bix Beiderbecke 1903
• Claire Booth Luce 1903
• Chandler Harper 1914
• Heywood Hale Broun 1918
• Pamela Mason 1919
• Don Abney 1923
• Jethro (Kenneth Burns) 1923
• Ralph Emery 1933
• Norman Blake 1938
• David Rabe 1940
• Chuck Norris 1940
• Dean Torrence (Jan & Dean) 1940
• Sandra Jean Palmer 1941
• Katharine Houghton 1945
• Bob Greene 1947
• Tom Scholz (Boston) 1947
• Shannon Tweed 1957
• Sharon Stone 1958
• Gail Greenwood (Belly, L7) 1960
• Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) 1963
• Jasmine Guy 1964
• Neneh Cherry 1964
• Prince Edward 1964
• Rod Woodson 1965
• Edie Brickell 1966
• Stephen Mailer 1966
• Paget Brewster 1969
• Dylan Keefe (Marcy Playground) 1970
• Daryl Singletary 1971
• Cristian de la Fuente 1974
• Bree Turner 1977
• Shannon Miller 1977
• Emily Osment 1992

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