Video: 'The Doors The Matrix - San Francisco, CA- 1967-03-07'
(Tuesday, March 7, 1967, 9:30 p.m.-2:00 a.m. PST) — In one of the earliest live recordings of the band known to exist, The Doors performed three sets tonight at The Matrix nightclub in San Francisco. Continue reading The Doors perform at The Matrix in San Francisco 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 7 1967)
Video: 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (1967)' (14 videos)
(Tuesday, March 7, 1967, 7:30 EST) — The musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the Peanuts comic strips by Charles M. Schulz with Gary Burghoff in the title role, opened tonight in New York’s Greenwich Village, beginning an off-Broadway run of 1,597 performances. Continue reading ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ opens off-Broadway 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 7 1967)
Video: 'Forget That Girl [Rehearsal]'
(Tuesday, March 7, 1967, 12:30-5:30 p.m./6:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. PST) — The Monkees began recording “Forget That Girl” and attempted “Where Has It All Gone” today at Studio C, RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood during the group’s recording sessions for the album Headquarters. Continue reading The Monkees begin recording ‘Forget That Girl’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 7 1967)
(Saturday, March 7, 1987) — “Respect Yourself” by Bruce Willis peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Respect Yourself’ by Bruce Willis peaks at #5 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 7 1987)
(Saturday, March 7, 1987) — “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” by Beastie Boys peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, March 7, 1987) — “Big Time” by Peter Gabriel peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Big Time’ by Peter Gabriel peaks at #8 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 7 1987)
Video: '2) The Doors - Break on through (R-Evolution)'
(Monday, March 6, 1967) — In what is believed to be the earliest television appearance by The Doors to survive, the band mimed to their first single “Break On Through (To the Other Side)” today at KTLA-TV studios for the show She-Bang, a local Los Angeles teen music show similar in format to American Bandstand and Hullabaloo and hosted by Casey Kasem.
Video: 'The Beatles - The Making of Sgt. Pepper 2/5' (Mar. 6, 1967, at 5:30)
(Monday March 6, 1967, 7:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m. GMT) — The Beatles put the finishing touches on “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (the title track to their eighth studio album) tonight at EMI Studio 2 in London, adding applause and other sound effects from the Abbey Road library. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Sgt. Pepper’ title song 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 6 1967)
Video: 'Raising Arizona' trailer
(Friday, March 6, 1987) — Raising Arizona, an American crime comedy film about a petty crook who falls in love with the woman cop who always arrests him, premiered today in New York City.
Directed by Joel Coen, the film starred Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter.
Video: 'The Dred Scott Case'
(Friday, March 6, 1857) — In a 7–2 decision written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, an enslaved man of “the negro African race” who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, could not be an American citizen and therefore had no standing to sue for his freedom in federal court. Continue reading Supreme Court rules slaves cannot sue for freedom in federal court 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 6 1857)
