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1942
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is born in Memphis.
Aretha Franklin "Chain of Fools"

1947
Elton John is born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in London.
Elton John "Your Song"

1949
Nick Lowe is born in Surrey, England.
Nick Lowe "Cruel To Be Kind"

1956
At the conclusion of Alan Freed's 3-day Rock 'n' Roll Show at the Stage Theater in Hartford, Connecticut, police have arrested eleven teenagers and took the theater's license to operate. This prompts Hartford Institue of Living psychiatrist Dr. Francis J. Braceland to testify at license hearings that rock & roll is "a communicable disease with music appealing to adolescent insecurity and driving teenagers to do outlandish things... It's cannibalistic and tribalistic."

1961
Elvis Presley performs his last live show for eight years at Block Arena in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The show is a benefit and $62,000 is raised for the U.S.S. Arizona memorial fund.

1967
The Who make their U.S. concert debut in New York as part of a rock & roll extravaganza promoted by legendary DJ Murray the K.
The Who "Substitute" Monterey 1967

1970
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's first and only studio album, Deja Vu goes gold. The LP yielded hit singles in "Woodstock" and "Teach Your Children."
CSNY "Down By The River" Big Sur 1969

1976
Jackson Browne's wife Phyllis commits suicide.
Jackson Browne "Here Come Those Tears Again" 1978

1977
After a decade of being the "Beautiful Loser," Bob Seger gets his big break. His 7th album, Night Moves goes platinum. The 33 year old is aided by three Top Forty hits off the LP: "Night Moves," "Mainstreet," and "Rock & Roll Never Forgets."
Bob Seger "Night Moves"

1985
At the Academy Awards, Prince wins an Oscar for Original Song Score for Purple Rain.

1990
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee is arrested for allegedly exposing his buttocks during a concert in Augusta, Georgia.

1995
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder is rescued after a riptide carries him 250 feet offshore in New Zealand.

March 25 Birthdays

• William Bell Wait 1839
• Arturo Toscanini 1867
• John Gutzon Borglum 1871
• Bela Bartok 1881
• Ed Begley, Sr. 1901
• Frankie Carle 1903
• David Lean 1908
• Jeanne Cagney 1919
• Howard Cosell 1920
• Nancy Kelly 1921
• Simone Signoret 1921
• Eileen Ford 1922
• Jim Lovell 1928
• Flannery O’Connor 1925
• Gene Shalit 1932
• Bonnie Guitar 1934
• Gloria Steinem 1934
• Johnny Burnette 1935
• Hoyt Axton 1938
• Anita Bryant 1940
• Aretha Franklin 1942
• Paul Michael Glaser 1943
• Bonnie Bedelia 1948
• Nick Lowe 1949
• Elton John 1947
• Kelly Garrett 1948
• Neil Jones (Amen Corner) 1949
• Maisie Williams (Boney M) 1951
• Mary Gross 1953
• James McDaniel 1958
• John Stockwell 1961
• Lisa Gay Hamilton 1964
• Sarah Jessica Parker 1965
• Tom Glavin 1966
• Jeff Healey 1966
• Debi Thomas 1967
• Melanie Blatt (All Saints) 1975

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