Rock and Metal History, a day like today March 7
1945: Chris White, bassist with The Zombies who had four US hits, 'She's Not There', 'Tell Her No', 'She's Coming Home', and 'Time of the Season'.
1966: Bob Dylan records "Absolutely Sweet Marie."
1970: Simon & Garfunkel's album Bridge Over Troubled Water hits #1
1975: David Bowie releases his ninth album, the soul-inflected Young Americans.
1976: Elton John was immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds in London. The first rock star to be so since The Beatles.
1980: Queen lasted a third week at #1 with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", Pink Floyd's The Wall was #1 on the Album chart for the eighth week.
1983: New Order release "Blue Monday," which becomes the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time.
1987: The first Beatles albums are released on compact disc: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
1988: British pedal steel guitar player Gordon Huntley died of cancer. Was a member of Matthews Southern Comfort
2009: U2's album No Line on the Horizon was #1 in the U.K.
2013: Guitarist Peter Banks, a founding member of Yes, dies at age 65.
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