This Day in Music History

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Released: March 19, 1962
Bob Dylan is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on March 19, 1962 by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Columbia's legendary talent scout John H. Hammond, who had earlier signed Dylan to the label, a decision which was at the time controversial. The album primarily features folk standards, but also includes two original compositions, "Talkin' New York" and "Song to Woody". The latter was an ode to Woody Guthrie, a major influence in Dylan's early career...During the sessions, Dylan refused requests to do second takes. "I said no. I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That's terrible."

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Released: April 20, 1970
A song by Neil Young. It debuted on the
1969 album Everybody Knows This Is
Nowhere, which was also Young's first
album with backing band Crazy Horse.
Released as a single the following year,
it reached No. 55 on the Billboard Hot
100 in 1970. In an interview with Q,
singer Beck named the "Cinnamon Girl"
riff as his all-time favourite, equal with
Black Sabbath's "Supernaut". This song
displays the very prominent role played
by Danny Whitten in the sound of Young's
early recordings. The vocals are a duet,
with Whitten singing the high harmony
against Young's low harmony. (The 45
rpm single mix of the song, in addition
to being in mono and cutting off the
guitar outro, features Whitten's vocal
more prominently than the album version.)
Young performed the song on his then
recently acquired Gibson Les Paul, "Old Black".
The NME named "Cinnamon Girl" an example
of "proto-grunge from 1969".

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Released: March 21, 1989
10th album by the American singer Bonnie Raitt. A
commercial breakthrough after years of personal
and professional struggles, Nick of Time topped the
Billboard 200 chart, selling five million copies, and
won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the
Year, which was presented to Raitt and producer Don
Was.

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Released: March 21, 1989
10th album by the American singer Bonnie Raitt. A
commercial breakthrough after years of personal
and professional struggles, Nick of Time topped the
Billboard 200 chart, selling five million copies, and
won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the
Year, which was presented to Raitt and producer Don
Was.

Was what?

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Released: March 21, 1989
10th album by the American singer Bonnie Raitt. A
commercial breakthrough after years of personal
and professional struggles, Nick of Time topped the
Billboard 200 chart, selling five million copies, and
won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the
Year, which was presented to Raitt and producer Don
Was.

Was what?

was was a producer. fuzzy wuzzy was a bear. hope that helps.

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Released: March 22, 1963
Please Please Me is the debut album by the English rock band the Beatles. Produced by George Martin, it was released on EMI's Parlophone label on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom, following the success of the band's singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do", which reached number 1 on the NME and Melody Maker charts and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The album topped Record Retailer's LP chart for 30 weeks, an unprecedented achievement for a pop album at that time.

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Released: March 23, 1983
Eighth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top.
It was released on Warner Bros. Records. Recorded in
Tennessee during 1982, the album was produced by the
band's manager Bill Ham and peaked at the top of the
charts in many countries. "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Got Me
Under Pressure", "Sharp Dressed Man", "TV Dinners" and "Legs"
were released as singles. A Diamond certified album, Eliminator
is ZZ Top's most commercially successful release, with sales of
over 10 million copies in the United States alone.

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Released: March 24, 1978
"Deacon Blues" is a song written by Walter Becker and
Donald Fagen in 1976 and recorded by their group Steely
Dan on their 1977 album Aja. It peaked at number 19 on
the Billboard charts and number 17 on the U.S. Cash Box
Top 100 in June 1978. It also reached #40 on the Easy
Listening chart...In 2021, it was listed at No. 214 on Rolling
Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

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Released: March 25, 1972
Machine Head is the sixth studio album by English rock
band Deep Purple. It was recorded in December 1971 at
Montreux, Switzerland, and released in March 1972 on
Purple Records...Machine Head is Deep Purple's most
commercially successful album, topping the charts in
several countries, including number one in the UK. In-
fluential in the development of traditional metal, it
continues to be viewed favourably by music critics and
has been reissued several times.

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Released: March 26, 1985
The sixth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heart-
breakers, released on MCA Records. The album's lead
single, "Don't Come Around Here No More", co-written
by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, peaked at #13 on the
Billboard Hot 100. Its music video featured Alice in
Wonderland imagery. The song "Southern Accents" was
later covered by Johnny Cash for his Unchained album
in 1996.

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Released: March 27, 1984
The debut studio album of American hip hop group
Run–D.M.C., released on Profile Records...In 1989,
the album was ranked number 51 on Rolling Stone's
list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s. In 2003,
the album was ranked number 242 on Rolling Stone's
list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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Released: March 28, 1973
Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the
English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on
Atlantic Records...Although critical response was mixed,
Houses of the Holy became a commercial success, later
receiving a Diamond (over 10-million albums sold) certification
by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1999.
In 2020, the album was ranked at number 278 on Rolling Stone's
500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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Released: March 29, 1975
Blow by Blow is the second album released under the
name "Jeff Beck" (rather than "the Jeff Beck Group").
It was recorded in October 1974 and released via Epic
Records in 1975. A mostly instrumental album, it peaked
at No. 4 on the American Billboard 200 and was certified
platinum by the RIAA.

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Released: March 30, 1987
Sign o' the Times (often stylized as Sign "☮︎" the Times)
is the ninth studio album by American singer, songwriter,
producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince...Though not
as commercially successful as Purple Rain, Sign o' the
Times was Prince's most acclaimed record, being voted
1987's best album in the Pazz & Jop critics poll and since
being ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time by
several publications. It has been regarded by many critics
as Prince's best album, ahead of Purple Rain. Writing for
The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Michaelangelo Matos
regarded it as "the most complete example of [Prince's]
artistry's breadth, and arguably the finest album of the 1980s".
In 2017, Sign o' the Times was inducted into the Grammy Hall
of Fame.

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Released: March 31, 1958
A 1958 rock-and-roll song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. The song
was a major hit, peaking at number two on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides
chart and number eight on its Hot 100 chart. "Johnny B. Goode" is considered
one of the most recognizable songs in the history of popular music. Credited
as "the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom", it has been recorded by
many other artists and has received several honors and accolades. The song is
also ranked seventh on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"

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Happy 69th, Angus!

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Released: April 01, 1957
A popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut re-
cording by the Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Re-
cords as catalog number 1315. The song reached num-
ber 2 on the US Billboard Pop charts and number 1 on
the Cash Box Best Selling Record charts. The Everly Bro-
thers' version also enjoyed major success as a country
song, reaching number 1 in the spring of 1957. The
Everlys' "Bye Bye Love" is ranked 210th on Rolling Stone
magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
It was the first song Paul McCartney performed live on
stage, with his brother Mike at a holiday camp in Filey,
North Yorkshire.

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Released: April 02, 1975
Straight Shooter is the second studio album by the
English hard rock supergroup Bad Company...The
album reached number 3 on both the UK Albums
Chart and the US Billboard 200...The track "Shooting
Star" (written by lead singer Paul Rodgers) was lyrically
inspired by the drug and alcohol-related deaths of
guitarist Jimi Hendrix and other rock musicians.

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Released: April 03, 1968
Bookends is the fourth studio album by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee, the album was released on April 3, 1968, in the United States by Columbia Records. The duo had risen to fame two years prior with the albums Sounds of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme and the soundtrack album for the 1967 film The Graduate...Initial sales for Bookends were substantial in the US, and the album produced the number-one single "Mrs. Robinson". The album sold well in the US and in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number one. Bookends was considered a breakthrough for the duo, placing them on the same level as artists such as Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones at the forefront of the cultural movement in the 1960s. The album has continued to receive critical acclaim and is debated by critics as to whether it or Bridge Over Troubled Water is Simon & Garfunkel's best album.

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Released: April 04, 1995
The third and final studio album re-
leased by American country music
supergroup The Highwaymen. It was
released on Liberty Records and
reached 45 on the U.S. Billboard Top
Country Albums chart. The title track
of this album was written by Robert
Earl Keen, Jr. and originally recorded
on his 1989 album, West Textures.

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Recorded: April 05, 1964
Live at the Star Club is a 1964 live album by rock
and roll pianist Jerry Lee Lewis and The Nashville
Teens. The album was recorded at the Star-Club in
Hamburg, Germany on April 5, 1964. It is regarded
by many music journalists as one of the greatest
rock and roll albums ever, noted for its hard-hitting
energy and Lewis' wild stage presence. The album
appears in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear
Before You Die.

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Released: April 06, 1988
A song written and recorded by American singer
Tracy Chapman. It was released on April 6, 1988
as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut
studio album. Her appearance on the Nelson
Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was the catalyst
for the song's becoming a top-ten hit in the United
States, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot
100. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number
four on the UK Singles Chart. "Fast Car" received
two Grammy nominations for Record of the Year
and Song of the Year, as well as a MTV Video Music
Award nomination for Best Female Video in 1989.
Rolling Stone ranked the song number 167 on their
list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is
Chapman's only song on the list (and the highest
ranking song both written and performed by a female
artist). Pitchfork placed the song at number 86 on
their list of the 200 Best Songs of the 1980s.

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Released: April 07, 1978
For You is the debut studio album by American singer-
songwriter Prince. It was released by Warner Bros. Re-
cords on April 7, 1978. All tracks were produced, ar-
ranged, composed, and performed by Prince...For You
reached No. 163 on the Billboard 200 and No. 21 on the
Billboard Soul chart. "Soft and Wet", the album's lead
single, became a minor hit on the Billboard Hot 100,
peaking at No. 92. However, it became a Top 20 hit on
the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at No. 12.
In 2016, after Prince's death, the album re-charted on
the Billboard 200, reaching No. 138.

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Released: April 08, 1975
Toys in the Attic is the third studio album by American
rock band Aerosmith...Its first single, "Sweet Emotion",
was released on May 19 and the original version of "Walk
This Way" followed on August 28 in the same year. The
album is the band's most commercially successful studio
LP in the United States, with nine million copies sold,
according to the RIAA. In 2003, the album was ranked No.
228 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of
All Time.

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Released: April 09, 1965
A song by the English rock group the Beatles, written
by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Issued as a single in April 1965, it became the Beatles'
seventh consecutive number 1 hit in the United Kingdom
and their third consecutive number 1 hit in the United
States, and similarly topped national charts in Canada,
Australia and Ireland..."Ticket to Ride" has been included
in many critics' best-song lists, including top 500 "all-time"
lists compiled by Rolling Stone in 2010 (at number 394) and
the NME in 2014 (number 311). Dave Marsh ranked it 29th on
his 1989 list "The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made". The track
appeared at number 17 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100
Greatest Beatles Songs" and at number 23 on a similar list
compiled by Mojo.

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Released: April 10, 1970
Elton John is the second studio album by English singer-
songwriter Elton John...It was released by Uni Records
as John's debut album in the United States; many people
there assumed it was his first album, as Empty Sky was
not released in that country until 1975. The album includes
John's breakthrough single "Your Song", and helped to establish
his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter"
era of popular music...In 2003, the album was ranked number
468 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums
of all time. On 27 November 2012, it was inducted into the
Grammy Hall of Fame as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative
or historical significance".

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Released: April 11, 1969
Get Back
A song recorded by the British rock band the Beatles
and written by Paul McCartney (though credited to
Lennon–McCartney), originally released as a single on
11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy
Preston". A different mix of the song later became the
closing track of Let It Be (1970), which was the Beatles'
last album released just after the group split. The single
version was later issued on the compilation albums 1967–1
970, 20 Greatest Hits, Past Masters, and 1. The single
reached number one in the United Kingdom, the United States,
Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, France,
West Germany, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium.
It was the Beatles' only single that credited another artist at their
request. "Get Back" was the Beatles' first single release in true stereo
in the US. In the UK, the Beatles' singles remained monaural until the
following release, "The Ballad of John and Yoko".
Don't Let Me Down
A song by the English rock band the Beatles, recorded in 1969 during
the Let It Be sessions. It was written by John Lennon and credited to
Lennon–McCartney. The band recorded the song with Billy Preston; the
single release with "Get Back" was credited to "the Beatles with Billy
Preston." Written by John Lennon as an anguished love song to Yoko Ono,
it was interpreted by Paul McCartney as a "genuine plea", with Lennon saying
to Ono, "I'm really stepping out of line on this one. I'm really just letting my
vulnerability be seen, so you must not let me down." Richie Unterberger of
AllMusic called it "one of the Beatles' most powerful love songs", Stephen Thomas
Erlewine of AllMusic described the song as "heart-wrenching soul" and Roy Carr and
Tony Tyler called it "a superb sobber from misery-expert J. W. O. Lennon, MBE. And
still one of the most highly underrated Beatle underbellies." Author Ian MacDonald
praised "Don't Let Me Down" and declared that "this track vies with Come Together
for consideration as the best of Lennon's late-style Beatles records"

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Released: April 12, 1976
‘Live’ Bullet is a live album by American rock band
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, released in April
1976. It was recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan,
during the heyday of that arena's time as an important
rock concert venue. The album is credited, along with
Night Moves, with launching Seger's mainstream pop-
ularity...In 2015, Live Bullet was ranked No. 26 on Rolling
Stone's "50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time" list. Readers
of Rolling Stone ranked it No. 10 in a 2012 poll of all-time
favorite live albums. In an article supporting the 2015 list,
Seger states, "We were doing 250 to 300 shows a year before
Live Bullet. We were playing five nights a week, sometimes
six, as the Silver Bullet Band, and we just had that show down."

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Released: April 13, 1979
Blue Kentucky Girl is the sixth studio
album by American country music artist
Emmylou Harris, released in 1979. The
album features Harris delving into more
traditional country than the country-rock
sound of her previous releases...The album
won the 1980 Grammy for Best Female
Country Vocal Performance. "Beneath Still
Waters" became Harris' fourth No. 1 hit;
covers of the Drifters' 1960 hit "Save the
Last Dance for Me" and the album's title
track (originally recorded by Loretta Lynn)
were top ten hits on the US country charts.
In 2006, the album ranked #20 on CMT's 40
Greatest Albums in Country Music.

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Released: April 14, 1972
"Tumbling Dice" is a song recorded
by the English rock band the Rolling
Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and
Keith Richards' songwriting partnership,
the song has a blues, boogie-woogie
rhythm that scholars and musicians have
noted for its unusual tempo and groove.
The lyrics are about a gambler who can-
not remain faithful to any woman. The
song is the lead single from the band's
1972 double album Exile on Main St. re-
leased worldwide on 14 April 1972 by
Rolling Stones Records. "Tumbling Dice"
spent eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart,
peaking at number five. In the US, the
single peaked at number seven on the Bill-
board Hot 100 chart.