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Today In R&R History March 25th
Daily Rock and Roll History, Birthday and short music clips.
A year long, day by day look back at this date in Rock History in 3-5 minute segments. Now airing WRGG in Greencastle, PA.
Craig Maher / Exo-X-Xeno Wax Museum Interview
Craig Maher from Exo-X-Xeno talking about the 2025 album "Luminous Voyage"
- Click picture to listen to the interview with Craig talking about the Exo-X-Xeno project with Yes members Billy Sherwood, Jay Shellen and Patrick Moraz.
Rock and Roll Birthdays
March 25th
- March 25th Birthday, Rockabilly pioneer Johnny Burnette, born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1934. Burnette got his professional start on The Steve Allen Show in the mid-50’s. He died on August 14th, 1964 of drowning while fishing in Clear Lake, California at the age of 30.
- March 25th Birthday, Songwriter, guitarist and actor Hoyt Axton, born in Duncan, Oklahoma in 1938. He died on October 26th, 1999, aged 61.
- March 25th Birthday, R&B and Gospel Singer Aretha Franklin, born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1942. Nicknamed “The Queen Of Soul,” Aretha was the first woman inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. She died on August 16th, 2018, aged 76.
- March 25th Birthday, Singer, songwriter, pianist and record producer Reginald Kenneth Dwight, professionally known as Elton John, born in 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, England.
- March 25th Birthday, Blues guitarist Jeff Healey, born in Toronto, Canada in 1966. Healey died on March 2nd, 2008 of sarcoma in his home town of Toronto at the age of 41.
Nektar Wax Museum interview 4/11/25
Nektar interviewed on the second night of the 2025 "Mission To Mars" Tour
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Today In Rock and Roll History
March 25th
- March 25th, 1961 “The Drifters’ “Some Kind Of Wonderful” enters the singles charts on Atlantic Records. Co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, the record peaked at No. 32 on May 20th.
- March 25th, 1963 Capitol Records release “Surfin’ USA,” the second album by The Beach Boys. The LP and the record’s title track both went to No. 2 on the album and singles charts, The Beach Boys’ first big hit, Chuck Berry was later given co-writing credit after a lawsuit, claiming similarities between the song and Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen.”
- March 25th, 1963 Johnny Cash records “Ring Of Fire” with producer Don Law. Co-written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore, the song was originally recorded by June’s sister, Anita Carter, on her 1963 Mercury Records album “Folk Songs Old and New” as “(Love’s) Ring of Fire.” It was Cash’s idea to add the mariachi horn arrangement to the song, a departure from his usual style. Released on April 19th, “Ring Of Fire” was a No. 1 hit on the Country and Western charts and a No. 17 hit on the Pop Singles charts, peaking on July 27th.
- March 25th, 1964 Chuck Berry records “No Particular Place To Go” at Chess Studios in Chicago with producers Leonard and Phil Chess. Backing Berry were pianist Paul Williams, drummer Odie Payne and bassist Louis Satterfield. Released as a single on May 16th, the record went to No. 10 on July 11th, No. 6 in Canada.
- March 25th, 1966 Shake Records in Britain release “Take Me Into Your Eyes” backed with “Pretty Baby,” the first single by Roy Harper.
- March 25th, 1967 CBS Records in England release “Midspring Dithering” backed with “Zengem” by Roy Harper on 45, produced by Shel Talmy.
- March 25th, 1967 “Happy Together” by The Turtles is the No. 1 record in the US.
- March 25th, 1967 The self-titled debut album by Buffalo Springfield enters the charts. The LP was reissued in October 1966 by Atco Records with a different track listing. The Springfield recorded “For What It’s Worth” as a stand-alone single on December 5th. When the single charted, the debut album was reissued with “For What It’s Worth” on it. “Buffalo Springfield” peaked at No. 80 on May 13th.
- March 25th, 1967 “Eric Is Here,” a solo album by Eric Burdon, enters the album charts on MGM Records. Recorded in the interim between the break-up of the original Animals and the formation of Erc Burdon and The New Animals, the LP was recorded with Animals drummer Barry Jenkins and may have included members of the original band, recorded at various sessions in the band’s career. The record was a collection of songs by a number of different songwriters and featured the original version of a song Randy Newman wrote for Burdon to sing. “Mama Told Me Not To Come” was planned as a single in 1966 but wasn’t released until the LP came out a year later. The song became a big hit for Three Dog Night a year later. “Eric Is Here” peaked at No. 121 on May 20th, 1967.
- March 25th, 1967 B.T. Puppy Records release “I Got Rhythm” by Patterson, New Jersey band The Happenings on 45. Co-written by George and Ira Gershwin and published in 1930 from the musical “Girl Crazy,” the song became a jazz standard. The track was co-produced by The Tokens and arranged by Herb Bernstein. The Happenings’ record peaked at No. 3 on May 27th.
- March 25th, 1967 The Who make their US debut on Murray The K’s shows at the Brooklyn Fox Theater, playing for ten consecutive days.
- March 25th, 1967 “Pipe Dream” by Blues Magoos enters the singles charts following a February release on Mercury Records. The single peaked at No. 60 on April 22nd. The record’s B-side “There’s A Chance We Can Make It” made an entry as well, on April 8th, charted for two weeks and peaked at No. 81. Both songs were co-written by band bassist Ronald Gilbert and keyboardist Ralph Scala.
- March 25th, 1967 MGM Records release “When I Was Young” by Eric Burdon and The Animals. Co-written by five of the band members, singer Eric Burdon, drummer Barry Jenkins, guitarists John Weider and Vic Briggs and bassist Danny McCulloch, the record entered the charts two weeks later and peaked at No. 15 on May 6th.
- March 25th, 1967 Bang Records release “Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon” by Neil Diamond. The mono and stereo LP versions of the song are different than one another, with strings coming in on the second verse and a longer fade out on the mono version. Written by Neil Diamond and co-produced by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, the record entered the charts in April and went to No. 10 on May 27th, charting for eleven weeks.
- March 25th, 1969 At The Record Plant Studios in New York City, Jimi Hendrix records two jam sessions. The first with Buddy Miles Express guitarist Jim McCarty and the second with jazz guitarist John McLaughlin.
- March 25th, 1970 Columbia Records release “Vintage Violence,” the first solo album by The Velvet Underground’s John Cale. Cale put together a band called Penguin for sessions that featured guitarist Garland Jeffreys, co-producing the LP with Lewis Merenstein.
- March 25th, 1970 Capitol Records release “Band Of Gypsys,” a live album by Jimi Hendrix’ new band. The album was recorded on New Year’s Eve 69-70 at The Fillmore East in New York City by the Wally Heider Mobile Recording Unit, released by Capitol as a contractual obligation to settle a lawsuit brought by record producer Ed Chalpin, who signed Hendrix to a dubious contract before his success as a solo artist in 1965. The LP reached No. 5 on the album charts on May 16th, No. 6 in England.
- March 25th, 1970 David Bowie records a session for the BB radio show Sound Of The Seventies. “The Lou Reed song “I’m Waiting For The Man,” “The Width Of A Circle,” Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud” and “The Supermen” were taped.
- March 25th, 1972 “Something/Anything?” by Todd Rundgren enters the album charts following a February release on Bearsville Records. Rundgren produced the record at four different studios, I.D. Sound Studios and Runt Recorders in Los Angeles, The Record Plant in New York City and Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, in 1971. Sides one, two and three were performed entirely by Rundgren, while side four utilized session players that include Rick Derringer, Mark “Moogy” Klingman, The Brecker Brothers Michael and Randy, Jim Horn, Hunt and Tony Sales and others. The double album set featured the hits “I Saw the Light,” “Couldn’t I Just Tell You,” “Hello It’s Me” and “Wolfman Jack.” The record peaked at No. 29 on January 5th, 1974, twenty-one months after it was released.
- March 25th, 1972 Reprise Records release the American only double album compilation “The Kink Kronikles.” A collection of singles, B-sides, album tracks and previously unreleased tracks recorded by The Kinks between 1966 and 1970, the record reached No. 94 on June 10th.
- March 25th, 1972 “A Horse With No Name” by America is the No. 1 record in the US.
- March 25th, 1972 Purple Records in England release “Machine Head,” the sixth studio album by Deep Purple. Recorded at The Grand Hotel in Montreux, Switzerland with The Rolling Stones Mobile Unit, the original plan was to record at the Montreux Casino, but the casino burned to the ground during a Frank Zappa concert just before the band was booked to record there. The LP reached No. 1 on the British charts, No. 7 in America on August 11th and featured the hit single “Smoke On The Water.”
- March 25th, 1972 “Hot Rod Lincoln” by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen enters the singles charts following a January release on Paramount Records. The song was originally written and released by American singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan in 1955. Based on a true story of a hot rod Ryan raced against a Cadillac sedan driven by a friend in Lewiston, Idaho, driving up the Spiral Highway to the top of Lewiston Hill. The Commander Cody version of “Hot Rod Lincoln” peaked at No. 9 on June 3rd.
- March 25th, 1972 “Roadwork,” the double-album live set by Edgar Winter and his Band White Trash, enters the album charts. Produced by Rick Derringer, the LP featured recordings the band made at Apollo Theatre and the Academy Of Music in New York City and The Whisky A Go-Go in Los Angeles. Winter’s brother Johnny made a guest appearance on the album as well. The records peaked at No. 23 on May 20th.
- March 25th, 1972 “You Could Have Been A Lady,” the debut US single from Canadian band April Wine, enters the charts. The record was a cover version of a song written by Errol Brown and originally recorded by his band Hot Chocolate. “Could Have Been A Lady” hit No. 2 in Canada, No. 32 in the US, on May 20th.
- March 25th, 1972 “Legend In Your Own Time” by Carly Simon enters the singles charts. The song, like “Anticipation” before it, was allegedly written by Simon about singer Cat Stevens, though Simon stated in her memoirs that it was written with her future husband James Taylor in mind. Produced by Paul Samwell-Smith at Morgan Studios in London, “Legend In Your Own Time” peaked at No. 50 on May 6th.
- March 25th, 1974 Reprise Records release Gordon Lightfoot’s “Sundown” on 45. Written by Lightfoot and produced by Larry Waronker, the record entered the singles charts in April and reached No. 1 on June 29th, a week after the album of the same reached the top spot on the LP charts.
- March 25th, 1974 RCA Records release “Daybreak” by Nilsson on 45. The song was featured in the Harry Nilsson/Ringo Starr film Son Of Dracula and its’ accompanying soundtrack album. The record entered the singles charts in April and peaked at No. 39 on June 1st.
- March 25th, 1975 Atlantic Records release “Cut The Cake” by Scottish group Average White Band. Group written, the studio session was arranged by Roger Ball and produced by Arif Mardin. The record entered the charts in April and went to No. 10 on June 21st.
- March 25th, 1975 Asylum Records release “When Will I Be Loved” by Linda Ronstadt on 45. Written by Phil Everly and originally recorded with his brother Don, the Ronstadt version rearranged the lyrics of the Everly Brothers original, transposing the first and fourth verses. The Linda Ronstadt version entered the charts in April and hit No. 1 in the US on June 21st.
- March 25th, 1976 Capitol Records release Wings’ “At The Speed Of Sound” LP, out a day later in Britain. The album was recorded during sessions in January at Abbey Road Studios in London. The album went to No. 1 in America for seven weeks beginning April 24th while the band toured America for the first time that summer. In Britain, Wings’ “At The Speed Of Sound” peaked at No. 2.
- March 25th, 1978 “I Will Be Your Shadow On The Street” by former Hollies’ lead vocalist Allan Clarke enters the singles charts. Co-written by Allan Clarke and Gary Benson, the track was produced by Spencer Proffer. The record peaked at No. 41 on May 13th.
- March 25th, 1978 “Every Kinda People” by Robert Palmer enters the singles charts. The song was written by former Free bassist Andy Fraser. Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere plays on the track. The record peaked at No. 16 on June 24th. “Every Kinda People” was Palmer’s first US Top Forty hit.
- March 25th, 1978 “Werewolves Of London” by Warren Zevon enters the singles charts. Co-written by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon and co-produced by Zevon, Wachtel and Jackson Browne, the track featured Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on drums and bass. The record peaked at No. 21 on May 13th.
- March 25th, 1981 Warner Brothers Records release “Gates Of Steel” as a single, a live track from the “DEV-O Live” EP. The song was co-written by band members Gerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh with Akron, Ohio band Ch-Pig members Deborah Smith and Suzanne Smith. The record was produced collectively by DEVO.
- March 25th, 1985 CBS Records in Britain release “The Secret Of Association,” the second solo album by singer Paul Young. Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford from Squeeze sing backing vocals on the song “Tomb Of Memories.” Produced by Laurie Latham, the record went to No. 1 in Britain. In America, the LP peaked at No. 19 on August 17th and featured the hit single “Every Time You Go” and three other chart entries in either England or the US, “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down,” “Everything Must Change,” and “Tomb of Memories.”
- March 25th, 1985 Capitol Records release the self-titled debut album by the Power Station. Formed by singer Robert Palmer, Tony Thompson from Chic on drums and John Taylor and Andy Taylor, the bassist and drummer from Duran Duran, the LP was recorded at Power Station Studios in New York City with produced Bernard Edwards. O5iginal plans were for the musicians to record tracks for different singers to contribute to. When Robert Palmer was asked to sing on the track “Communication,” they developed a friendship and Palmer asked if he could try singing some of the songs they’d recorded. When the LP was a surprise hit, the band recruited Michael Des Barres to tour with them, while Palmer had already begun work on his next solo album, “Riptide.” “Power Station” peaked at No. 6 on July 27th.
Miscellaneous March
- March 1957 Flip Records release “Louie Louie” backed with “Rock Rock Rock” by Richard Berry and The Pharaohs on 45 and 78 rpm records. Berry and The Pharaohs were from Los Angeles, California. Berry co-wrote both sides of the record and hired The Pharaohs to back him of the recording. Based on the song “Ewi Loco Cha Cha,” “Louie Louie” became a rock and roll standard when The Kingsmen rerecorded it two years later.
- March 1958 Big Records release “True Or False” backed with “Teen Age Fool,” the first single by Paul Simon, credited to True Taylor. The A-side was written by Simon’s father Lou Simon, himself a double bass player and bandleader. Paul Simon wrote “Teen Age Fool.”
- March 1964 Jam sessions recorded at Tel Mar Studios in Chicago between Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry form the “Two Great Guitars” LP released by the two on Chess Records in August. Produced by Andy McKaie, the recordings feature Lafayette Leake on piano, Jesse James Hohnson on bass and Billy Downing on drums.
- March 1966 Scorpio Records release “Fight Fire” backed with “Fragile Child,” the fifth single by The Golliwogs. Both sides were co-written by Tom and John Fogerty, using the names Rann Wild and Toby Green. The Golliwogs renamed themselves Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1967.
- March 1969 Buddy Miles records his second album “Electric Church.” Most of the LP was recorded at Mercury Studios with additional sessions at The Record Plant in New York City. Half of the record was produced by Jimi Hendrix, the songs “69 Freedom Special,” “Miss Lady,” “My Chant” and “Destructive Love.”
- March 1970 Atco Records release “Teasin’” by King Curtis With Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton and Friends on 45. Co-written by Curtis Owsley and the record’s producer Delaney Bramlett.
- March 1973 Mercury Records release “For Real” by Ruben and The Jets. The LP featured Frank Zappa on vocals and lead guitar on the song “Dedicated To The One I Love” and wrote the song “If I Could Only Be Your Love Again.” Former Mothers Of Invention saxophonist Jim “Motorhead” Sherman was a member of the band.
- March 1973 The release of “Heart Food,” the second album by Judee Sill. Issued on Asylum Records, Sill had been the first act signed to the label. The record was co-produced by Sill and Henry Lewy.
- March 1974 RCA Records release “Sweet Jane” by Lou Reed on 45 from the live album “Rock And Roll Animal,” recorded at New York City’s Academy Of Music. Written by Reed, who co-produced the track with Steve Katz, the record features the twin guitars of Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner.
- March 1975 Columbia Records release the “Get Off My Cloud” album by Alexis Korner. The LP features session work with Keith Richard, Steve Marriot, Rick Wills, Barry St. John, Nicky Hopkins, Peter Frampton and others, recorded at CBS Studios in London and overdubs at Ramport Studios.
- March 1977 Private Stock Records release “In The Flesh” backed with “Man Overboard,” the second single by Blondie. “In The Flesh” was co-written by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. “Man Overboard” was written by Harry. Both tracks were produced by Richard Gotthehrer.
- March 1978 Chrysalis Records release “Denis” by Blondie on 45. The song is a cover version of the Randy And The Rainbows song from, written by Neil Levinson. The record was produced by Richard Gottehrer. The Blondie single went to No. 2 in Britain.
- March 1980 Warner Brothers Records release “Planet Claire,” the label’s second single from The B-52’s self-titled first album. The song was co-written by singer Fred Schneider and drummer Keith Strickland.
- March 1981 Warner Brothers Records release “Lava,” by The B-52’s on 45. Unusual in that the track was from the group’s first album, issued six months after “Private Idaho,” the only single from the group’s second LP “Wild Planet.” “Lava” was written collectively by The B-52’s and produced by Chris Blackwell.
- March 1981 Atlantic Records release “Run Through The Light” by Yes on 45. The track is a rewrite of a song called “Dancing Through The Light” that the band recorded during aborted album sessions in Paris in 1978 with original singer Jon Anderson. It is the only song in the Yes catalog before the death of Chris Squire to feature anyone other than Squire on bass. Squire played piano on the song and the bass part was played by singer Trevor Horn. The 45 version is a completely different mix of the version on the album “Drama.”
- March 1987, Columbia Records in Canada release “Moonlight Desire” by Laurence Gowen, professionally known as Gowen. The song was issued as the third single from his LP “Great Dirty World.” Yes singer Jon Anderson, heard the song being played in the studio as he walked by, and walked into the session asking if he could sing a harmony part on it. Thus, Anderson’s appearance on the song.
- March 1997 Eric Clapton posing as X-sample, and Simon Climie produce and release a CD as Totally Dysfunctional Family called “Retail Therapy.”
The Paul Bielatowicz Band Wax Museum interview 4/11/25
The Paul Bielatowicz Band interviewed on their 2025 Spring Tour
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Music and conversation with Andy Tillison of The Tangent
Wax Museum interview May 2024
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This Week In Rock and Roll History
This Week In Rock and Roll History week of March 22nd
This Week In Rock and Roll History is a weekly one hour look back at the songs, the artists, and the stories behind the music of the rock and roll era.
Jonas Reingold Interview
Jonas Reingold in The Wax Museum
Click image to hear Chris Palladino's Wax Museum Interview with Jonas Reingold
Carl Giammarese / The Buckinghams Interview
The Buckinghams Radio Show
Click image to hear Chris Palladino's interviews on WRGG with Carl Giammarese from The Buckinghams in 2022 and 2024
The Cool Song Of The Week
Cool Song Of The Week of 3/22 Manfred Mann
Cool songs from the Rock and Roll Era, Closet Classics and more.
Robert Fripp Radio Oz interview 7/25/85
King Crimson guitarist Radio Oz interview
- Click Fripp's image to hear the King Crimson guitarist, record producer, solo artist in this 1985 interview for the WARX Sunday night Radio Oz program. Fripp discusses his then current Guitar Craft courses, King Crimson stories, his start in the music business, and more.
Annie Haslam 2019 Wax Museum interview
Annie Haslam "In Words and Music"
- Click picture to hear Annie Haslam "In Words and Music". The iconic Renaissance singer talks at length about music, her life, and artwork for an exclusive interview in The Wax Museum.
Tommy James Wax Museum Interview January 2019
Tommy James
- Click picture to hear Tommy promoting all his planned 2019 activities; new album, Sirius XM radio show, touring, new movie, etc.
From the Radio Oz interview archives
Firesign Theatre interview 1980
- Click picture to listen to this archival interview with The Firesign Theatre recorded during their 1980 Fighting Clowns tour of the US for Radio Oz now available for purchase in the Firesign Theatre's "Fighting Clowns" of Hollywood" collection! Also check out this Tiny Ossman interview from 1995 -
Woody Lissauer Wax Museum Interview 2/22/20
Baltimore based Woody Lissauer steps up to the Wax Museum microphones for this in depth interview!
- Click picture to listen to the Wax Museum interview with Woody Lissauer and his latest album "Trouble The Water" with Barbara Ireland and Steve Caplan.
