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March 10

1903 Jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke born.
1928 Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray born in Alton, IL.
1938 John Allen Guillot, later Johnny Allen, born in Rayne, Louisiana. This swamp-popper gave the world the enduring classic, "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" (1958, Jin Records) and the regional favorite "South To Louisiana" sung to the tune of "North to Alaska".
1940 Dean Ormsby Torrance (Jan and Dean) born in Los Angeles.
1963 The Rolling Stones, with Ian Stewart on keyboards, make their first recordings. They do Chuck Berry's "Come On" and Willie Dixon's "I Want to be Loved" at Olympic Studios in South London.
1963 Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam born.
1977 The Sex Pistols are signed to A&M records at a ceremony that takes place outside Buckingham Palace. Dropped 10 days later the lads collect £75,000.
1979 After a 3 year hiatus, Roxy Music begin a North American tour in support of their Manifesto LP.
1989 Jon Bon Jovi (John Bongiovi) is arrested for trespassing after he and friends sneak into a New York Central Park ice skating rink at 3:30 am.