March 7th

2003: Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis signed a deal with Hyperion Books to publish his autobiography, Scar Tissue which was released the following year.

1994: The U.S. Supreme Court decided that rap group 2 Live Crew’s parody of Roy Orbison’s Oh, Pretty Woman did not break federal copyright laws.

1987: Peter Gabriel reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the second and final time with Big Time which peaked at number eight. The song featured Stewart Copeland from The Police on drums.

The Beatles’ first five studio albums were released on CD. This was the first time the original mono mixes of the first four albums were released in the U.S.

1976: Elton John was immortalized at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in London. John was the first rock star to receive this since The Beatles.

1975: Chuck Berry walked offstage after performing for 58 minutes at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. Berry pointed out that he was only contracted to perform for 45 minutes & that the house lights weren’t turned on for his final song.

1973: Columbia Records A & R man John Hammond suffered a heart attack while attending a Bruce Springsteen showcase concert at Max’s Kansas City in New York City. Hammond signed Springsteen to Columbia Records.

1970: Simon and Garfunkel went to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart for the second time with their fifth and final studio album Bridge over Troubled Water which spent ten consecutive weeks on top.

Birthdays:
Matthew Fisher-organist for Procol Harum born in 1946
Peter Wolf-singer for The J. Geils Band born in 1946
Ernie Isley-guitarist for The Isley Brothers born in 1952