| 74 | years ago | 1952 | Tommy Ramone is born. |
| 73 | years ago | 1953 | Louie Perez of Los Lobos is born. |
| 68 | years ago | 1958 | Challenge Records releases Tequila backed with Train to Nowhere by the Champs. The A side will make it to #1 in mid-March. One other note...the Champs included Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, later to become Seals and Crofts. |
| 67 | years ago | 1959 | Johnny Spampinato of NRBQ is born. |
| 64 | years ago | 1962 | Warner Bros. Records signs the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. They will go on to have big hits with harmonized versions of such Bob Dylan songs as Blowin' in the Wind as well as If I Had a Hammer, Puff the Magic Dragon, and Leaving on a Jet Plane. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | During a concert in London, pop-rock singer P.J. Proby splits his pants on stage, significantly increasing his “naughty” reputation. Next month, he'll be banned by Britain's ABC theater chain for his new habit of purposely splitting his trousers on stage for dramatic effect. |
| 60 | years ago | 1966 | The Bobby Fuller Four's I Fought The Law is released. |
| 60 | years ago | 1966 | Folk singer Joan Baez wins three gold records this day, for the albums Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert. |
| 59 | years ago | 1967 | Jimi Hendrix and The Who perform at a concert at London's Saville Theatre. |
| 58 | years ago | 1968 | The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger is reportedly in Los Angeles to seek out artists, engineers, and others to work for the Stones' new record label to be called Mother Earth. The label is never realized. |
| 45 | years ago | 1981 | Blues guitarist and singer Jonny Lang is born. |
| 43 | years ago | 1983 | Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac marries Kim Anderson at her Los Angeles home. They would divorce the following year. |
| 34 | years ago | 1992 | Blues legend Willie Dixon dies of heart failure in Burbank, California. Dixon had influenced a generation of musicians, including the Rolling Stones, and is known for songs like Back Door Man and Little Red Rooster. |
| 32 | years ago | 1994 | Former Supremes singer Mary Wilson is injured when her jeep hits a freeway median and flips over while driving outside of Los Angeles. Her 14-year-old son is killed in the accident. |
| 30 | years ago | 1996 | Country superstar Garth Brooks refuses to accept his American Music Award for Favorite Overall Artist. Brooks says that Hootie and the Blowfish did more for music that year than he did. |
| 21 | years ago | 2005 | David Lerchey of the Del Vikings dies of cancer at the age of 67 in Hallandale, Florida. |
| 7 | years ago | 2019 | Grammy-winning R&B singer and songwriter James Ingram dies after a battle with a form of brain cancer. |