Today In Oldies Music History: March 6

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Births

1893: Furry Lewis
1905: Bob Wills
1925: Wes Montgomery
1936: Sylvia Robinson (Mickey and Sylvia)
1939: Domingo Samudio (Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs)
1944: Mary Wilson (The Supremes)
1945: Hugh Grundy (The Zombies)
1946: David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
1946: Murray Head
1946: Kiki Dee

Deaths

1986: Richard Manuel (The Band)
1999: Lowell Fulson
2001: Mike "Smitty" Smith (Paul Revere and the Raiders)
2006: King Floyd

Events

1955: Country music makes its first major inroads in the UK when Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Give Me Your Word" climbs to the top of the charts.

1957: The vocal group The Diamonds becomes the first Canadian outfit of the rock era to have a hit in the US when "Little Darlin'," a cover of a song by American doo wop group the Gladiolas, reaches Number 2.
1958: Sam Cooke begins his first residency as a performer at the legendary Copacabana club in New York, but much like Elvis' 50s attempt at Vegas, supper club audiences prove not quite ready for Cooke's brand of proto-soul.
1962: Frank Sinatra records "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues," his last release for Capitol Records before recording exclusively for his own label, Reprise.
1964: Elvis Presley's 14th movie, Kissin' Cousins, is released.
1964: After rumors swirl of a torrid off-screen romance with co-star Richard Burton on the set of her latest movie, Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor is divorced by her fourth husband, Eddie Fisher.
1970: On trial for his role in the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders, Charles Manson assembles a collection of home recordings to help pay for legal expenses. Entitled LIE, the cover mocks a typical Life magazine cover.

1973: New York City immigration director Sol Marks orders John Lennon's visa extension canceled after just five days.
1973: With "Cum On Feel The Noize," glam-rockers Slade become the first band to have a UK single debut at #1 since the Beatles with "Get Back" in 1969.
1973: UK promoters reach out to Colonel Tom Parker in order to get Elvis Presley to make his first appearance in the country, at London's Earl's Court, but Parker, a Dutch immigrant secretly in the US illegally, declines on fears that his status would be discovered.
1976: "Yesterday" is released as a single in Britain for the first time, in order to promote a new LP set called The Singles Collection 1962-1970.
1977: Diana Ross' second TV special, entitled simply An Evening With Diana Ross, airs on NBC.
1982: Dick Clark donates his original American Bandstand podium to the Smithsonian.
1989: Smokey Robinson published his first biography, Inside My Life, in which he reveals for the first time that he once struggled with an addiction to crack.
1989: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith becomes the proud parent of his third child, Chelsea Anna.
2000: With his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, Eric Clapton becomes the first person inducted three times. (His first two inductions came as members of the Yardbirds and Cream.)
2004: While checking out of his New York hotel, David Crosby leaves behind a bag containing marijuana and an unlicensed handgun; when he returns for the bag, he is nabbed by police, but is soon released on $3,500 bail.
2007: Having had his father's body exhumed and examined by doctors, Jay Richardson, son of J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, confirms that no foul play took place aboard the plane which crashed in 1959, killing Richardson, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly.

Releases

1976: Fleetwood Mac, "Rhiannon"

Recording

1941: Les Hite and his Orchestra, "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise"
1958: The Everly Brothers, "All I Have To Do Is Dream"
1959: The Drifters, "There Goes My Baby"
1966: The Rolling Stones, "Paint It, Black"
1967: Elvis Presley: "Confidence," "Who Needs Money?"
1969: Elvis Presley: "Let Us Pray," "Have A Happy"

Charts

1965: The Temptations' "My Girl" hits #1
1976: The Miracles' "Love Machine (Part 1)" hits #1

Certifications

1970: The Beatles' album Hey Jude is certified gold
1975: The Average White Band's "Pick Up The Pieces" is certified gold
1975: Led Zeppelin's double album Physical Graffiti is certified gold