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The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 14: Today in 1979, Gloria Gaynor was at #1 with “I Will Survive”. It has sold over 14 million copies worldwide 🌎!!! MAR 8: Happy 75th birthday to Micky Dolenz, born today in 1945!🎂🎤 Best known as the drummer and a vocalist for The Monkees, Dolenz has had a long career as a musician, radio personality, tv director, and an actor. In recent years, Dolenz has been touring his fellow Monkee Mike Nesmith. Photo credit: David Shankbone [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en] Be the envy of...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR. 6: Happy birthday to Mary Wilson, born today in 1944 in Greenville, Mississippi! 🎂🎤 She was a founding member and the longest member of The Supremes. After she left the group in 1977, they disbanded. Since then she has continued to perform and is also a musician’s rights activist. In 1988, she and her former group The Supremes were inducted the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. MAR. 3: Today in 1982, the J Geils Band was at #1 with “Centerfold”. It would...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 6: On Jan. 6. 1958, Gibson guitars launched it's "Flying V" electric guitar. This guitar has been played most famously by Jimmy Hendrix, Randy Rhoads, Marc Bolan, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Happiest of birthdays to Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds (68), Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge (60), Mark O'Toole of Frankie Goes to Hollywood (55), and Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys (33). Randy Rhoads "Flying V" photo courtesy Keenanrocks - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link JAN 7: On this date in 1994, Oasis began recording their debut album Definitely...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com APR 14: Happy birthday to Ritchie Blackmore, born today in 1945. 🎂 As one of the founding members of Deep Purple, his guitar riffs mixed with hard rock and organ sounds put his band on the hard rock map.🎸 Blackmore also was in Rainbow, another heavy metal band which moved into the pop area in the 80s. He began his career as a session musician before joining Deep Purple in 1968. In the mid-70s he quit and formed Rainbow. Since the 80s, he has played with all of his former bands in some incarnation or...