MARCH 6
IN 1966, THE ROLLING STONES STOPPED IN LOS ANGELES ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM A TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TO RECORD A HANDFUL OF SONGS, INCLUDING “PAINT IT BLACK.”
ON THIS DAY IN 2000, THE 15TH ANNUAL ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY WAS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY. ERIC CLAPTON, ALREADY IN AS A MEMBER OF CREAM AND THE YARDBIRDS, BECAME THE FIRST THREE-TIME INDUCTEE.
AND CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY TODAY — PINK FLOYD GUITARIST, SINGER, AND SONGWRITER, DAVID GILMOUR, WHO’S BORN IN 1946.