March 1
1970: Joni Mitchell's LADIES OF THE CANYON, featuring "Big Yellow Taxi," enters the Top 30 on the Billboard album chart.

March 2
1974: Terry Jacks hits #1 on billboard with "Seasons In The Sun," the first Canadian single to sell over 100,000 copies.

March 3
1966: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Richie Furay form Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. Young is fresh from Toronto, arriving on the coast, driving a hearse he has dubbed, "Mort."

1982: Mamas and the Papas, with original member Denny Doherty play the first show of their brief reunion tour at New York's Other End Club.

1991: Paul Shaffer hosts the annual Juno Awards. For the first time in the ceremony's history, it's held outside of Toronto, at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

March 4
1977: April Wine opens for the Rolling Stones (billed as "The Cockroaches") the first of two consecutive nights at Toronto's El Mocambo Club. April Wine's shows become April Wine – Live At The El Mocambo. The Stones also release the tapes as a live album, Love You Live.

1986: The Band pianist and vocalist Richard Manuel dies at age 41. He was found after hanging himself after a show at the Cheek to Cheek nightclub in Winter Park, FL.

2001: Rick Mercer hosts the Juno Awards in Hamilton. It's the fifth time they're held at Copps Coliseum.

2004: Avril Lavigne kicks off a mini-tour of America's shopping malls at the Mall of America outside Minneapolis, MN. She plays cuts from her new album Under My Skin.

March 5
2005: Gordon Lightfoot is inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame.

March 7
1954: Matt Frennette of Streetheart, then Headpins and finally Loverboy is born in Edmonton, AB.

1969: Buffy Sainte Marie and Ian & Sylvia both play the Fillmore East in New York for the first time.

1999: Mike Bullard hosts the Juno Awards in Hamilton, the fourth time the ceremonies have been held there.

March 8
2003: Dan Brisebois, author of CanConRox somehow manages to make it to a Trooper show in Drayton Valley, AB, despite having a knee operation only days earlier. He remembers very little.

March 9
1968: Joni Mitchell's untitled debut album, produced by David Crosby and sometimes referred to as 'Song to a Seagull,' is released.

1988: Leonard Cohen is presented an award by CBS Records in New York to commemorate the sale of more than five million albums outside the US market.

1997: The Juno Awards, hosted by Jann Arden, are held for the third straight year in Hamilton.

1999: Helix releases DEEP CUTS – The Best of Helix.

March 10
1996: The Juno Awards are held in Hamilton for the second straight year, and are hosted by Anne Murray.

2008: Poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He's inducted by longtime friend Lou Reed during the ceremony in New York.

March 12
1973: The Juno Awards are held at Inn On The Park, in Toronto.

1989: After not having a ceremony in '88, the Juno Awards are held in Toronto, hosted by Andre Phillippe Gagnon.

2000: The Moffats host the Juno Awards in Toronto. It's the first time they're held at the Skydome.

March 13
1996: The state of Mississippi revokes a commendation it gave to record producer Glen Ballard. Officials are angry over his involvement in Alanis Morissette's new album, JAGGED LITTLE PILL.

March 14
2000: BOTH SIDES NOW, a sappy album of love songs featuring Joni Mitchell and other songwriters, is released. She is accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra.

March 15
1976: John Allan Cameron hosts the annual Juno Awards in Toronto.

1994: Country babe Michelle Wright co-hosts the Nashville Network's top-rated show, "Music City Tonight" with Charlie Chase. It's the first time a Canadian co-hosts the show.

2008: Goddo releases an archive series from before their first recorded album in 1977. The double disc package called UNDER MY HAT - VOLUME 1 features two complete performances, from the Tudor Tavern in Cambridge, ON and one from Montreal's Mustache Club. Included are 16 previously unreleased tracks.

March 16
1918: "K-K-K-Katy (The Stammering Song)," a tune by Geoffrey O'Hara in Kingston, ON is published, selling over a million copies in sheet music form.

1956: The Diamonds release what would be their biggest single, "Little Darlin'," which peaks at #2 in the US for eight weeks.

1985: Triumph sets out on their Thunder 7 tour, the last with Rik Emmett.

2007: Shanneyganock headlines The Lobster Bash 2 in Cold Lake, AB.

March 17
1970: DÉJÀ VU, Neil Young's first collaboration with Crosby Stills & Nash is released. It goes on to top the charts and sell 7 million copies.

1988: Blue Rodeo performs in New York at the Bottom Line Club, in the wake of the release of their debut CD, OUTSKIRTS and the single, "Try."

1989: Tom Cochrane and Red Rider perform with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. THE SYMPHONY SESSIONS would be the last album under the 'Red Rider' name.

March 18
1972: Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" tops the Billboard charts. It's his only solo single to ever go top 30 in the US and features Lynda Ronstadt and James Taylor.

1971: The Band begin their first European tour in Rotterdam, Holland.

1990: Rick Moranis of SCTV fame hosts the Juno Awards in Toronto for the first time.

2005: David Clayton-Thomas releases AURORA.

2006: The Fables play in Cold Lake at The Great Canadian Lobster Bash, their first appearance in Alberta's Lakeland Area. They're backed up by Johnny Bagpipes Johnson.

March 19
1975: Rush open for KISS in Detroit's Cobo Hall. This was one of the nights KISS was recording for the ALIVE! lp. March 20
1937: Tommy Hunter, an early Canadian country icon, is born in London, ON.

1957: Greg Godovitz of Fludd and Goddo fame is born in Toronto.

1968: Buffalo Springfield, which features Neil Young, and Eric Clapton are arrested during a Los Angeles party, for "being in a place where it is suspected marijuana is being used." Clapton is later found innocent, while the Buffalo Springfield guys receive $100 fines each.

1994: In Toronto, Roch Voisine hosts the Juno Awards for the first time, and the only time. Lawrence Martin is the recipient for the newly added Best Music of Aboriginal Canada recording for his song, "Wapistan."

2008: Blue Rodeo plays a special show for the troops in Afghanistan. While there, they also get a tour of Camp Mirage and play some ball hockey, along with NHL veterans.

1993: Celine Dion hosts the Juno Awards in Toronto for the first and only time.

1994: Neil Young's Grammy-nominated "Philadelphia," from the AIDS-themed movie of the same name, loses to Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia' (also on the soundtrack), for Best Song from a Motion Picture.

2000: 300 people spend their hard earned money on the premier of Alanis Morissette's off-Broadway play, "The Vagina Monologues." Most demand their money back.

March 22
1931: William Shatner, Captain Kirk to most and TJ Hooker to others, is born in Montreal. His choice of drugs was also questioned in the mid 70's when he released an album of his 'interpretations' of classics like "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and others.

1975: Liona Boyd makes her New York debut at the Cargnegie Recital Hall.

1994: Rush performs in Auburn Hills, MI at The Palace. The show is taped and eventually winds up on the DIFFERENT STAGES album almost 3 years later.

1998: Jason Priestly hosts the Juno Awards in Vancouver, only the second time they've been held there. Colin James wins for Best Blues Album, the the first time it's seperated from the Gospel category.

2002: Anvil releases LIVE IN CONCERT.

March 23
1943: Chad Allan of early Guess Who fame and host of CBC's "Let's Go" TV fame is born in Winnipeg, as Allan Kowbel.

March 24
1975: Paul Anka is in Toronto to host the very first televised Juno Awards ceremony. It's organized by the now-defunct Canadian Music Awards Association.

1990: Alannah Myles tops the Billboard charts with the single about Elvis, "Black Velvet."

1998: Jann Arden releases HAPPY? on this day.

March 25
1966: Jeff Healey is born in Toronto.

1974: The Juno Awards are held in Toronto's Inn on The Park for the last time. It's the first year Best Album is added, Bachman Turner Overdrive takes it home for their

1997: Anvil releases their new album, PLUGGED IN PERMANENT.

March 26
1977: 'Islands,' the final album by The Band's original lineup, is released. Having met their contractual obligation to Capitol Records, they are free to disband and go on to outside projects – which they do shortly thereafter.

1984: Pat Travers' show in West Palm Beach, FL winds up as part of King Biscuit Flower Hour's live series in 1997.

1995: The cast of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" hosts the Juno Awards in Hamilton, the first time of three times they're held there and only the second time they're held outside Toronto.

March 27
1962: Jann Arden is born Jann Arden Richards in Calgary, AB.

2005: Neil Young undergoes surgery to address a brain aneurysm. He made a quick and full recovery.

March 28
1947: Eugene Martynec of Bobby Kris & The Imperials and Kensington Market is born in Germany. He would gain more acclaim as a producer for the likes of The Paupers, Rough Trade and Queen City Kids.

1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young release "Woodstock." It's a cover of a Joni Mitchell song, and goes to No. 11, one of the group's biggest hits.

2003: With the exception of a couple of teenagers, everyone yawns when it's reported that Avril Lavigne is covering Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" for a charity disc benefiting war victims.

March 29
1944: Terry Jacks is born in Winnipeg, MB.

1969: Blood Sweat & Tears, featuring David Clayton-Thomas sees "Spinning Wheel," their biggest hit, peak at number 1 on Billboard.

1992: Rick Moranis hosts the Juno Awards for the second time in three years in Toronto.

2005: Neil Young has brain surgery after suffering an aneurysm. The operation is successful.

March 30
1968: Celine Dion is born in Charlemagne, Quebec.

2006: David Clayton-Thomas' self titled 1972 effort sees the light of day on CD.

March 31
2004: Jesse Colburn, ex guitarist and boyfriend for Avril Lavigne, leaves her band to pursue other interests. He is replaced by Craig Wood, bassist for punksters Gob. Colburn is happy just to have snagged the cute little blonde, if only for awhile.

1985: KD Lang appears with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and is signed to a record deal shortly thereafter.