This Day in Rock - Mar 10 , 2010

No. 1
1960 Adam Faith : Poor Me UK 45
1962 Bruce Channel : Hey Baby US 45
1979 Gloria Gaynor : I Will Survive US 45
1997 Spice Girls : Mama UK single 
 
Births
1903 Bix Beiderbecke (US jazz pianist)
1940 Dean Torrance (Jan and Dean)
1947 Tom Schulz (Boston)
1950 Ted McKenna (Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
1962 Gary Clark (Danny Wilson)
1963 Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
1964 Neneh Cherry (Buffalo Stance)
1964 Patrick Kane (Hue & Cry)
1966 Edie Brickell
1967 Susie Q (Susan Banfield) (Cookie Crew) 
 

Deaths
1988 Andy Gibb (Singer and Bee Gees younger brother)
1997 Laverne Baker  

 
Miscellany
1954 The Clovers peak at No. 2 in the US R&B chart with their tenth hit 'Lovey Dovey'

1955 Ruth Brown is presented with a special award to mark sales of five million records, by Atlantic bosses Ahmet Urtegun and Jerry Wexler at the Apollo theatre in Harlem.

1958 Chuck Berry's 'Sweet Little Sixteen' is the US R&B No. 1

1959 Elvis Presley releases 'I Need Your Love Tonight'/'A Fool Such as I', with advance orders of one million.

1960 The first UK album chart is published in 'Record Retailer' magazine. 'The Explosive Freddie Cannon' is the first No. 1. In the first EP chart published, 'Expresso Bongo' is No. 1 for Cliff Richard.

1966 The Beatles' last EP hit, 'Yesterday', hits the UK EP chart.

1972 America is awarded a gold disc for 'Horse with No Name'.

1975 The Blue Jays - Justin Hayward and John Lodge - perform their debut gig to 2,800 fans at Carnegie Hall.

1984 Ian Gillan leaves Black Sabbath.

1992 At the Soul Train Awards, Prince wins a lifetime achievement award