Looking Back At March 7 1953, Guy Mitchell was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with She Wears Red Feathers. The song details a bizarre story of an English bankers love for a hula-hula girl. 1962, The Beatles recorded their first radio appearance, at the Playhouse Theatre, Hulme, Manchester, for the BBC radio program Teenagers Turn - Here We Go. After a rehearsal, the Beatles put on suits for the first time and, along with the other artists appearing on the program, record the show in front of a teenage audience. 1964, For the first time ever the UK Top Ten Singles Chart was composed entirely of British acts. Cilla Black held the No.1 position with Anyone Who Had A Heart. 1965, During a Rolling Stones gig at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, England a female fan fell from the circle while the group were playing. The crowd below broke her fall and the girl escaped serious injury just breaking a few teet 1966, Brian Wilson released Caroline No the first solo single by a Beach Boy. Before it evolved into the final song we know today, the song was originally written as Carol I Know. 1966, Tina Turner recorded her vocal on the Phil Spector produced River Deep Mountain High. It went on to make No.3 in the UK but only No.88 on the US chart. 1967, Working on their next album The Beatles recorded additional overdubs for Lovely Rita, including harmony vocals, effects, and the percussive sound of a piece of toilet paper being blown through a haircomb. 1969, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Bluesville 69 Club at the Hornsey Wood Tavern, Finsbury Park, London, England. The venue was a function room at the back of the pub, and was so small that the stage was only just big enough for John Bonhams drums, and the rest of the group had to stand on the floor at the same level as the crowd. 1970, Lee Marvin was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Wandrin Star, taken from the film Paint Your Wagon. 1970, Simon and Garfunkels album Bridge Over Troubled Water started a ten week run at No.1 on the US chart. The duo had split-up by the time of release. 1973, A song from the movie Deliverance called Dueling Banjos by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel became one of the few 1970s instrumentals to be awarded a Gold record. The record had topped the Cash Box Magazine Best Sellers list and reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 1987, The Beastie Boys became the first rap act to have a No.1 album in the US with their debut album, Licensed To Ill. 1987, The first five Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Days Night, Beatles for Sale and Help! were released on Compact disc. Capitol Records decided to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes were available in the US. 1988, British pedal steel guitar player Gordon Huntley died of cancer. Was a member of Matthews Southern Comfort, (UK No.1 single Woodstock) and as a session player worked with many acts including Elton John, Rod Stewart, The Pretty Things, Cliff Richard and Fairport Convention. 1998, Madonna went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Frozen the singers eighth UK No.1. Taken from her dance-influenced album Ray of Light. 1999, Boyzone scored their fifth UK No. 1 single with When The Going Gets Tough. It was recorded for the Comic Relief charity and had been a No.1 single for Billy Ocean in 1986. 2002, Former Visage singer Steve Strange was attacked and robbed when on his way to a party in West London. He was robbed of a bracelet given to him by Kylie Minogue and hit over the head resulting in him needing 18 stitches. 2004, The Smiths song I Know Its Over topped a poll of tunes, which people turn to when they are miserable in The Songs That Saved Your Life poll by BBC radio station 6 Music. REMs Everybody Hurts and Radioheads Fake Plastic Trees also made the Top 10. 2012, Sales of albums by The Monkees soared following the death of singer Davy Jones. Best Of The Monkees re-entered the Billboard album chart at No.20 with sales of over 17,000 units.
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