This Day in Music - March 29th
Posted Sun 29 Mar 2009 8:26AM BST by Neil Cossar in This Day In Music
2005, Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital in New York. Doctors expected the 59 year old to make a full recovery. The aneurysm was discovered when Young's vision became blurred after the induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.
1985, Jeanine Deckers, The Singing Nun, died aged 52 after taking a overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a friend. Her 1963 single 'Dominique' sold over 1.5 million copies, winning a Grammy Award for the year's best Gospel song. Deckers wrote about her financial difficulties in a suicide note, and in a great irony, the very day of her suicide and unknown to her, the Belgian association that collects royalties for songwriters awarded her $300,000 (571,658 Belgian francs).
1980, Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', spent its 303rd week on the US album chart, beating the record set by Carole King's album 'Tapestry.'
1975, Led Zeppelin had all their six albums in the US Top 100 chart in the same week with their latest album Physical Graffiti at No.1.
Happy birthday to Perry Farrell Born on this day in 1959. Member of Jane's Addiction, (1991 single 'Been Caught Stealing', 1990 album 'Ritual De Lo Habitual'), Porno For Pyros, (1993 US No.3 self-titled album). Conceived US 'Lollapalooza' tours.
