Hooray, the VW Golf is exactly 53 years old today! The first model was launched on 29th March 1973. What is your favourite Volkswagen Golf? #VWGolf

29th March 1975 - Labelle went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Lady Marmalade', the group's only No.1. Lady Marmalade is a song about a prostitute, although Patti LaBelle, the lead vocalist, was completely oblivious to its message, saying: "I didn't know what it was about." #Labelle

Born 29th March 1946 - Canadian singer/songwriter Terry Jacks who had the 1974 UK & US No.1 single 'Seasons In The Sun'. It was an English-language adaptation of the 1961 song "Le Moribond" by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel with lyrics rewritten by singer-poet Rod McKuen. #TerryJacks

Happy 84th birthday to Julie Goodyear (born 29th March 1942), here with Doris Speed & Brian Mosley demonstrating her great comic timing as Bet Lynch in Coronation Street. #JulieGoodyear #BetLynch
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29 March 1979, after attending a #DireStraits show during their residency at the Roxy in LA, Bob Dylan asked Mark Knopfler and drummer Pick Withers to play on the sessions for his next album. 'Slow Train Coming' was the album, recorded in Muscle Shoals in May of 1979, with Jerry Wexler producing.

Born 29 Mar 1943, musician Vangelis. Raised in Athens, he began his career in the 1960s as a member of the rock band Aphrodite's Child; the latter's album 666 (1972) is recognised as a progressive-psychedelic rock classic. Vangelis also wrote the soundtrack for the film 'Chariots of Fire'. #Vangelis

Born 28 March 1948, Dianne Wiest is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1994's Bullets Over Broadway (both directed by Woody Allen) & one Golden Globe Award for Bullets Over Broadway. #DianneWiest

Born 28 Mar 1955, Reba McEntire is a US country singer and actress. Dubbed "The Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide and, since the 1970s, has placed over 100 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 25 of which reached the No.1 spot. #RebaMcEntire

I agree, and I apologise unreservedly. I only report the facts.

Released 28 Mar 1973, Neither One of Us is the 9th studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips.
Tamla Motown released the album shortly after the group left the label for Buddah Records. The title track song eventually made No. 2 on the US Pop Chart & reached No.1 on the R&B Charts. #GladysKnight

28 March 1975, at an Elvis Presley concert at the Hilton in Las Vegas, Barbra Streisand went backstage and offered Elvis the lead in her upcoming film, A Star Is Born. He was interested, but on the advice of Colonel Tom Parker, he demanded too much money and top billing. #ElvisPresley

Born 28 March 1945, Sally Carr singer from Scottish pop group Middle Of The Road, who had the 1971 UK No.1 single 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep'. That record is one of only a few singles to have sold in excess of 10 million physical copies. Why, you may ask? Who bought it? She is 81 today. #SallyCarr

We lost the wonderful Mr Paul O'Grady three years ago today. We had listened to him every Sunday evening on Radio 2 for eleven years. He was always happy, cheerful, cheeky and gorgeously irreverent. We absolutely loved his show (and his producer). Still miss you Paul. #teamPOG #PaulOGrady

28 March 1973, Led Zeppelin released their 5th studio album, Houses Of The Holy. The title was a dedication by the band to their fans who appeared at venues they dubbed 'Houses of the Holy'. The cover is a collage of several photographs which were taken at the Giant's Causeway. #LedZeppelin

My wife just discovered that I'd swapped the bed for a trampoline. She hit the roof!

Happy days! Come on baby do the jukebox jive...

Born 5th August 1945, actress Loni Anderson. She was best known for playing receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which earned her nominations for 3 Golden Globe Awards and 2 Emmy Awards. She married Burt Reynolds in 1988. She died in 2025. #LoniAnderson

I see doubt in your eyes. Look carefully at this photo. I guarantee that all these people in this audience are actually very rich people (Bezos, Musk, Gates, etc) who've travelled back in time to view this intimate gig. Time-travelling apparently also enables shape-shifting.

Ahh, but I feel time travel is only a decade away. I intend to hang on till then. I plan to go to the Sex Pistols gig at Caerphilly on 14 December 1976, and to Burbank California on 27 June 1968 to see the filming of Elvis' Comeback Special. Heaven! All will be possible soon...

Releaed 27 Mar 1973, 'I've Got So Much to Give' was the debut studio album by #BarryWhite. It topped the R&B albums chart & also made No 16 on the Billboard 200. The album was a success, yielding 2 top 10 singles, "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby", which made No 1, and the title track.

I don't think YouTube is quite the same as being there...

27 March 1972 - Elvis Presley recorded his last major hit, 'Burning Love,' which reached No.2 on the US chart. Written by Dennis Linde & originally recorded by Arthur Alexander, it was brought to fame by Elvis, and was his biggest hit single since 'Suspicious Minds' in 1969. #ElvisPresley #Elvis

Born 27 March 1950, Tony Banks, musician, songwriter and film composer primarily known as the keyboardist and founding member of Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist, releasing six solo albums that range through progressive rock, pop and classical music. #TonyBanks

Born 27 Mar 1924, jazz singer Sarah Vaughan. Her success at Mercury began with the 1954 hit "Make Yourself Comfortable", & continued with "How Important Can It Be". Success peaked in 1959 with "Broken Hearted Melody", a song she considered corny but which became her 1st gold record. #SarahVaughan

First Step was the 1st studio album by The Faces, released on 27 Mar 1970 by Warner Bros. The album was released only a few months after Faces had formed from the ashes of Small Faces. The cover shows Ronnie Wood holding a copy of Geoffrey Sisley's guitar tutorial First Step: How to Play the Guitar.

Released 27 Mar 1970, Sentimental Journey was the debut solo album by Ringo Starr. It was released by Apple as the Beatles were breaking up. The album is a collection of pre-rock 'n' roll standards that Starr recalled from his childhood in Liverpool. It made No.7 on the UK album chart. #RingoStarr

Remembering #IanDury, who died 27 March 2000."He was a roughneck,a gentleman, a hater of condescension,a lyricist of genius, a limited but characterful singer & the final epitome of diamond geezer. Of all the reasons to be cheerful in this vale of tears, he was 1 of the most convincing." John Walsh.

I have a book upstairs that was given to my grandma for good attendance at her Sunday School. It's dated January 1906.

27 March 2012, David Bowie's landmark album Ziggy Stardust was celebrated with a blue plaque in central London. Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp unveiled a plaque at the spot where the cover of the album was shot. The place in Heddon Street is now a pedestrianised area. #Bowieforever #ZiggyStardust

27th March 1979 - Eric Clapton married Patti Harrison (Patti Boyd - the ex wife of George Harrison) at Temple Bethel, Tucson, Arizona. Patti applied for (and was granted) a divorce in 1988. #EricClapton #PattiBoyd