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March 2

1917 Cuban band leader and Lucy's husband durring her heyday, Desi Arnez born. If you thought he was all fluff, have a gander at the closing flaming congas sequence in the 1940s film, Too Many Girls.
1923 Doc Watson (Arthel Watson) country guitarist and banjo player born in Deep Gap, North Carolina.
1938 Willie Chambers of the Chambers Brothers born in Flora, Mississippi.
1942 Charlie Christian dies. Jazz guitarist and one of the first performers to put an electric pick-up on a guitar.
1943 Jazz Guitarist and scat singer George Benson born.
1944 Louis 'Butch' Firbank born. The future Lou Reed was a member of the Velvet Underground and later a solo performer.
1949 Guitar rocker Rory Gallagher born in Ballyshannon, Ireland.
1950 Singer Karen Carpenter born in New Haven, Connecticut.
1958 Buddy Holly & the Crickets visit the UK for the first time playing this night at London's Trocadero.
1964 The Beatles begin filming their first feature film, "A Hard Day's Night".
1969 
1974 The band Television debutes at New York City's Townhouse Theater.
1983 The compact disc is introduced as a joint scheme by Sony, Polygram and Phillips.
1984 The mockumentary, "This Is Spinal Tap," premieres, a fake documentary offering an entirely accurate portrait of every band ever formed.

James "Roy" Hill, author of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" dies in Nashville.

The Gold Star Studios where Phil Spector created his "Wall Of Sound" closes.