MAR 2-8: Historic events this week from U2, Eric Clapton, David Bowie and more
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MARCH 2, 1988: U2 WIN THEIR FIRST GRAMMYS
U2’s The Joshua Tree received 4 Grammy nominations in 1988. In addition to winning Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, they won Album of the Year by beating out Whitney by Whitney Houston, Bad by Michael Jackson and Sign o’ the Times by Prince.
MARCH 3, 1972: NILSSON SCHMILSSON CERTIFIED GOLD
Harry Nilsson’s Nilsson Schmilsson has sold over 500,000 copies thanks to hit singles “Coconut”, “Jump Into the Fire”, and his Grammy-winning Badfinger cover, “Without You”. It received the Album of the Year nod but lost to his friend George Harrison’s The Concert for Bangladesh.
MARCH 6, 2000: ERIC CLAPTON INDUCTED INTO ROCK HALL AS SOLO ARTIST
In 2000, Eric Clapton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for a third time! This time, it was as a solo artist. He was previously inducted with the Yardbirds in 1992 and with Cream in 1993.
MARCH 7, 1975: DAVID BOWIE RELEASES YOUNG AMERICANS
After the glam rock of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs, Bowie took an unexpected left turn into Blue-eyed soul.
Young Americans included contributions from soul singer Luther Vandross, John Lennon, and featured a cover of The Beatles’ “Across the Universe.”
MARCH 8, 1974: FREE/MOTT THE HOOPLE MEMBERS PERFORM AS BAD COMPANY
One of the greatest & most successful supergroups in rock history features members of Free and Mott the Hoople. The majority of the songs from their first live gig would later appear on their debut album.
The set included “Bad Company”, “Can’t Get Enough” and the Mott the Hoople holdover, “Ready for Love.”
