MARCH 7
TODAY IN 1970 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL PEAKED AT NUMBER TWO ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART WITH “TRAVELIN’ BAND” GIVING THEM THEIR FIFTH TOP TEN SINGLE IN AMERICA.
IN 1975 DAVID BOWIE RELEASES HIS NINTH ALBUM, ‘YOUNG AMERICANS’. ALONG WITH THE TITLE TRACK IT ALSO INCLUDED THE SINGLE, “FAME”, CO-WRITTEN BY JOHN LENNON WHO ALSO CONTRIBUTED BACKING VOCALS AND GUITAR WHICH GAVE BOWIE HIS FIRST U.S. #1 HIT.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOUNDING FRONTMAN OF THE J. GEILS BAND, PETER WOLF, WHO’S BORN IN 1946.