... and more January 27 birthdays -
Elmore James (1918)
David Seville (aka Rostom Sipan "Ross" Bagdasarian, 1919)
Brian Downey (1951) - drummer for Thin Lizzy.
Seth Justman (1951) - keyboardist for The J. Geils Band.
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Birthday corrections -
Nick Mason was born in 1944.
Nedra Talley was born in 1946.
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January 27 R.I.P. -
Mahalia Jackson (1972) - heart failure and diabetes complications. Age
60.
Gene McFadden (2006) - cancer. Age 57. Songwriter with John Whitehead
("Back Stabbers").
January 27 album releases -
B52s - Mesopotmania (1982) EP
John Lennon/Yoko Ono - Milk And Honey (1984)
Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream (2009)
Events -
1956 - Elvis Presley released "Heartbreak Hotel," his first single
under his new RCA contract.
1958 - Little Richard entered The Oakwood Theological College in
Huntsville, where he was ordained as a Seventh Day Adventist Minister.
1961 - Frank Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall for Martin
Luther King.
1962 - The Beatles appeared at Aintree Institute in Aintree,
Liverpool, for the last time. Brian Epstein became infuriated when the
promoter, Brian Kelly, paid The Beatles' fee (£15 pounds) with
handfuls of loose change. Epstein took this as an insult to the group,
and made sure that The Beatles never played for him again.
1971 - David Bowie arrived in the U.S. for the first time. He
couldn't play live because of work permit restrictions, but attracted
publicity when he wore a dress at a promotion event.
1998 - James Brown was charged with possession of marijuana and
unlawful use of a firearm after police were called to his South
Carolina home. Brown later clamed the drugs were used to help his
"eyesight."
2002 - Brian Wilson played the first of four sold-out nights at The
Royal Festival Hall in London.
2004 - R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband were charged with
possession of cocaine and marijuana after being arrested in Atlanta,
Georgia. Police pulled them over for a suspected license plate offense.
