Birthdays this weekend include . . .
3 March: Mike Pender, guitarist/vocalist with the Searchers . . .
The Searchers, "Love Potion Number 9"
! No longer availableThe Searchers, "What Have They Done to the Rain"
! No longer available. . . rapper Tone Loc . . .
Tone Loc, "Wild Thing"
! No longer available4 March: Vivaldi . . .
Vivaldi: Concerto for Three Violins (Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman; New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, conductor)
! No longer available. . . Willie Johnson, guitarist for Howlin' Wolf's first band, who was said to be so loyal to Memphis that he refused to move to Chicago when Wolf did, which probably
cost him a shot at becoming more famous (and paved the way for Hubert Sumlin to achieve fame in his own right as Wolf's main guitarist) . . .
Howlin' Wolf, "Well That's All Right"
! No longer availableHowlin' Wolf, "My Troubles and Me"
! No longer availableSammy Lewis with the Willie Johnson Combo, "So Long Baby Goodbye"
! No longer available. . . French composer/conductor Paul Mauriat, whose song "Chariot" was given lyrics and turned into Little Peggy March's hit "I Will Follow Him," before
he had an unexpected smash in 1968 with another of his own compositions . . .
Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra, "Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)"
! No longer available. . . South African singer Miriam Makeba, who had an unexpected smash in 1967 . . .
Miriam Makeba, "Pata Pata"
! No longer available. . . Eric Allandale of the Foundations . . .
The Foundations, "Baby, Now That I've Found You"
! No longer available. . . Yes bassist Chris Squire . . .
Yes, "Close to the Edge"
! No longer available. . . Jason Newsted, bassist for Metallica . . .
Metallica, "Enter Sandman"
! No longer available. . . and, for Willie Chambers of the Chambers Brothers . . .
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