Events in Music History in March 2022

Mar 9 American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Mar 11 American rapper Lil Durk releases his 7th studio album "7220", debuts at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart

Mar 14 Dolly Parton removes herself from the ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame saying "I don’t feel that I have earned that right” (she later reconsiders and gets in) [1]

Mar 30 Rock band Foo Fighters cancel their world tour after the unexpected death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins in Bogotá, Colombia [1]