Music History for
March 3




1875 - The Georges Bizet opera Carmen premiered in Paris.

1931 - The "Star Spangled Banner" was adopted as the American national anthem. The song was originally known as "Defense of Fort McHenry."

1931 - The first jazz album to sell a million copies was recorded. It was "Minnie The Moocher" by Cab Calloway.

1940 - Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded "Frenesi".

1957 - Samuel Cardinal Stritch banned rock 'n' roll from Chicago archdiocese Roman Catholic schools.

1961 - The first Supremes single, "I Want a Guy" was released.

1966 - Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield.

1967 - Petula Clark performed before Princess Margaret at the London Palladium.

1978 - The first Van Halen nationwide tour began in Chicago, IL.

1981 - The documentary movie "This is Elvis" premiered in Memphis, TN.

1985 - Madame Tussaud's waxworks unveiled their look-alike of Michael Jackson.

1994 - Kurt Cobain of Nirvana lapsed into a coma in Italy after taking a combination of Valium and champagne.

1995 - Bill Berry of R.E.M. underwent surgery to halt a bleeding brain aneurysm.

1995 - A stalker was arrested while trying to break into Roberta Flack's New York apartment.

1998 - C-BO was arrested for parole violation. The violation was the use of lyrics that encouraged violence against police officers. He was held without bail.

1998 - Madonna's album "Ray of Light" was released.

2003 - Penguin Group announced that Madonna had written five illustrated story books for readers aged 6 and above. Publication was scheduled to begin in September 2003.