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March 31, 1995, A crazy person is arrested for trying to stab Jimmy Page backstage at a Page and Robert Plant concert in the Detroit area. Jimmy escaped injury when the crazy is stopped by two security guards, who he knifes instead. After his arrest, he told police that he wanted to kill Jimmy Page because of the Satanic music he was playing.
Nobody's Fault But Mine by Led Zeppelin
Nobody's fault but mine
Trying to save my soul tonight
It's nobody's fault but mine
Devil he told me to roll
How to roll the log tonight
Nobody's fault but mine
Brother he showed me the gong?
Brother he showed me the ding dong ding dong
How to roll, the log tonight
Oh, it's nobody's fault but mine
Got a monkey on my back.
Gonna change my ways tonight
Nobody's fault but mine
I will get down rollin' tonight
Nobody's fault

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March 30, 2000, Mick Jagger was on hand to dedicate the new arts centre that had been named after him at the Dartford Grammar school. Mick told the audience that he had spent the worst years of his life at the school.

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March 29, 1999, The David Bowie Internet Radio Network broadcast its first show for Rolling Stone Radio. The show included Bowie's favourite songs with David introducing each track. He played a diverse group of songs ranging from Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" to "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" by Culture Club.

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March 5, 1982, After a night of bar hoping John Belushi, Robin Williams, Robert DeNiro and Cathy Smith go back to Beluhi's hotel room at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles. After snorting some coke and having a few drinks Williams and DeNiro left. Belushi and Smith started doing speed balls (a mixture of coke and heroin). Although Belushi was too waisted to get out of bed Smith injected him (by his request) with an over dose then she left, leaving Belushi to die. Smith was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter and served 18 months in prison.

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March 4, 1986, After a show in Florida Richard Manuel hung himself to death. Manuel was the piano player for The Band, he wrote or co-wrote some of The Bands best songs including "Tears Of Rage" which he wrote with Bob Dylan. Manuel had suffered from drug and alcohol problems most of his life.
Tears Of Rage
We carried you in our arms
On Independence Day,
And now you'd throw us all aside
And put us on our way.
Oh what dear daughter
'neath the sun
Would treat a father so,
To wait upon him hand and foot
And always tell him, "No"?
Tears of rage, tears of grief,
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
We're so alone
And life is brief.
We pointed out the way to go
And scratched your name in sand,
Though you just thought it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand.
Now, I want you to know that while we watched,
You discover there was no one true.
Most ev'rybody really thought
It was a childish thing to do.
Tears of rage, tears of grief,
Must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
We're so low
And life is brief.
It was all very painless
When you went out to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never could believe.
And now the heart is filled with gold
As if it was a purse.
But, oh, what kind of love is this
Which goes from bad to worse?
Tears of rage, tears of grief,
Must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
We're so low
And life is brief.

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March 2, 1999, At the age of 59, Dusty Springfield died after a long battle against breast cancer. Born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, the British singer had her first hit single in 1963 with "I Only Want To Be With You". In all she had over 15 top 40 hits including "Son of a Preacher Man", "You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me" and "Losing You". Dusty died just 11 days before her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Son Of A Preacher Man
Billy-Ray was a Preacher's son,
And when his daddy would visit he'd come along,
When they gathered round and started talking,
Cousin Billy would take me walking,
ah, through the back woods we'd go walking,
Then he'd look into my eyes,
Lord knows to my surprise.
The only one who could ever reach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
The only boy who could ever teach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
yes he was, he was, mmh,
yes he was.
Being good isn't always easy,
No matter how hard I tried,
When he started sweet talking to me,
he'd come and tell me everything is alright,
he'd kiss and tell me everything is alright,
Can I get away again tonight?
The only one who could ever reach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
The only boy who could ever teach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
Yes he was, he was, Lord,
oh he was.
How well I remember,
The look that was in his eyes,
Stealing kisses from me on the sly,
Taking time to make time,
Telling me that he's all mine,
Learning from each others knowing,
Looking to see how much we'd grown.
And the only one who could ever reach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
The only boy who could ever teach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
Yes he was, he was,
oh yes he was.

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March 1, 1977, Manfred Manns Earth Band receives their first gold record for "Blinded by the Light". The Earth band was formed after keyboard player Manfred Mann left his original band because he was sick of "the hit machine" ("Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and so forth). Blinded By The Light was a Bruce Springsteen song from Springsteens first record (Greetings From Asbury Park). The Earth Band would have two more hits with copies of songs off Greetings From Asbury Park, ("Spirit in the Night" and "For You").
Blinded By The Light
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground
The calliope crashed to the ground
But she was...Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, runner in the night
Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong,
if you play that song with the funky break"
And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride
Asked me if I needed a ride
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun'
but mama, that's where the fun is
Some brimstone baritone Anticyclone rolling stone Preacher from the east
Says dethrone the dictaphone
Hit it in the funnybone That's where they expect it least
And some new mown chaperone was standing in the corner
Watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messing with his frozen zone
Reminding him of romance