March 19, 1919

Jazz music plays throughout New Orleans after a serial killer threatens to murder anyone not listening to it.

March 20, 2015

The series finale of Glee, titled “Dreams Come True,” airs on FOX. During its six-year run, the influential musical drama made old music new again with a stream of hit covers… and broke records from Elvis Presley and The Beatles along the way.

March 21, 1985

In Vancouver, the Canadian wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen begins his “Man In Motion” tour to raise money for spinal cord research. Inspired by his quest, fellow Canadian David Foster works with John Parr to write a tribute song to Hansen for the film St. Elmo’s Fire.

March 22, 1980

Pink Floyd tops the Hot 100 with “Another Brick In The Wall (part II),” which stays a total of four weeks. It’s a rare hit single for the band, whose only other Top 40 appearance is “Money,” which hit #13 in 1973.

March 23

1992

Billy Ray Cyrus releases “Achy Breaky Heart.” It becomes his signature song and starts a line-dancing craze throughout the US.

1988

Mick Jagger performs his first solo gig in Japan, 15 years after having been barred from entering the country due to prior drug convictions.

March 24, 1958

Elvis Presley goes to the Memphis Draft Board and enters the United States Army.

March 25

2020

It’s the 15,561st day since Elvis Presley died, the exact number of days he lived, making him now dead longer than he was alive.

2018

Founding member Steven Page, who left the Barenaked Ladies nine years earlier, performs with the band at the Juno Awards, where they are honored for their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip, who died the previous year, earns Artist of the Year.