Last Month | Yesterday | Tomorrow | Next Month | Every Month   March 24 1937   High powered vocalist Billy Stewart born in Washington, D.C., Called, "The Fat Boy," Billy is best known for unlikely version of Gershwin's, "Summertime." As a teen Stewart began as a member of his family's, The Stewart Gospel Singers, joined Don Covay in The Rainbows, then went solo when discovered by Bo Diddley and signed to Chess/Argo in 1956. Famous relations include David (Temptations) and Grace (Jewels) Ruffin. 1947   Mike Kellie, drummer with Spooky Tooth, born. 1948   Lee Oskar, harmonica player with War, born. 1949   Slav-rocker Lene Lovich born. 1958   Elvis Presley enrolls in the US army as Private 53310761. 1963   Blues slide guitar legend Elmore James dies from complications of asthma and heart problems. 1966   The New York State Assembly bans bootleg recordings, the first legislative body in the world to do so. New York remains the capital of bootleg recordings! 1973   A fan bites Lou Reed's ass in Buffalo, NY, as he sings "Waiting For the Man". 1990   Reggae's favorite son, Ziggy Marley plays at the celebration of Namibian Independence from South Africa. 1997   Harold Melvin (57), founder of the Philly soul band the Blue Notes and the man who discovered Teddy Pendergrass ("If You Don't Know Me By Now"), dies of a stroke at his home.