This Day in Music History: March 3

March 3, 2017

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

 

Today: March 3.

 

1966: Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed together Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. They were among the first wave of American bands that became popular in the wake of the British invasion. The band combined rock, folk, and country music into a sound all its own. Its million-selling song 'For What It's Worth' became a political anthem for the turbulent late 1960s.

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1969: Led Zeppelin recorded their first BBC Radio 1 'Top Gear' session during the afternoon at the Playhouse Theatre in London, England. The Songs that were recorded were: 'Dazed And Confused', 'Communication Breakdown', 'You Shook Me' and 'I Can't Quit You Baby'.

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1973: 'Cum On Feel The Noize' by Slade entered the UK singles chart, with the song topping the chart. It made Slade the first act to achieve this since The Beatles.

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1979: The Bee Gees scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Tragedy.' Also on this day, The Bee Gees topped the US album chat with 'Spirits Having Flown', the band's second US No.1 album.

 

1984: Nena started a three week run at the top of the UK singles chart with '99 Red Balloons.' Originally, the song was sung in German, '99 Luftballons', it was re-recorded in English as '99 Red Balloons'. The song was also a No.2 hit in the US and the only UK hit for Nena, which made her a One Hit Wonder.

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1994: The Smashing Pumpkins were banned from performing on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops, because of the content of the song's lyrics. Their single 'Disarm' was this week's highest new entry.

 

1995: Foo Fighters made their live debut when they appeard at a benefit show at The Satyricon in Portland, Oregon.

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2012: American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 64. He led the bands Montrose and Gamma, yet suffered from prostate cancer. Montrose had also worked with acts like Edgar Winter, Van Morrison, Dan Hartman, Sammy Hagar and many other musicians and artists.

 

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