Last Month | Yesterday | Tomorrow | Next Month | Every Month   March 18 1941   Soul singer Wilson Pickett born in Prattville, Alabama. The Wicked Pickett sang gospel before and after he moved to Detroit in 1955, joined the Falcons ('61) before turning solo and his greatest success with Atlantic Records. 1944   New York City's WQXR bans singing commercials! 1947   Procul Harem drummer Barry Wilson born. 1953   Jammie West-Oram of the Fixx born. 1959   Singer Irene Cara, who had great success as an actor and dancer, born in New York City. She won an Obie Award (Broadway) for "The Me Nobody Knows" (1970) and stared in both the film and TV versions of "Fame." 1965   Members of the Rolling Stones are fined £5 each for urinating on the wall of a gas station in Essex, UK. 1970   Country Joe McDonald is fined $500 for shouting "Fuck" at a concert in Worcester, MA. 1977   The Clash's first single, "White Riot" b/w "1977" is released in the UK on a major label, CBS. 1978   California Jam II takes place in Ontario, California. Included on the bill are Santana, Foreigner, Aerosmith, Heart, Ted Nugent, and Mahogany Rush. 1982   Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass is badly injured, suffering wheelchair confining paralysis, in a car accident in Philadelphia. 1994   A raving Kurt Cobain locks himself in his bedroom with his gun collection threatening to kill himself. Police delay the inevitable and talk him down. 1995   Teenager Ryan O'Donnell files a battery charge (a misdemeanor) against Hole's Courtney Love (Miss demeanor) saying she punched him when she skydived into the crowd during a concert. 1997   Singer songwriter Jimmy Buffett sues a restaurant in Maui, HI, for naming their place, Cheeseburger in Paradise, (the title of one of his songs) and the many other Buffetesque touches in the decor and on the menu.