On March 18, 1974, a gold record was awarded to Chicago for Chicago VII, recorded at Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado. The Beach Boys sang on “Wishing You Were Here,” one of the album’s [...]
Serving up self-described “polyethnic Cajun slamgrass”—a unique brand of bluegrass-based boogie that drew from miscellaneous influences—Leftover Salmon won an astounding national following on the [...]
On March 11, 1975, Colorado’s Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids appeared as the band Fish & the Fins on television’s Happy Days, the week’s highest rated show. From left to right: Sam [...]
On March 8, 1980, Dan Fogelberg had the top record in the U.S. with “Longer.” An established international star, the Midwestern singer-songwriter had settled in Colorado.
On March 5, 1963, country singer Patsy Cline died in a single-engine plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. Also killed were Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. All three were among the performers [...]
On March 4, 1972, Gary Glitter had his first No.1 UK. hit, “Rock and Roll Part 2.” Later, “Rock and Roll Part 2” was played incessantly in every sports arena and stadium in America—getting its [...]
A highly influential Texas singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt enrolled at the University of Colorado in 1962; in the spring of his sophomore year, his parents, who were living in Houston, flew [...]
Classical violin virtuoso Eugene Fodor was born in Denver and grew up on his family’s ranch in Morrison. He made his solo debut with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at the age of ten and began [...]
Mitch Ryder, who gained fame fronting the Detroit Wheels, stopped performing in the 1970s and headed to Denver, working a day job for five years and writing songs at night.
