... and more August 27 birthdays –
Morris Levy (1927) – music industry executive, founder of Roulette
Records.
Jimmy C. Newman (1927) – Country music singer.
Tommy Sands (1937) – actor/singer (“Teen-Age Crush”).
Edward Patten (1939) – Gladys Knight and The Pips.
Daryl Dragon (1942) – The Beach Boys, The Captain and Tennille.
Cuba Gooding, Sr. (1944) – The Main Ingredient (“Everybody Plays The
Fool”).
Tim Bogert (aka John Bogert III, 1944) – bassist for Vanilla Fudge and
Cactus.
Malcolm "Duke" Allured (1945) – drummer for Showaddywaddy.
Jeff Cook (1949) – guitarist/keyboardist for Alabama.
Kevin Kavanaugh (1951) – keyboardist for Southside Johnny and The
Asbury Jukes.
Tony Kanal (1970) – bassist for No Doubt.
August 27 R.I.P. –
Bob Scholl (1975) – boating accident. Age 37. The Mello-Tones.
Joan Edwards (1981) – heart attack. Age 62. Singer on the Lucky Strike
Hit Parade.
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990) – helicopter crash. Age 35.
Big Dee Irwin (1995) – heart failure. Age 63. Singer with Little Eva
("Swinging On A Star").
Richard Jaeger (2000) – Age 52. Session percussionist.
August 27 album releases –
Stevie Wonder – I Was Made To Love Her (1967)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – The Roaring Silence (1976)
The B-52s – Wild Planet (1980)
Garth Brooks – No Fences (1990)
Pearl Jam – Ten (1991)
The Jerry Garcia Band – Jerry Garcia Band (1991)
Pearl Jam – No Code (1996)
Boston – Corporate America (2002)
August 27 events –
1946 – Frankie Laine records “That’s My Desire” at Universal Recording
Studios in L.A.
1954 – Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson signs with Columbia Records.
1960 – After more than 12 years on the air, the Louisiana Hayride
broadcasts its final show.
1961 – Connie Francis appears as the mystery guest on What’s My Line.
1962 – Elvis Presley begins filming his movie, It Happened At The
World’s Fair, in Seattle.
1964 – The Beatles play one show at the Cincinnati Gardens.
1964 – Johnny Cash and June Carter record “It Ain’t Me Babe” in
Nashville.
1965 – The Beatles meet Elvis Presley at his Bel-Air home in Los
Angeles.
1966 – The Association releases their single, “Cherish” b/w “Don’t
Blame It On Me.”
1967 – Upon learning of the death of Brian Epstein, Paul McCartney
immediately heads back to London, leaving John, George and Ringo to
give a brief interview in Bangor before also returning to London.
1967 – The Evening Express newspaper runs a story on former Beatles
drummer Pete Best, reporting that he now works in a bakery earning £18
a week.
1969 – Led Zeppelin plays the first of two nights at the Casino
Ballroom in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.
1977 – Jackson Browne appears at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in
Columbia, Maryland, and records several songs - “Running On Empty,”
The Load-Out” and “Stay” - for a live album release.
1977 – Jimmy Buffett marries his second wife, Jane Slagsvol.
1982 – Queen appears at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
1988 – Country music act The Judds perform at the White House for
President and Mrs. Reagan.
1990 – In the early morning hours, a helicopter carrying Stevie Ray
Vaughan, Eric Clapton’s agent Bobby Brooks, Clapton bodyguard Nigel
Browne, Clapton tour manager Colin Smythe, and pilot Jeff Brown,
crashes into the side of a ski slope on takeoff, killing everyone on
board.
1992 – John Lennon's original hand-written lyrics for "A Day In The
Life" fetches $87,000 at Sotheby's auction.
2003 – P. Diddy is sued for $5million by Stephanie Grieso, claiming
she was assaulted by a bouncer outside his New York restaurant,
Justin’s. Grieso alleges she was arguing outside the restaurant when
the bouncer grabbed her by the neck and pushed her down on the
pavement, causing leg injuries.
2003 – Janis Ian marries her girlfriend, Nashville defense lawyer
Patricia Snyder, in Toronto, Canada, where gay marriages are legal.
2004 – The Carling Leeds Festival takes place, featuring Green Day,
The White Stripes, Morrissey, The Offspring and many others. Rapper 50
Cent and his G-Unit also appear and are pelted with bottles and booed
off the stage without playing a note.
2007 – Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and The Raiders opens Mark
Lindsay's Rock And Roll Cafe in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. It’s
open less than a year.
2008 – MacKenzie Phillips is arrested at Los Angeles International
Airport for possession of heroin and cocaine.
2010 – Marvin Hamlisch is named the conductor of the Pasadena Pops
Orchestra.
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Bob Dylan's album, Highway 61 Revisited, was released on August 30,
1965.
