March 15th

2004: A U.S. District Court judge denied the request of a preliminary injunction against Geffen Records filed by Axl Rose, Slash & Duff McKagan to prevent the release of a Guns N’ Roses Greatest Hits album.

Jackson Browne, George Harrison, Bob Seger, Traffic, & ZZ Top were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bruce Springsteen inducted Browne, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty inducted Harrison, Kid Rock inducted Seger & Keith Richards inducted ZZ Top.

1999: Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Del Shannon, & Bruce Springsteen were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Joel was inducted by Ray Charles & Springsteen was inducted by Bono.

The family of Buddy Holly filed a lawsuit against MCA Records for allegedly withholding royalties, forging contracts & releasing albums without consent of the family.

1980: The Clash’s movie Rude Boy premiered at London’s Prince Charles Cinema. The band members were disenchanted with the movie & it didn’t see release in the U.S. until 2006.

Peter Gabriel reached the top ten on the U.K. singles chart for the first time with Games Without Frontiers which peaked at number four.

1977: Bad Company’s fourth studio album Burnin’ Sky was certified gold by the RIAA. It was commercially, Bad Company’s second least successful album in the U.S. with Paul Rodgers singing for them.

Kansas received their first platinum album for their fourth studio album Leftoverture, which later went on to sell four million copies in the U.S. alone.

Birthdays:
Phil Lesh-bassist for Grateful Dead born in 1940
Mike Love-singer for The Beach Boys born in 1941
Sly Stone-singer for Sly & the Family Stone born in 1943
Ry Cooder-guitarist for Captain Beefheart born in 1947
Dee Snider-singer for Twisted Sister born in 1955
Bret Michaels-singer for Poison born in 1963