Today in rock history 10th March

1947 – Tom Schulz (Boston) is born in Toledo Ohio. Tom was guitarist mastermind behind the mega group Boston.

1958 – Chuck Berry’s Sweet Little Sixteen is US R&B No. 1

1963 – Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) is born.

1966 – Edie Brickell is born in Oak Cliff, Texas.

1971 – Beatles manager Allen Klein is barred from involvement in the band’s affairs as the Fab Four’s career together winds down.

1972 – America awarded gold disc for Horse with No Name.

1973 – The Pink Floyd album ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ was released in America, it spent over 740 weeks on the chart over a 14-year period.

1973 – Born on this day, John Charles LeCompt, guitar, Evanescence.

1974 – David Bowie performs the Philadelphia concert that is later released as the album David Live.

1981 – Jimmy Page makes his first solo appearance since the dissolution of Led Zeppelin, joining Jeff Beck onstage in London to jam through three encores.

1984 – Ian Gillan leaves Black Sabbath.

1984 – Van Halen held the No.1 position on the US singles chart with ‘Jump’.

1996 – Alanis Morissette won Best Album for ‘Jagged Little Pill’, Best Female singer, Best Rock Album, Best songwriter and best single at the 25th Juno Awards held in Hamilton, Canada.

1998 – Eric Clapton’s “Pilgrim” is issued worldwide.

1998 – Scott Weiland, lead singer of Alt-Rock group Stone Temple Pilots, debuts his solo career with “12 Bar Blues” on Atlantic.

2002 – Alanis Morissette went to No.1 on the US album chart and No.2 on the UK chart with ‘Under Rug Swept.’

2003 – An eclectic array of artists induct the new members into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani inducts the Police, while Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler inducts AC/DC. Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello introduces the surviving members of the Clash, Elton John inducts Elvis Costello, and Billy Joel salutes the Righteous Brothers.

2003 – The White Stripes postpone an Austin concert after drummer Meg White slides on some ice and fractures her wrist in two places.

2005 - Molly Hatchet singer Danny Joe Brown died at his home in Davie, FL due to complications from diabetes. He was 53 years old.

2011 – Bon Jovi is No. 1 currently in Box Office tours.

2016 - Eagles' drummer Don Henley said that the band would not re-group after the death of its co-founder Glenn Frey in February.