MARCH 3 HAPPENINGS 1921 ~ 1967

1921: Allen Ginsberg beat generation poet (1969 Arts & Letters Award) Check him out (and THE UP, Seger,  Commander Cody and a whole lot more!) on 54 minures of Ten For Two on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYzYGDk2lIA

1927: Herman “Little Junior” Parker                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGRBimxnNWA

1931: Cab Calloway records

Minnie The Moocher

 This was the first Jazz tune to sell a million copies!                                                                                                                                                                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA2G9REhkx0

"Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem  Check out Jimi's version on YouTube                                   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa-q-ztyZZw

1952: Lloyd Price cuts "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" for Specialty Records in New Orleans. It tops the R&B and Best Seller charts for seven weeks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUmIpRB0Fi4

1956: "Please, Please, Please," James Brown's first single for Syd Nathan's Federal label (a King subsidiary), is released, thereby launching the career of this legendary soul singer.              

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQdMZ1qrn6k

1958: “Maybe" the Chantels classic hits #15.                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMJODnZAJc

1965: Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8 

1966: Buffalo Springfield forms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU

1967: The Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart (vocals) and Ron Wood (bass), make their debut in London. Aynsley Dunbar is on drums but he is soon replaced by Mickey Waller. 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Fm-7N694o