Saturday, March 16, 2013

The Retroscope: 15 March

15 March 1982: Bob Dylan was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame at the 13th annual dinner held at the Hilton Hotel in New York City.
15 March 1986: Starship scored a #1 hit on the US singles chart with “Sara”, it reached #66 in the UK though. Sassy all-girl band The Bangles were at #2 on the UK singles chart with “Manic Monday” which was written by Prince under the pseudonym Christopher, it also made no 2 in the US while Prince occupied the top spot with “Kiss”.
15 March 1989: The Rolling Stones signed a $70 million contract to play 50 North American dates. It remains the largest contract in rock history.

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