March 14
TODAY IN 1981 ERIC CLAPTON IS ADMITTED TO UNITED HOSPITAL IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA AFTER A SERIOUS ATTACK OF BLEEDING ULCERS. HE’D BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR OVER 4 WEEKS, FORCING HIM TO CANCEL THE REST OF HIS U.S. TOUR
IN 1982 METALLICA MADE THEIR LIVE DEBUT WHEN THEY APPEARED AT RADIO CITY IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. METALLICA FORMED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, IN LATE 1981 WHEN DANISH BORN DRUMMER LARS ULRICH PLACED AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A LOS ANGELES NEWSPAPER.
AND IN 1983 DAVID BOWIE RELEASES THE SINGLE “LET’S DANCE”. BOWIE HIRED THEN-UNKNOWN TEXAS GUITARIST STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, WHO ADDED A BLUES-EDGE GUITAR TO THE SONG.