Video: 'I'll Spend My Life With You [Master Backing Track Take 9]'
(Friday, March 10, 1967, 12:00 noon-12 midnight PST) — The Monkees continue work on “I’ll Spend My Life With You” and “Forget That Girl” today at Studio C, RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood during the group’s recording sessions for the album Headquarters. Continue reading The Monkees record overdubs on two tracks 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 10 1967)
(Saturday, March 10, 2007) — “This Is Why I’m Hot” by Mims peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Mar. 10/17, 2007).
Video: '08 The Doors - The End'
(Thursday, March 9, 1967, 9:30 p.m.-2:00 a.m. PST) — The Doors performed another three sets tonight at The Matrix nightclub in San Francisco (only a partial recording of “The End” survived). Continue reading The Doors perform at The Matrix in San Francisco 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 9 1967)
Video: '01. The Monkees - "You Told Me" (Mono)'
(Thursday, March 9, 1967, 12:30-5:30 p.m./6:00 p.m.-12 midnight PST) — The Monkees continued work on “You Told Me” and “I’ll Spend My Life With You” today at Studio C, RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood during the group’s recording sessions for the album Headquarters. Continue reading The Monkees record overdubs for two tracks 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 9 1967)
(Saturday, March 9, 1957) — “Blue Monday” by Fats Domino peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes chart for one week.
Video: 'Is this the man who shot Biggie Smalls? (Must See)'
(Sunday, March 9, 1997, 12:45 a.m. PST) — Notorious B.I.G., a gangsta rap artist who turned his drug-dealing past on the streets of Brooklyn into a platinum-selling recording career, was was shot four times this morning in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles which led to his death 30 minutes later. Continue reading Rapper Notorious B.I.G. shot to death 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 9 1997)
Video: 'Forget That Girl [Master Backing Track]'
(Wednesday, March 8, 1967, 12:30-5:30 p.m./6:00 p.m.-12 midnight PST) — The Monkees continued work on “Forget That Girl” and finish recording “Randy Scouse Git” today at Studio C, RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood during the group’s recording sessions for the album Headquarters. Continue reading The Monkees complete recording ‘Randy Scouse Git’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 8 1967)
Video: 'A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (Stereo Remix)'
(Wednesday, March 8, 1967) — The single “A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You”/“The Girl I Knew Somewhere” by The Monkees was released today in the U.S. Continue reading ‘A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You’/’The Girl I Knew Somewhere’ by The Monkees released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 8 1967)
Video: 'History of the Filibuster'
(Thursday, March 8, 1917) — The U.S. Senate today passed Rule 22, the cloture rule, in an effort to limit filibustering in the Senate by a 76-3 vote. Continue reading U.S. Senate adopts cloture rule to limit filibusters 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 8 1917)
Video: 'The Great War episode 5 Mutiny' (March 8, 1917, at 39:13)
(Thursday, March 8, 1917; during World War I) — Women in Petrograd, Russia, went on strike today for “Bread and Peace,” demanding the end of World War I, an end to Russian food shortages and the end of czarism. Continue reading International Women’s Day protests in Petrograd spark February Revolution 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 8 1917)
