1. Mary Hopkin.
A bloke at the races whispers to Paddy, “ Do you want the winner of the next race ?” “No thanks.” Says Paddy, “I’ve only got a little garden.”
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It Happened in March. The Music Scene. 1931 - The first jazz album to sell a million copies was recorded. It was "Minnie The Moocher" by Cab Calloway. 1958 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets began their only UK tour, starting in London, a twice-nightly package which included Des O'Connor. 1960 - After completing his national service and flying back to America, Elvis Presley stepped on British soil for the first and only time in his life when the plane carrying him stopped for refuelling at Prestwick Airport, Scotland 1964 - For the first time the UK Top Ten Singles Chart was made up entirely of British acts. Cilla Black was in the No.1 spot with 'Anyone Who Had A Heart.'; 2 Dave Clark Five: Bits and Pieces; 3 Bachelors: Diane; 4 Merseybeats: I Think of You; 5 Searchers: Needles and Pins; 6 Rolling Stones: Not Fade Away; 7 Billy J. Kramer: Little Children; 8 Gerry and the Pacemakers: I'm the One; 9 Brian Poole: Candy Man and at No.10 Eden Kane, with Boys Cry. 1965 - Eric Clapton left The Yardbirds, dissatisfied with the group's 'too commercial' direction. 1968 -The 58th & final episode of The Monkees Television series was broadcast in the USA 1969 - The Small Faces split up after singer Steve Marriott announced he was leaving the band. Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones linked up with Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart and formed The Faces. 1970 - 'Wand'rin Star' took Lee Marvin to the No.1 spot in the UK singles chart, a song he sang in the film 'Paint Your Wagon.' 1973 - Roberta Flack won Song of the year and Record of the year with 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' at the Grammy Awards. 1974 - Queen begin their first headline UK tour in Blackpool at the Winter Gardens. 1978 - Billy Joel made his UK debut live at London's Dury Lane Theatre. 1983 - A new digital audio system, a five-inch compact disc containing up to 1 hour of music was launched by Sony, Philips and Polygram. 1990 - Whitney Houston headlines an AIDS concert in New York. The concert was dubbed, "That's What Friends Are For." 1991 - The inventor of The Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars, Leo Fender, sadly died from Parkinson's disease. 2001 - Judy Garland's 'Over The Rainbow' was voted the Song Of The Century in a poll published in America 2002 - At 17 years and 255 days old, Gareth Gates became the youngest male solo artist to score a UK No.1 with his debut release 'Unchained Melody'. He had won second place on TV's 'Pop Idol' show.
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