This Day in Music History: March 5

March 5, 2017

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: March 5.

 

1955: Elvis Presley made his TV debut. He appeared on the weekend show 'Louisiana Hayride' on KWKH TV, broadcast from Shreveport Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

 

1963: Country singers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins were all killed in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. They were travelling to Nashville after they appeared at a benefit concert for the widow of Kansas City disc jockey 'Cactus' Jack Call, who had died in a car crash. On 7 March, country singer Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash when he driving to Cline's funeral. Cline was the first country singer that crossed over as a pop artist.

 

1963: The Beatles recorded their third single 'From Me to You', only five days after John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song. It was Originally planned to be the B-side of the record, but was switched to the A-side during the recordings. 'Thank You Girl' was the song that became the B-side.

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1977: Barbra Streisand started a three week run at the top of the US singles chart with ‘Love Theme From A Star Is Born’, her second US No.1. It also reached the No.3 spot in the UK.

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1983: Michael Jackson started a seven week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Billie Jean', his fourth solo US No.1, and also No.1 in the UK. Also on this day, Michael Jackson's album Thriller reached the to No.1 spot for the first time on the UK album chart, which also became the biggest selling album of all time, selling more than 50 million copies.

 

2000: MC Hammer who was a rap artist, became a preacher at the Jubilee Christian Centre in San Jose. He had been declared bankrupt in 1996 after squandering his $50 million (£29.4 million) fortune.

 

2000: Madonna topped the UK singles chart with her version to Don McLean's 1972 song 'American Pie'. The song was Madonna's 50th UK hit and ninth UK No.1.

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2006: Corinne Bailey Rae topped the UK album chart with her debut album 'Corinne Bailey Rae.' She became only the fourth female British act in history that had her first album debut reach the No.1 spot on the UK chart.

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2007: Records by the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon were chosen for preservation by the US Library of Congress. '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' by The Rolling Stones and Graceland album by Paul Simon, entered the National Recordings Registry, which preserves historic works for future generations.

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