This Week In Classic Hits History (3/7-11)

This week, Pink Floyd embarks on an incredible run, Jim Morrison begins his last run, and we lose Brad Delp.

March 7, 1975:

David Bowie released 'Young Americans', his ninth studio album. The album featured the song 'Fame' (featuring John Lennon),which gave Bowie his first US No.1 hit single.

March 8, 1974:

Bad Company debuts their live act as they kicked off their first UK tour at Newcastle City Hall.

March 9, 2007:

Brad Delp lead singer of Boston committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in at his home Atkinson, New Hampshire. He died from the smoke of two charcoal grills he’d lit inside his sealed master bathroom. He was found by police lying on a pillow on his bathroom floor with a note paper-clipped to his shirt which read: "Mr. Brad Delp. I am a lonely soul."

March 10, 1973:

Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album 'The Dark Side of the Moon' in the US. It remained in the US charts for 741 consecutive weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history.

March 11, 1971:

Jim Morrison arrived in Paris. Morrison lived in Paris until his death on July 3rd 1971.