MARCH 18
TODAY IN 1972 NEIL YOUNG ENJOYED HIS ONLY SOLO, U.S. NUMBER ONE HIT WITH “HEART OF GOLD” WITH BACKING VOCALS BY JAMES TAYLOR AND LINDA RONSTADT. THE SONG, WHICH REMAINED AT THE TOP FOR THREE WEEKS, WAS TAKEN FROM HIS FOURTH ALBUM, ‘HARVEST’, WHICH REACHED NO.1 IN BOTH THE U.S. AND UK.
IN 1978, AN ESTIMATED 350 THOUSAND FANS ATTEND CAL JAM II AT ONTARIO MOTOR SPEEDWAY OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES. ONE OF THE LARGEST ALL-DAY FESTIVALS OF THE LATE ’70S INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY AEROSMITH, TED NUGENT, FOREIGNER, SANTANA, HEART AND OTHERS.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALICE IN CHAINS FOUNDER AND GUITARIST JERRY CANTRELL WHO WAS BORN TODAY IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON IN 1966.