MARCH 17
TODAY IN 1967 TRACK RECORDS RELEASES JIMI HENDRIX’S “PURPLE HAZE” IN THE UK BUT RELEASED IN THE U.S. THREE MONTHS LATER IN JUNE. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE RANKED IT AT #2 ON THEIR LIST OF THE 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS OF ALL TIME.
IN 1976 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS RELEASE THE SINGLE “TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS” FROM THE ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME. IT WAS THEIR FIRST SINGLE WITH MICHAEL MCDONALD ON VOCALS AND ALSO WRITTEN BY MCDONALD.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CO-FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN OF THE ‘SMASHING PUMPKINS’ BILLY CORGAN WHO WAS BORN TODAY IN 1967.