Heart's younger sister Nancy Wilson was born on this day in 1954 in San Francisco. When she and sister Ann watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, Nancy said it was like a '...lightning bolt came out of the heavens and struck' the two of them. The pair's first band was The Viewpoints. Nancy moved to the Seattle area and Ann to Vancouver, where the two eventually reunited in a band known as Hocus Pocus before becoming Heart.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on March 16 include...
1926 Jerry Lee Lewis is born i Ferriday, Lousiana
1942 Jerry Jeff Walker is born in Oneonta, NY.
1949 Elliott Murphy is born in Rockville Centre, NY. born.
1972 John Lennon appeals his US deportation order.
1975 T-Bone Walker dies of pneumonia at 64.
1977 A&M Records cancels the contract of the Sex Pistols.
1978 REO Speedwagon releases You Can Tune A Fish But You Can't Tune A Piano.
1981 Who release Face Dances.
1984 Dire Straits release Alchemy.
1991 Wolfgang Van Halen is born.
1991 Black Crowes play Saturday Night Live.
1992 Metallica fans dangle an usher by his feet over the railing during a concert in Orlando.
1996 The Ramones announce their concert on this night in Buenos Aires will be their last concert.
2005 Billy Joel checks himself into rehab.
2010 Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, the Stooges and the Hollies inducted into the Rock Hall Of Fame.
2015 Andy Fraser of Free dies of a heart attack at 62.
2017 Ray Davies gets knighted by Prince Charles during ceremony in Buckingham Palace.
2017 James Cotton dies of pneumonia in Austin, Texas hospital at 81.
2020 Neil Young performs for a virtual campaign rally for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
