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What happened in history on this day: March 25?
On March 25 in ...
- 1939 - Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart.
- 1946 - First performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto".
- 1966 - The Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album; it is later pulled.
- 1983 - During the anniversary show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Michael Jackson thrills the audience by dancing and singing while performing his hit song Billie Jean. The highlight of his act is his signature move: the moonwalk, which he performs in public for the first time.
Births on March 25
- 1699 - Birth of Johann Adolph Hasse in Bergedorf; composer (Antioco opera, Seso strate opera), music director of the Dresden Opera.
- 1881 - Birth of Béla Bartók in Hungary; composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra).
- 1903 - Birth of Frankie Carle in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; bandleader/pianist ("Golden Touch", "Sunrise Serenade", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be").
- 1909 - Birth of Jay Blackton in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/arranger (Guys and Dolls).
- 1934 - Birth of Johnny Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rockabilly pioneer ("Dreamin'", "You're 16", "Trains Kept A-Rollin", The Rock and Roll Trio).
- 1938 - Birth of Hoyt Axton in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA; singer/songwriter ("Greenback Dollar", "Never Been to Spain", "Joy To The World"), actor (Bonanza TV show, I Dream of Jeannie, McCloud, Diff'rent Strokes, Murder She Wrote, WKRP, Black Stallion, Junkman, Rousters).
- 1940 - Birth of Anita Bryant in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA; Miss Oklahoma, Miss America (1958)/singer (George Gobel Show).
- 1942 - Birth of Aretha Franklin in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; singer ("Respect").
- 1947 - Birth of Elton John AKA Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, Middlesex, England; singer, pianist ("Rocketman", "Your Song", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road").
- 1948 - Birth of Kelly Garrett; actress/singer (Holdin, Your Hit Parade, Real Tom Kennedy Show).
- 1948 - Birth of Michael Stanley in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; rocker (Michael Stanley Band).
- 1949 - Birth of Neil Jones; musician ("Bend Me Shape Me").
- 1949 - Birth of Nick Lowe in Woodchurch, Suffolk, England; rocker (Rockpile - "Cruel to be Kind").
- 1951 - Birth of Bob Pelander; rock keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band).
- 1951 - Birth of Maisie Williams in Montserrat; rock vocalist (Boney M).
- 1960 - Birth of Steve Norman in London, England; rock saxophone player (Spandau Ballet - "True").
- 1966 - Birth of Jeff Healey in Canada; blind pop guitarist ("See the Light").
- 1975 - Birth of Melanie Blatt; singer (All Saints).
- 1984 - Birth of Katharine McPhee; singer (American Idol TV show).
- 1987 - Birth of Jason Castro; American singer (American Idol TV show).
- 1989 - Birth of Alyson Michalka; American actress/singer (Ally and AJ).
Deaths on March 25
- 2006 - Death of Buck Owens AKA Alvis Edgar Owens Junior at age 76; country music star ("I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Act Naturally", "Waiting in Your Welfare Line"), host (Hee Haw TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Taylor Hawkins at age 50 at Four Seasons Casa Medina Bogotá, Colombia; drummer, singer, songwriter (Foo Fighters).
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