MARCH 15
TODAY IN 1969, JANIS JOPLIN IS FEATURED ON THE COVER OF ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE WITH A COVER STORY TITLED, “A REPORT ON JANIS JOPLIN: THE JUDY GARLAND OF ROCK?”
TODAY IN 1975 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS HAVE THE FIRST OF THEIR TWO BILLBOARD #1 SINGLES WITH THEIR ODE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH THE SONG “BLACK WATER”. THEIR OTHER #1 IS “WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES” RELEASED IN IN 1979.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CO-FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN OF ‘POISON’, BRET MICHAELS, WHO IS TURNING 62 TODAY.