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What happened in history on this day: March 15?
On March 15 in ...
- 1945 - Billboard publishes its first album chart (King Cole Trio is #1).
- 1966 - NBC airs "The Best on Record", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 8th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss for "A Taste Of Honey";
Album of the Year: Frank Sinatra and Sonny Burke for "September Of My Years";
Album of the Year -- Classical: Vladimir Horowitz and Thomas Frost for "Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return";
Song of the Year: Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster for "The Shadow Of Your Smile";
Best Vocal Performance, Female: Barbra Streisand for "My Name Is Barbra";
Best Vocal Performance, Male: Frank Sinatra for "It Was A Very Good Year";
Best Instrumental Performance, Non-jazz: Herb Alpert for "A Taste Of Honey";
Best Performance by a Vocal Group: Anita Kerr Singers for "We Dig Mancini";
Best Performance by a Chorus: Ward Swingle for "Anyone For Mozart?";
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show: Johnny Mandel for "The Sandpiper";
Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album: Alan J. Lerner and Burton Lane for "On A Clear Day";
Best Comedy Performance: Bill Cosby for "Why Is There Air?";
Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording: Goddard Lieberson for "John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him";
Best New Artist: Tom Jones;
Best Recording for Children: Marvin Miller for "Dr. Seuss Presents 'Fox In Sox' And 'Green Eggs And Ham'";
Best Album Notes: Stan Cornyn for "September Of My Years";
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group: Ramsey Lewis for "The 'In' Crowd";
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group: Duke Ellington for "Ellington '66";
Best Original Jazz Composition: Lalo Schifrin for "Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts";
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Herb Alpert for "A Taste Of Honey";
Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist: Gordon Jenkins for "It Was A Very Good Year";
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Single: Roger Miller for "King Of The Road";
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Vocal Performance - Female: Petula Clark for "I Know A Place";
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Vocal Performance - Male: Roger Miller for "King Of The Road";
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Performance - Group (vocal or instrumental): The Statler Brothers for "Flowers On The Wall";
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording: James Brown for "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag";
Best Folk Recording: Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba for "An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba";
Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (musical): George Beverly Shea and Anita Kerr for "Southland Favorites";
Best Country and Western Single: Roger Miller for "King Of The Road";
Best Country and Western Album: Roger Miller for "The Return Of Roger Miller";
Best Country and Western Vocal Performance - Female: Jody Miller for "Queen Of The House";
Best Country and Western Vocal Performance - Male: Roger Miller for "King Of The Road";
Best Country and Western Song: Roger Miller for "King Of The Road";
Best New Country and Western Artist: the Statler Brothers;
Best Engineered Recording - Non-classical: Larry Levine for "A Taste Of Honey";
Best Engineered Recording, Classical: Fred Plaut for "Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return";
Best Album Cover - Photography: Robert M. Jones and Ken Whitmore for "Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts";
Best Album Cover - Graphic Arts: George Estes and James Alexander for "Bartók: Concerto No. 2 For Violin/Stravinsky: Concerto For Violin";
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra: Leopold Stokowski for "Ives: Symphony No. 4";
Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal: The Juilliard String Quartet for "Bartók: The Six String Quartets - Nos. 1-6";
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra): Artur Rubinstein for "Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G";
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra): Vladimir Horowitz for "Horowitz At Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return";
Best Opera Recording: Karl Bohm for "Berg: Wozzeck";
Best Classical Choral Performance (other than opera): Robert Shaw for "Stravinsky: Symphony Of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria";
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance: Leontyne Price for "Strauss: Salome (Dance Of The Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene)/The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene)";
Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer: Charles Ives for "Ives: Symphony No. 4";
Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist: Peter Serkin for "Bach: Goldberg Variations";
Bing Crosby Award: Duke Ellington.
- 1968 - Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri.
- 1968 - Life magazine calls Jimi Hendrix the "most spectacular guitarist in the world".
Births on March 15
- 1907 - Birth of Zarah Stina Hedberg AKA Zarah Leander in Karlstad, Sweden; stage and film actor and singer (Gabriela) (dies 1981).
- 1907 - Birth of Jimmy McPartland; jazz trumpeter/actor (Magic Horn).
- 1916 - Birth of Henry Haag James AKA Harry James in Albany Georgia, USA; bandleader, trumpeter ("You Made Me Love You").
- 1927 - Birth of Carl Smith in Maynardville, Tennessee, USA: country singer (Grand Ole Opry).
- 1933 - Birth of Cecil Perceval Taylor; composer/jazz pianist (University of Wisconsin).
- 1933 - Birth of Roy Clark; country singer (Hee Haw).
- 1940 - Birth of Phil Lesh [Chapman] in Berkeley, California, USA; rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead).
- 1941 - Birth of Mike Love in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beach Boys - "In My Room", "Surfin' USA").
- 1942 - Birth of Hughie Flint in London, England; rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band).
- 1944 - Birth of David Costell in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; rocker (Gary Lewis and the Playboys - "This Diamond Ring").
- 1944 - Birth of Sly Stone in Dallas, Texas, USA; rocker (Sly and the Family Stone - "Everyday People").
- 1946 - Birth of Howard Scott in San Pedro, California, USA; rock guitarist/vocalist ("War", "Cisco Kid").
- 1947 - Birth of Ry[land] Cooder in Los Angeles, California, USA; blues guitarist (Crossroads).
- 1955 - Birth of Dee Snider in Massapequa, New York, USA; rocker (Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It").
- 1962 - Birth of Steve Coy; rocker (Dead or Alive - "Spin Me Round").
- 1962 - Birth of Terrence Trent D'Arby in New York City, New York, USA; rock vocalist (Wishing Well).
- 1963 - Birth of Bret Michaels in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; guitarist (Poison - "Talk Dirty to Me").
- 1963 - Birth of Frans Koenn; Dutch rock bassist (Loïs Lane - "Precious").
- 1964 - Birth of Rockwell [Kennedy Gordy] in Detroit, Michigan, USA; rock vocalist (Somebody's Watching Me).
- 1968 - Birth of Sabrina Salerno in Genoa, Italy; Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys).
Deaths on March 15
- 1929 - Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at age 24.
- 1991 - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at age 84.
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