#1 Album on March 31, 1974

John Denver's Greatest Hits
John Denver

John Denver's Greatest Hits was Denver's first compilation album and his best selling album. The release includes the classic hits "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Sunshine on My Shoulders" and "Rocky Mountain High", and some re-recorded songs. John was born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. in Roswell, New Mexico. He died in October 1997 when his small plane crashed off the coast of California.
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#1 Album on March 30, 1985

No Jacket Required
Phil Collins

The most popular Phil Collins album to date features the #1 songs "Sussudio" and "One More Night", plus the charted singles "Don't Lose My Number" and "Take Me Home". The album was a tremendous success earning a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1985. Collins followed up the album with The No Jacket Required World Tour.
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#1 Album on March 29, 1985

Centerfield
John Fogerty

Centerfield is former Credence Clearwater Revival front man John Fogerty's most popular album since leaving the group. The album features the singles "The Old Man Down the Road", "Rock and Roll Girls" and the title track "Centerfield", which has become a baseball music classic. Fogerty played all the instruments on this album himself, thanks to modern music production techniques.
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#1 Album on March 28, 1974

The Way We Were
Barbra Streisand

The blockbuster movie of 1973 starred Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. The romance movie follows the unlikely relationship of Katie Morosky and Hubell Gardiner through cultural, political and personal change. The movie's title song "The Way We Were" was Streisand's her first #1 single in the U.S. The film won an Academy Award for Best Music.
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#1 Album on March 27, 2002

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Soundtrack

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a depression-era comedy film that chronicles three friends who escape from prison in search for hidden fortune. The film was directed and produced by the Coen Brothers and starred George Clooney. A variety of artists compiled songs for the soundtrack, which features bluegrass, gospel, blues and country music. The soundtrack won Album of the Year at the Grammys.
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#1 Album on March 26, 1995

Greatest Hits
Bruce Springsteen

Springsteen's first compilation album features past hits and popular songs from previous albums along with four extra tracks recorded in 1995 with the E Street Band. The release reached #1 in America, Australia, the U.K. and Sweden. Two of the songs were from movie sound tracks, "Streets of Philadelphia" from the Philadelphia, and "Secret Garden" from the film Jerry McGuire.
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#1 Album on March 25, 1972

America
America

America's self-titled debut produced the #1 song "A Horse With No Name" and the popular singles "I Need You", "Sandman" and "Three Roses". The group America actually formed in England. Band members Gerry Beckly, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek were all sons of military personnel stationed at a U.S. Air Force base in London. The three met in a London high school and recorded their first album there.
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#1 Album on March 24, 1972

Harvest
Neil Young

Harvest was Neil Young's first full-time solo release following stints with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Harvest was the best-selling album of 1972. It features the #1 song "Heart of Gold" and singles "Old Man" and "Needle and the Damage Done". Neil Young was born in Toronto. He played briefly with Rick James' band the Mynah Birds in 1966.
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#1 Album on March 23, 2003

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
50 Cent

The debut for 50 Cent was produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre, and features the singles "In da Club", "21 Questions", "P.I.M.P." and "If I Can't". The song "In da Club" was 50 Cent's first number #1 hit. The record hit #1 three separate times during the year, spending a total of six weeks there. The album's original release date was moved up because several tracks were leaked out on the Intranet.
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#1 Album on March 22, 1975

Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin

Physical Graffiti was a huge critical and commercial success for Zeppelin. Several classics emerged from the album, including "Kashmir", "Ten Years Gone" and "Sick Again". Shortly after the album's release, all previous Led Zeppelin albums simultaneously re-entered the top-200.
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#1 Album on March 21, 1965

Goldfinger
Soundtrack

Sean Connery starred as James Bond, who is assigned the task of derailing Aruc Goldfinger's plan to detonate a nuclear bomb inside the Fort Knox gold depository. The movie soundtrack was composed by John Barry with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. The title track is heard in the film's opening and closing title scenes and was produced by Beatles producer George Martin.
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#1 Album on March 20, 2005

The Massacre
50 Cent

The Massacre was released in March 2005 and re-released in September 2005. The album features four charted singles: "Candy Shop", "Outta Control", "Disco Inferno" and "Just a Lil Bit". Featured album guests include Eminem, Olivia, Tony Yayo and Jamie Foxx. 50 Cent was born Curtis James Jackson III in Queens, New York. His rap and music talent was first discovered by Eminem.
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#1 Album on March 19, 2001

Everyday
Dave Matthews Band

Everyday was the second consecutive #1 album for the Dave Matthews Band. Three singles were released, including "I Did It", "Everyday" and "The Space Between", the band's best-selling single to date. South Africa native Dave Matthews formed the band with Carter Beauford and LeRoi Moore in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991. Matthews was working as a bartender at the time.
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#1 Album on March 18, 1973

Dueling Banjos
Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel

The album's title track is an instrumental composition that was made famous in a scene from the 1972 movie Deliverance. The popularity of the song and the movie propelled the album to #1. Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel arranged and performed the songs for the album movie soundtrack. The song "Dueling Banjos" was also the subject of a landmark copyright infringement case.
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#1 Album on March 17, 1993

Unplugged
Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton earned three Grammys for Unplugged: Album of the Year, Best Rock Male Vocal, and Best Rock Song. The album was recorded live in a small studio audience setting for MTV's Unplugged music series. A reworked version of the classic "Layla" sold well as did the song "Tears in Heaven", which earned three Grammys award.
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#1 Album on March 16, 1996

Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette

Jagged Little Pill was a huge international success for the newly minted Alanis Morissette. The album spawned six hit singles and remained in the top ten charts for over a year. The album earned several Grammys, including Best Rock Song, Best Rock Album and Album of the Year. As a teen, Morissette performed on the TV show Star Search under the name Alanis Nadine.
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#1 Album on March 15, 1976

Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)
Eagles

Greatest Hits capped a fantastic four year run for the Eagles. The ten-song compilation features songs from four previous albums and is the best selling album in the United States and the third best selling worldwide. The founding members of the Eagles first played together as Linda Ronstadt's record and touring band in the early 1970s.
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#1 Album on March 14, 1999

Fanmail
TLC

TLC's third album release reached #1 for five weeks and earned two Grammy Awards. The album produced the #1 hit "No Scrubs" and the charted singles "Silly Ho", "Unpretty", "My Life" and "Dear Lie". The group followed up the album with The Fanmail worldwide tour. TLC originated in Atlanta, Georgia with members Tionne Watkins, Lisa Lopes and Rozonda Thomas.
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#1 Album on March 13, 1961

Calcutta!
Lawrence Welk

Lawrence Welk was an orchestra leader and television host of The Lawrence Welk show, which aired for thirty-two years. Welk's light and easy-going music was best described as "champagne music". His recording of Calcutta! reached #1 in spring of 1961, making it his best selling record of his career. Raised in North Dakota, Lawrence Welk spoke German until he learned English at age 21.
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#1 Album on March 12, 1966

Ballads of The Green Berets
SSgt. Barry Sadler

Ballads of the Green Berets features thirteen songs written by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler devoted to the armed forces. The album's title track was #1 for five weeks in 1966. The song is featured in several films and was the top single of 1966. Sadler reportedly wrote the song while recovering from a wound he suffered during the Vietnam War.
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#1 Album on March 11, 1989

Electric Youth
Debbie Gibson

Electric Youth features Deborah Gibson's biggest selling single of her career, "Lost In Your Eyes", which hit #1. The album also spawned the hit singles "Electric Youth", "No More Rhyme", and "We Could Be Together". Gibson wrote all the music for Electric Youth, which sold over ten million copies. Gibson grew up on Long Island, New York, and wrote her first song at age five.
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#1 Album on March 10, 1969

Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell

Hall of Famer Glen Campbell has produced a vast array of country and pop music hits spanning fifty years in the music business. Wichita Lineman hit #1 for Campbell during his most popular era of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before going solo, Campbell was a highly successful session musician. He also filled in as a Beach Boy during the band's 1964 and 1965 tours.
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#1 Album on March 9, 1986

Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston's debut was a huge critical and commercial success. The #1 record produced four super hit singles: "You Give Good Love", "Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All". The release became the best-selling debut album of all time by a female artist. Whitney is from Newark, New Jersey and is a cousin of singer Dionne Warwick.
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#1 Album on March 8, 1987

Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys

Licensed to Ill was the first Rap album to top the pop album charts. The Beastie Boys debut album features twelve tracks, including their most best-known "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)". Intended as parody, but taken more seriously by its listeners, the song has been chastised by the group. The Beastie Boys formed in New York City in 1979 as the punk band The Young Aborigines.
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#1 Album on March 7, 1970

Bridge over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel

Bridge over Troubled Water is the last studio album by Simon and Garfunkel. The album's title track earned a Grammy for Song of the Year. Other popular singles from the album include "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "Cecilia" and "The Boxer". Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel officially split as a duo in 1970.
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#1 Album on March 6, 1982

Beauty and the Beat
Go-Go's

The LA-based Go-Go's debut record features the single "We Got the Beat", which propelled the album to #1 for six weeks in spring of 1982. The single "Our Lips Are Sealed" also charted and received considerable radio play. The all-women group disbanded in May 1985. Belinda Carlisle was the most commercially successful solo artist from the band.
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#1 Album on March 5, 1985

Make It Big
Wham!

The British pop group Wham! was started by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley while the two attended college in Watford, England. Make It Big features the single "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", a #1 hit in several countries. The singles "Everything She Wants", "Freedom" and "Careless Whisper" also charted internationally.
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#1 Album on March 4, 1968

Blooming Hits
Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra

Blooming Hits is a collection of songs compiled by French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat. The #1 album features ten tracks, including a cover of the Beatles' Penny Lane and a cover of Andre Popp's "Love is Blue", which hit #1. The song was the first instrumental #1 hit in six years. Paul Mauriat gave his final performance in 1998 in Osaka, Japan.
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#1 Album on March 3, 1979

Spirits Having Flown
Bee Gees

Spirits Having Flown was the follow up album to the band's phenomenally successful Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Three singles reached #1, "Tragedy", "Too Much Heaven" and "Love You Inside Out". Capping over thirty years of recording success, the Bee Gees were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 by Beach Boys front man Brian Wilson.
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#1 Album on March 2, 1991

Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey's 1990 recording debut produced four #1 singles and spent eleven weeks at #1. The release made her one of the most successful debut artists in recording history. All eleven songs on the album were written or co-written by Mariah. The album earned two Grammys: Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Vision of Love".
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#1 Album on March 1, 1975

Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan

Blood on the Tracks is one of Bob Dylan's most popular albums and is considered a benchmark by critics and fans.
Dylan delivered several classics, including "Tangled Up in Blue", "Simple Twist of Fate" and "Shelter from the Storm". The album is #16 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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