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What happened in history on this day: March 14?
On March 14 in ...
- 1901 - First performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A.
- 1971 - The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes.
- 1972 - ABC live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 14th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: Carole King for "It's Too Late";
Album of the year: Carole King and Lou Adler for "Tapestry";
Song of the Year: Carole King for "You've Got A Friend";
Best New Artist of the Year: Carly Simon;
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Isaac Hayes and Johnny Allen for "Theme From Shaft";
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Paul McCartney for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey";
Best Engineered Recording - Non-classical: Dave Purple, Henry Bush, and Ron Capone for "Theme From Shaft";
Best Album Cover: Dean O. Torrence and Gene Brownell for "Pollution";
Best Album Notes: Sam Samudio for "Sam, Hard And Heavy";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Carole King for "Tapestry";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: James Taylor for "You've Got A Friend";
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: The Carpenters for "The Carpenters";
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Quincy Jones for "Smackwater Jack";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance by a Group: Ike and Tina Turner for "Proud Mary";
Best Rhythm and Blues Song: Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine";
Best Soul Gospel Performance: Shirley Caesar for "Put Your Hand In The Hand Of The Man From Galilee";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through The Night";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot";
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn for "After The Fire Is Gone";
Best Country Instrumental Performance: Chet Atkins for "Snowbird";
Best Country Song: Kris Kristofferson for "Help Me Make It Through The Night";
Best Sacred Performance: Charley Pride for "Did You Think To Pray";
Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel): Charley Pride for "Let Me Live";
Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording: Muddy Waters for "They Call Me Muddy Waters";
Best Instrumental Composition: Michel Legrand for "Theme From Summer Of '42";
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special: Isaac Hayes for "Shaft";
Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album: Stephen Schwartz for "Godspell";
Best Recording for Children: Bill Cosby for "Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs";
Best Comedy Recording: Lily Tomlin for "This Is A Recording"
Best Spoken Word Recording: Les Crane for "Desiderata";
Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist: Bill Evans for "The Bill Evans Album";
Best Jazz Performance by a Group: The Bill Evans Trio for "The Bill Evans Album";
Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band: Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite";
Album of the Year, Classical: Vladimir Horowitz, Richard Killough, and Thomas Frost for "Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)";
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra: Carlo Maria Giulini for "Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D";
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra): Julian Bream for "Villa-Lobos: Concerto For Guitar";
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra): Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)";
Best Chamber Music Performance: The Juilliard String Quartet for "Debussy: Quartet In G Minor/Ravel: Quartet In F";
Best Opera Recording: Erich Leinsdorf and Richard Mohr for "Verdi: Aida";
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance: Leontyne Price for "Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann";
Best Choral Performance - Classical: Colin Davis for "Berlioz: Requiem";
Best Engineered Recording, Classical: Vittorio Negri for "Berlioz: Requiem";
- 1980 - Music producer Quincy Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on his 47th birthday.
Births on March 14
- 1681 - Birth of Georg Philipp Telemann, in Magdeburg, Germany; composer (Leipzig Opera, concertmaster in Eisenach, Frankfurt, Hamburg).
- 1804 - Birth of Johann Strauss the Elder; Viennese violinist/composer (Radetzky March).
- 1912 - Birth of Les Brown in Reinerton, Pennsylvania, USA; bandleader (Band of Renown, Bob Hope, "Sentimental Journey", "My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time", "Leap Frog", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"), musical director (Dean Martin).
- 1919 - Birth of Luther Henderson Junior in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; orchestra leader/arranger (50+ Broadway shows, arranged 100+ songs for The Canadian Brass, Duke Ellington, The Bell Telephone Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Polly Bergen Show).
- 1922 - Birth of Les Baxter in Mexia, Texas, USA; orchestra leader/composer (Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young"), produce ("Ruby", "Unchained Melody", "The Poor People Of Paris"), musical director (The Halls Of Ivy, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello). writer ("Whistle" theme - Lassie TV show).
- 1931 - Birth of Phil Phillips [Baptiste]; rock vocalist ("Sea Of Love").
- 1933 - Birth of Quincy Jones Junior in Chicago, Illinois, USA; jazz and rhythm and blues producer/composer/singer ("We Are The World").
- 1934 - Birth of Shirley Scott; swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine).
- 1942 - Birth of Jerry Jeff Walker in Oneonta, New York, USA; country singer ("Mr Bojangles").
- 1943 - Birth of Jim Pons in Santa Monica, California, USA; bassist (Turtles - "Happy Together").
- 1945 - Birth of Michael Martin Murphey in Dallas, Texas, USA; country singer ("Wildfire").
- 1945 - Birth of Walter Parazaider in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rock saxophonist (Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now").
- 1952 - Birth of David Byrne; guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads - "Burning Down the House").
- 1954 - Birth of Jann Browne; country singer ("Mexican Wind").
- 1955 - Birth of Boon Gould; rock guitarist (Level 42 - "Hot Water").
- 1969 - Birth of Michael Bland; drummer (Soul Asylum).
- 1970 - Birth of Kristian Bush; country singer (Sugarland).
- 1972 - Birth of Derrick Dorsey; rock musician (Jimmie's Chicken Shack).
- 1983 - Birth of Jordan Taylor Hanson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; singer-keyboardist (Hanson - "MMMBop").
Deaths on March 14
- 1991 - Howard Ashman, American song writer ("Under the Sea"), dies of AIDS at 40 (born 1950).
- 1991 - Death of Jerome "Doc" Pomus at age 65; American songwriter ("A Teenager in Love", "Save The Last Dance For Me", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Little Sister", "Suspicion", "Surrender", "Viva Las Vegas").
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