March 1
• 1969: Jim Morrison of The Doors is arrested during a Miami concert for indecent exposure
• 1944: Roger Daltrey of The Who is born
• 2003: The magazine The Marquee begins publishing
March 2
• 1967: The Beatles’ song “Michelle” is named Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards
• 2005: The iTunes Music Store records 300 million songs sold
March 4
• 1966: John Lennon tells a London newspaper that The Beatles are “more popular than Jesus right now”
March 5
• 1963: Patsy Cline is killed in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee
• 1969: The magazine Creem publishes for the first time.
March 6
• 1992: The Fox Theatre in Boulder opens its doors with a performance by The Meters
March 7
• 1985: “We Are The World” heard on the radio for the first time
March 8
• 1973: Grateful Dead keyboardist/vocalist/harp player Ron “Pigpen” McKernan dies of cirrhosis of the liver
• 1968: The Fillmore East, owned by promoter Bill Graham, opens in New York City
March 9
• 1997: The Notorious B.I.G. is shot and killed
March 11
• 1997: Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
March 13
• 1973: Pink Floyd releases Dark Side Of The Moon. It subsequently remains in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history, with an estimated 50 million copies sold,
March 14
• 1992: Farm Aid is attended by 40,000 people in Irving, Texas
March 16
• 1963: Peter, Paul and Mary release the single “Puff the Magic Dragon”
March 19
• 1982: Randy Rhoads dies in a plane accident
• 1985: SPIN magazine begins publishing
March 20
• 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry
March 24
• 1991: The Black Crowes are dropped from a tour with ZZ Top after criticizing the tour sponsor Miller Beer.
March 25
• 1967: The Who make their U.S. concert debut in New York
March 26
• 1948: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is born
• 1827: Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Austria
March 27
• 1986: Sammy Hagar debuts as lead singer of Van Halen
