Carl Palmer was born on March 20th of 1950 in Handsworth, Birmingham. He is most well known as the drummer for the 1970s band Emerson, Lake, & Palmer and the 1980s band Asia. All 7 of Emerson, Lake, & Palmer’s studio albums released in the 1970s have been certified Gold (500,000 copies shipped in the [...]

On March 19th of 1957 Elvis Presley put down a $1000 deposit on a large mansion on 13.8 acres in Memphis, Tennessee which is now an Elvis Presley museum and a National Historic Landmark (as of March 27, 2006.) The final purchase was completed a few days later for about $100,000. Graceland’s address is 3734 [...]

“Penny Lane” by The Beatles hit #1 on the US singles charts on March 18th of 1967. It was one half of arguably the greatest single released in rock history. The other side of the double A-side single was “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The song stayed at #1 for just one week before being knocked off [...]

Nathaniel Adams Cole was born on March 17th of 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama. He got the nickname “King” while performing at a jazz club in the 1930s (when he was still a teenager.) Cole appeared in many films (and had his own television program) in the 1940s and ’50s. He is among the best known [...]

Wolfgang Van Halen was born on March 16th of 1991. He is the son of legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli. He is named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (I think you may have heard of him?) He first began to perform with Van Halen in 2004 when he was only 13 years [...]

Bret Michael Sychak (better known as Bret Michaels) was born on March 15th of 1963 in Butler, Pennsylvania. He is the lead singer for Poison. Poison is best known these four top 10 singles: “Talk Dirty to Me” (1986), “Nothin’ but a Good Time” (1988), “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” (1988), and “Unskinny Bop” (1989.) [...]

Jordan Taylor Hanson was born on March 14th of 1983 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is best known as being the middle brother of the three brothers that make up the pop-rock band Hanson. He is the lead vocalist & keyboardist of the group. The brothers started the band up in 1992 when Taylor was just [...]

Adam Clayton was born on March 13th of 1960 in Chinner, Oxfordshire, England. He is best known as the bassist for the rock band U2. The band formed in 1976 when they were just teenagers and the four key members (Clayton on bass, Larry Mullen Jr. on drums, “The Edge” on guitar, and “Bono” on [...]

Graham Coxon was born on March 12th of 1969 in West Germany. He grew up in Derbyshire, England. Coxon is most well known for his work as Blur’s lead guitarist from 1991′s Leisure to 1999′s 13. He left the band in 2002 and only appeared on one track (“Battery in Your Leg”) on the band’s [...]

The Supremes hit #1 on the US singles charts with “Love is Here and Now You’re Gone” on March 11th of 1967. It stayed at #1 for one week having knocked off The Rolling Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday.” In turn The Beatles “Penny Lane” took over the #1 spot the next week. It was The Supremes [...]