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Posted: 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Today in Rock: March 19

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Billy Joel -- shown here in his late 20s -- still had a full head of hair when he started producing hits.

Model, Mary Angela Barnett and David Bowie are married. This is Bowie’s first wife, and she becomes the subject of The Rolling Stones hit “Angie” (1970).

Billy Joel performs at London’s Drury Lane Theatre, his first live performance (1978).

At the Variety Club of Great Britain’s Annual Show Business Awards, the Beatles are awarded “Show Business Personalities of 1963” by Britain PM Harold Wilson (1964).

Per an article written in Britain’s Tailor and Cutter, the Rolling Stones are asked to wear ties with their suits, which had previously gone out of style amongst youth. Mick Jagger responds to the article, stating that a tie would be just one more thing screaming female fans could grab ahold of in a crowd (1965).

 
 
 

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