#WhatsHappening for March 21, 2018

Hey, kids- happy Wednesday!

Today's the first full day of spring.

That's my thoughts on that.

The 9th Circuit has denied appeals filed by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in the 2015 case filed by Marvin Gaye's family in the Got to Give It Up/Blurred Lines. While the court upheld the $5.3 million judgement against Thicke and Williams, it reversed the award against rapper T.I.

Writing for the majority, Judge Milan D. Smith Jr. said "Musical compositions are not confined to a narrow range of expression"- rejecting Thicke's attorneys arguments that only "thin" protection, due to its being created before copyright laws were amended in the 1970s.

Songs from Tony Bennett, Bill Haley & His Comets, The Temptations, Kenny Rogers, Arlo Guthrie, and Chic- as well as albums from Fleetwood Mac, Run-DMC, and Groucho Marx have been selected for preservation by the National Recording Registry. The Library of Congress' honors 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" recordings each year.

This year's honorees:

• Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta- Victor Herbert and his Orchestra (1911)
• Standing Rock Preservation Recordings- George Herzog and Members of the Yanktoni Tribe (1928)
• Lamento Borincano- Canario y Su Grupo (1930)
• Sitting on Top of the World- Mississippi Sheiks (1930)
• The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas- Artur Schnabel (1932-35)
• If I Didn't Care- The Ink Spots (1939)
• Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on International Organization (April 25, 1945 to June 26, 1945)
• Folk Songs of the Hills- Merle Travis (1946)
• How I Got Over- Clara Ward and the Ward Singers (1950)
• (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock- Bill Haley & His Comets (1954)
• Calypso- Harry Belafonte (1956)
• I Left My Heart in San Francisco- Tony Bennett (1962)
• King Biscuit Time- Sonny Boy Williamson II and others (1965)
• My Girl- The Temptations (1964)
• The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)
• Alice's Restaurant Massacree- Arlo Guthrie (1967)
• New Sounds in Electronic Music- Steve Reich, Richard Maxfield & Pauline Oliveros (1967)
• An Evening With Groucho- Groucho Marx (1972)
• Rumours- Fleetwood Mac (1977)
• The Gambler- Kenny Rogers (1978)
• Le Freak- Chic (1978)
• Footloose- Kenny Loggins (1984)
• Raising Hell- Run-DMC (1986)
• Rhythm Is Gonna Get You- Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (1987)
• Yo-Yo Ma Premieres: Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra- Various (1996)

The inductees were culled from online submissions from the public and the National Recording Preservation Board.

Birthdays today include: Andrew Copeland of Sister Hazel (50); MC Maxim of Prodigy (51); Jonas Berggren of Ace Of Base (51); Sean Dickson of Soup Dragons (51); Conrad Lozano of Los Lobos (67); Roger Hodgson of Supertramp (68); Eddie Money (69); Rosemary Stone of Sly & The Family Stone (73). #MusicalBirthdays