|
What happened in history on this day: March 2?
On March 2 in ...
- 1967 - The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents the 9th Annual Grammy Awards.
- Record of the Year: Frank Sinatra for "Strangers In The Night";
- Album of the Year: Frank Sinatra and Sonny Burke for "A Man And His Music";
- Song of the Year: John Lennon and Paul McCartney for "Michelle";
- Best Instrumental Theme: Neal Hefti for "Batman Theme";
- Best Vocal Performance, Female: Eydie Gorme for "If He Walked Into My Life";
- Best Vocal Performance, Male: Frank Sinatra for "Strangers In The Night";
- Best Instrumental Performance (other than jazz): Herb Alpert for "What Now My Love";
- Best Performance by a Vocal Group: The Anita Kerr Singers for "A Man And A Woman";
- Best Performance by a Chorus: Ray Conniff Singers for "Somewhere My Love";
- Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show: Maurice Jarre for "Dr. Zhivago";
- Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album: Jerry Herman for "Mame";
- Best Comedy Performance: Bill Cosby for "Wonderfulness";
- Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording: Edward R. Murrow for "Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers Vol. I The War Years";
- Best Recording for Children: Marvin Miller for "Dr. Seuss Presents - 'If I Ran The Zoo' And 'Sleep Book'";
- Best Album Notes: Stan Cornyn for "Sinatra At The Sands";
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Group or Soloist with Group: Wes Montgomery for "Goin' Out Of My Head";
- Best Original Jazz Composition: Duke Ellington for "In The Beginning God";
- Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Recording: New Vaudeville Band for "Winchester Cathedral";
- Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female: Paul McCartney for "Eleanor Rigby";
- Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental: The Mamas And The Papas for "Monday, Monday";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Recording: Ray Charles for "Crying Time";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female: Ray Charles for "Crying Time";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental: Ramsey Lewis for "Hold It Right There";
- Best Folk Recording: Cortelia Clark for "Blues In The Street";
- Best Sacred Recording (musical): Porter Wagoner And The Blackwood Brothers for "Grand Old Gospel";
- Best Country and Western Recording: David Houston for "Almost Persuaded";
- Best Country and Western Vocal Performance - Female: Jeannie Seely for "Don't Touch Me";
- Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male: David Houston for "Almost Persuaded";
- Best Country and Western Song: Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton for "Almost Persuaded";
- Best Instrumental Arrangement: Herb Alpert for "What Now My Love";
- Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist: Ernie Freeman for "Strangers In The Night";
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-classical: Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg for "Strangers In The Night";
- Best Engineered Recording - Classical: Anthony Salvatore for "Wagner: Lohengrin";
- Best Album Cover, Photography: Robert M. Jones and Les Leverette for "Confessions Of A Broken Man";
- Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts: Klaus Voormann for "Revolver";
- Album of the Year - Classical: Morton Gould and Howard Scott for "Ives: Symphony No. 1 In D Minor";
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra: Erich Leinsdorf for "Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor";
- Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal: Boston Symphony Chamber Players for "Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works Of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston";
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra): Julian Bream for "Baroque Guitar (Works Of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, Etc.)";
- Best Opera Recording: Georg Solti for "Wagner: Die Walkure";
- Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera): Robert Shaw for "Handel: Messiah", and George Bragg and Gregg Smith for "Ives: Music For Chorus";
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra): Leontyne Price for "Prima Donna (Works Of Barber, Purcell, Etc.)";
- Bing Crosby Award: Ella Fitzgerald.
- 1969 - Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 14th Symphony.
- 1974 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 16th Annual Grammy Awards.
- Record of the Year: Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song";
- Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder for "Innervisions";
- Song of the Year: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel for "Killing Me Softly With His Song";
- Best New Artist: Bette Midler;
- Best Instrumental Arrangement: Quincy Jones for "Summer In The City";
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): George Martin for "Live And Let Die";
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-classical: Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff for "Innervisions";
- Best Album Package: Wilkes And Braun for "Tommy";
- Best Album Notes: Dan Morgenstern for "God Is In The House";
- Best Album Notes - Classical: Glenn Gould for "Hindemith: Sonatas For Piano";
- Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist: Art Tatum for "God Is In The House";
- Best Jazz Performance by a Group: Supersax for "Supersax Plays Bird";
- Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band: Woody Herman for "Giant Steps";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Stevie Wonder for "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: Gladys Knight and The Pips for "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)";
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Eumir Deodato for "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Master Of Eyes";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Stevie Wonder for "Superstition";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: Gladys Knight and The Pips for "Midnight Train To Georgia";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance: Ramsey Lewis for "Hang On Sloopy";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Song: Stevie Wonder for "Superstition";
- Best Soul Gospel Performance: Dixie Hummingbirds for "Loves Me Like A Rock";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Olivia Newton-John for "Let Me Be There";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Charlie Rich for "Behind Closed Doors";
- Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge for "From The Bottle To The Bottom";
- Best Country Instrumental Performance: Steve Mandell and Eric Weissberg for "Dueling Banjos";
- Best Country Song: Kenny O'Dell for "Behind Closed Doors";
- Best Inspirational Performance: The Bill Gaither Trio for "Let's Just Praise The Lord";
- Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel): Blackwood Brothers for "Release Me (From My Sin)";
- Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues): Doc Watson for "Then And Now";
- Best Recording for Children: Joe Raposo for "Sesame Street Live";
- Best Comedy Recording: Cheech and Chong for "Los Cochinos";
- Best Spoken Word Recording: Richard Harris for "Jonathan Livingston Seagull";
- Best Instrumental Composition: Gato Barbieri for "Last Tango In Paris";
- Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special: Neil Diamond for "Jonathan Livingston Seagull";
- Best Score from the Original Cast Show Album: Stephen Sondheim and Goddard Lieberson for "A Little Night Music";
- Album of the Year, Classical: Pierre Boulez and Thomas Z. Shepard for "Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra";
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra: Pierre Boulez for "Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra";
- Best Opera Recording: Leonard Bernstein for "Bizet: Carmen";
- Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera): André Previn and Arthur Oldham for "Walton: Belshazzer's Feast";
- Best Chamber Music Performance: Gunther Schuller for "Joplin: The Red Back Book";
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra): Vladimir Ashkenazy for "Beethoven: Concerti (5) For Piano And Orchestra";
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra): Vladimir Horowitz for "Scriabin: Horowitz Plays Scriabin";
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance: Leontyne Price for "Puccini: Heroines";
- Best Engineered Recording - Classical: Edward T. Graham and Ray Moore for "Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra".
-
Grammy Hall of Fame inductees:
- "Body And Soul" by Coleman Hawkins,
- "The Christmas Song" by Nat "King" Cole,
- Paul Whiteman's version of Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue",
- "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five,
- Bing Crosby's (with the Ken Darby Singers) "White Christmas".
- 1976 - Holgate, Kemp and Lopez' musical premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1988 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 30th Annual Grammy Awards.
- Record of the Year: Paul Simon for "Graceland";
- Album of the Year: U2, Brian Eno, and Daniel Lanois for "The Joshua Tree";
- Song of the Year: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and James Horner for "Somewhere Out There";
- Best New Artist: Jody Watley;
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Whitney Houston for "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Sting for "Bring On The Night";
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley for "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life";
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist): Larry Carlton for "Minute By Minute";
- Best New Age Performance: Yusef Lateef for "Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo: Bruce Springsteen for "Tunnel Of Love";
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: U2 for "The Joshua Tree";
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist): Frank Zappa for "Jazz From Hell";
- Best Ryhthm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Aretha";
- Best Ryhthm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Smokey Robinson for "Just To See Her";
- Best Ryhthm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Aretha Franklin and George Michael for "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)";
- Best Ryhthm and Blues Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist): David Sanborn for "Chicago Song";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Song: Bill Withers for "Lean On Me";
- Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental: Pat Metheny Group for "Still Life (Talking)";
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female: Diane Schuur for "Diane Schuur and The Count Basie Orchestra";
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male: Bobby McFerrin for "What Is This Thing Called Love";
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist: Dexter Gordon for "The Other Side Of Round Midnight";
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group: Wynton Marsalis for "Marsalis Standard Time - Volume I";
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band: Mercer Ellington for "Digital Duke";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: K.T. Oslin for "80's Ladies";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Randy Travis for "Always and Forever";
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris for "Trio";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet: Ronnie Milsap and Kenny Rogers for "Make No Mistake, She's Mine";
- Best Country Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist): Asleep At The Wheel for "String Of Pars";
- Best Country Song: Don Schlitz and Paul Overstreet for "Forever And Ever, Amen";
- Best Gospel Performance, Female: Deniece Williams for "I Believe In You";
- Best Gospel Performance, Male: Larnelle Harris for "The Father Hath Provided";
- Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus: Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart for "Crack The Sky";
- Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female: CeCe Winans for "For Always";
- Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male: Al Green for "Everything's Gonna Be Alright";
- Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus: Anita Baker and The Winans for "Ain't No Need To Worry";
- Best Latin Pop Performance: Julio Iglesias for "Un Hombre Solo";
- Best Tropical Latin Performance: Eddie Palmieri for "La Verdad - The Truth";
- Best Mexican-american Performance: Los Tigres Del Norte for "Gracias! America Sin Fronteras";
- Best Traditional Blues Recording: Professor Longhair for "Houseparty New Orleans Style";
- Best Contemporary Blues Recording: The Robert Cray Band for "Strong Persuader";
- Best Traditional Folk Recording: Ladysmith Black Mambazo for "Shaka Zulu";
- Best Contemporary Folk Recording: Steve Goodman for "Unfinished Business";
- Best Polka Recording: Jimmy Sturr for "A Polka Just For Me";
- Best Reggae Recording: Peter Tosh for "No Nuclear War";
- Best Recording for Children: Bobby McFerrin and Jack Nicholson for "The Elephant's Child";
- Best Comedy Recording: Robin Williams for "A Night At The Met";
- Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording: Garrison Keillor for "Lake Wobegon Days";
- Best Musical Cast Show Album: Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, and Claude-Michel Schonberg for "Les Miserables";
- Best Instrumental Composition: Billy Higgins, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Wayne Shorter for "Call Sheet Blues";
- Best Album or Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television: Ennio Morricone for "The Untouchables";
- Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and James Horner for "Somewhere Out There";
- Best Performance Music Video: Anthony Eaton for "The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert";
- Best Concept Music Video: Genesis, Jim Yukich, John Lloyd, and Jon Blair for "Land Of Confusion";
- Best Arrangement on an Instrumental: Bill Holman for "Take The "A" Train";
- Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s): Frank Foster for "Deedles' Blues";
- Best Album Package: Bill Johnson for "King's Record Shop";
- Best Album Notes: Orrin Keepnews for "Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings";
- Best Historical Album: Orrin Keepnews for "Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings";
- Best Engineered Recording - Non-classical: Bruce Swedien and Humberto Gatica for "Bad";
- Producer of the Year, (non classical): Narada Michael Walden;
- Best Classical Album: Vladimir Horowitz and Thomas Frost for "Horowitz In Moscow";
- Best Orchestral Recording: Georg Solti and Michael Haas for "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor";
- Best Opera Recording: Agnes Baltsa, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Kathleen Battle, James Levine, and Cord Garben for "R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos";
- Best Choral Performance (other than opera): Robert Shaw for "Hindemith: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd";
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra): Itzhak Perlman and James Levine for "Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 4";
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra): Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz In Moscow";
- Best Chamber Music Performance: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman and Lynn Harrell for "Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios";
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance: Kathleen Battle for "Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital";
- Best Contemporary Composition: Krzysztof Penderecki for "Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2";
- Best Engineered Recording - Classical: Jack Renner for "Faure: Requiem/Durufle: Requiem";
- Classical Producer of the Year: Robert Woods.
- 1994 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 36th Annual Grammy Awards.
- Record of the Year: Whitney Houston for "I Will Always Love You";
- Album of the Year: Whitney Houston, Babyface, BeBe Winans, David Cole, David Foster, L.A. Reid, Narada Michael Walden, and Robert Clivilles for "The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album";
- Song of the Year: Alan Menken and Tim Rice for "A Whole New World";
- Best New Artist: Toni Braxton;
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Whitney Houston for "I Will Always Love You";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Sting for "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You";
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle for "A Whole New World";
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance: Tony Bennett for "Steppin' Out";
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis for "Barcelona Mona";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo: Meat Loaf for "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)";
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Aerosmith for "Livin' On The Edge";
- Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal: Stone Temple Pilots for "Plush";
- Best Metal Performance with Vocal: Ozzy Osbourne for "I Don't Want To Change The World";
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Steve Vai for "Sofa";
- Best Rock Song: David Pirner for "Runaway Train";
- Best Alternative Music Album: U2 for "Zooropa";
- Best Ryhthm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Toni Braxton for "Another Sad Love Song";
- Best Ryhthm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Ray Charles for "A Song For You";
- Best Ryhthm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Sade for "No Ordinary Love";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Song: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for "That's The Way Love Goes";
- Best Rap Solo Performance: Dr. Dre for "Let Me Ride";
- Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Digable Planets for "Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)";
- Best New Age Album: Paul Winter Consort for "Spanish Angel";
- Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (instrumental): Pat Metheny Group for "The Road To You";
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance: Natalie Cole for "Take A Look";
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: Joe Henderson for "Miles Ahead";
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group: Joe Henderson for "So Near, So Far (Musings For Miles)";
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance: Miles Davis and Quincy Jones for "Miles And Quincy Live At Montreux";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Passionate Kisses";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Dwight Yoakam for "Ain't That Lonely Yet";
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Brooks and Dunn for "Hard Workin' Man";
- Best Country Vocal Collaboration: Reba McEntire and Linda Davis for "Does He Love You";
- Best Country Instrumental Performance: Asleep At The Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben Gosfield and Vince Gill for "Red Wing";
- Best Bluegrass Album: The Nashville Bluegrass Band for "Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go";
- Best Country Song: Lucinda Williams for "Passionate Kisses";
- Best Rock Gospel Album: dc Talk for "Free At Last";
- Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Steven Curtis Chapman for "The Live Adventure";
- Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Kathy Mattea for "Good News";
- Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album: Shirley Caesar for "Stand Still";
- Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: The Winans for "All Out";
- Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus: Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir for "Live...We Come Rejoicing";
- Best Latin Pop Album: Luis Miguel for "Aries";
- Best Tropical Latin Album: Gloria Estefan for "Mi Tierra";
- Best Mexican-American Album: Selena for "Live";
- Best Traditional Blues Album: B.B. King for "Blues Summit";
- Best Contemporary Blues Album: Buddy Guy for "Feels Like Rain";
- Best Traditional Folk Album: The Chieftains for "The Celtic Harp";
- Best Contemporary Folk Album: Nanci Griffith for "Other Voices/Other Rooms";
- Best Reggae Album: Inner Circle for "Bad Boys";
- Best World Music Album: Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt for "A Meeting By The River";
- Best Polka Album: Walter Ostanek and His Band for "Accordionally Yours";
- Best Musical Album for Children: Alan Menken and Tim Rice for "Aladdin - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack";
- Best Spoken Word Album for Children: Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Raffin and Michael Viner for "Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales";
- Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album: Maya Angelou for "On The Pulse Of Morning";
- Best Spoken Comedy Album: George Carlin for "Jammin' In New York";
- Best Musical Show Album: Pete Townshend and George Martin for "The Who's Tommy";
- Best Instrumental Composition: Kenny G for "Forever In Love";
- Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television: Alan Menken for "Aladdin";
- Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: Alan Menken and Tim Rice for "A Whole New World";
- Best Music Video - Short Form: Peter Gabriel, Stephen Johnson, and Prudence Fenton for "Steam";
- Best Music Video - Lng Form: Sting, Doug Nichol, and Julie Fong for "Ten Summoner's Tales";
- Best Arrangement on an Instrumental: Dave Grusin for "Mood Indigo";
- Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s): David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock for "When I Fall In Love";
- Best Recording Package: David Lau for "The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959";
- Best Album Notes: Buck Clayton, Joel E. Siegel and Phil Schaap for "The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959";
- Best Historical Album: Michael Lang and Phil Schaap for "The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959";
- Best Engineered Album - Non-classical: Hugh Padgham for "Ten Summoner's Tales";
- Producer of the Year: David Foster;
- Best Classical Album: John Aler, John Tomlinson, Pierre Boulez, and Karl-August Naegler for "Bartók: The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana";
- Best Orchestral Performance: Pierre Boulez for "Bartók: The Wooden Prince";
- Best Opera Recording: John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey, John Aler, Sylvia McNair, Michael Chance, Neil Mackie and Mark S. Doss for "Handel: Semele";
- Best Performance of a Choral Work: Pierre Boulez and Margaret Hillis for "Bartók: Cantata Profana";
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra): Anne-Sophie Mutter for "Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant";
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra): John Browning for "Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music";
- Best Chamber Music Performance: Emerson String Quartet for "Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2/Barber: String Quartet Op. 11 (American Originals)";
- Best Classical Vocal Performance: Arleen Auger for "The Art Of Arleen Auger (Works Of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart)";
- Best Contemporary Composition: Elliott Carter for "Carter: Violin Concerto";
- Best Engineered Recording, classical: Rainer Maillard for "Bartók: The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana";
- Classical Producer of the Year: Judith Sherman for "Judith Sherman";
- Legend Award: Frank Sinatra, Curtis Mayfield;
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Aretha Franklin.
- 1994 - Miami, Florida, begins a Latin Walk of Fame; first star for Gloria Estefan.
- 1996 - All five members of one of Brazil's top rock bands, Mamonas Assassinas, die in a plane crash returning to Sao Paulo from a concert in Brasilia.
Births on March 2
- 1917 - Birth of Desi Arnaz in Santiago, Cuba; singer/actor (Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy).
- 1938 - Birth of Simon Estes in Centerville, Iowa, USA; bass/baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos).
- 1939 - Birth of Gerard van Tongeren; Dutch singer (Buffoons).
- 1942 - Birth of Lou Reed [Louis Firbank] in Freeport, New York, USA; vocalist/guitarist ("Walk on the Wild Side", Velvet Underground).
- 1942 - Birth of Tony Meehan [Daniel Meehan] in London, England; rocker (The Drifters, The Vipers).
- 1943 - Birth of George Benson; jazz/blues guitarist ("Breezin'", "This Masquerade").
- 1949 - Birth of Rory Gallagher in Ballyshannon, Ireland; rock guitarist (See Here).
- 1950 - Birth of Karen Carpenter in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; singer/drummer (The Carpenters - Close to You, We've Only Just Begun, Top of the World, Please Mr. Postman).
- 1953 - Birth of William Simmons; sax/keyboardist (Midnight Star - "No Parking").
- 1955 - Birth of Dale Bozzio in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rock vocalist (Missing Persons - "Destination Unknown").
- 1955 - Birth of Jay Osmond in Ogden, Utah, USA; singer (Osmond Brothers, Donny and Marie).
- 1956 - Birth of John Cowsill in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; rock drummer (The Cowsills - "We Can Fly").
- 1956 - Birth of Mark Evans in Melbourne, Australia; rock bassist (AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", Warrior Soul - "Last Decade of The Century").
- 1959 - Birth of Andrew Farriss in Australia; rock keyboardist (Inxs - "Kiss the Dirt").
- 1959 - Birth of Larry Stewart in Paducah, Kentucky, USA; country singer (Restless Heart - "Wheels").
- 1962 - Birth of Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi] in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name").
- 1966 - Birth of Stevie Rachelle; rock vocalist (Tuff - "What Comes Around Goes Around").
- 1976 - Birth of Casey; rock musician (Jimmie's Chicken Shack).
- 1977 - Birth of Chris Martin; singer (Coldplay).
- 1980 - Birth of Vince Walker; singer (Suburban Legends).
Deaths on March 2
- 1991 - Death of Serge Gainsbourg at age 62; French singer, composer, actor (Fury of Hercules) (born 1928).
- 1999 - Death of Dusty Springfield of breat cancer at age 59 in England; British singer ("Son of a Preacher Man", "Wishin' and Hopin'", "I Only Want to Be With You", "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (1999)).
- 2003 - Death of Hank Ballard from throat cancer; American singer, songwriter ("The Twist").
- 2005 - Death of Martin Denny at age 93 in Hawaii, USA; composer/pianist ("Quiet Village", "The Enchanted Sea", "A Taste of Honey", "Ebb Tide").
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/music/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
|