March 27 Born – Leroy Carr (1905) – Blues singer/songwriter/pianist. Snooky Lanson (aka Roy Landman, 1914) – singer on NBC's Your Hit Parade. Rufus Thomas (1917) – R&B singer. Sarah Vaughan (1924) – Jazz singer. David Rogers (1936) – Country music singer (“Need You”). Janis Martin (1940) – rockabilly/country singer. Mike "Smitty" Smith (1942) – drummer for Paul Revere & The Raiders. Andrew Bown (1946) – keyboardist/bassist for The Herd and Status Quo. Tom Sullivan (1947) – singer. Tony Banks (1950) – keyboardist for Genesis. Wally Stocker (1953) – guitarist for The Babys. Billy MacKenzie (1957) – Scottish singer, The Associates. Andrew Farris (1959) – keyboardist for INXS. Jackie Chambers (1960) – guitarist for Girlschool. Derrick McKenzie (1962) – drummer for Jamiroquai. Clark Datchler (1964) – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist for Johnny Hates Jazz. Johnny April (1965) – bassist for Staind. Brendan Hill (1970) – drummer for Blues Traveler. Mariah Carey (1970) – R&B/soul singer. Fergie (aka Stacy Ferguson, 1975) – Black Eyed Peas.
March 27 R.I.P. – Howard Wyeth (1996) – cardiac arrest. Age 51. Session drummer. Ian Dury (2000) – metastatic colorectal cancer. Age 57. Ian Dury and The Blockheads. March 27 album releases – Bob Dylan – Bring It All Back Home (1965) Ringo Starr – Sentimental Journey (1970) Three Dog Night – Seven Separate Fools (1972) Ian Hunter – You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (1979) Carl Wilson – Carl Wilson (1981) Ratt – Out Of The Cellar (1984) Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C. (1984) King Crimson – Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984) Slint – Spiderland (1991) Silverchair – Frogstomp (1995) Embrace – Drawn From Memory (2000) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – Live From New York City (2001) Massive Attack – Collected (2006) Stevie Nicks – Crystal Visions: The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks (2007) March 27 events – 1899 – The first international radio transmission takes place when Guglielmo Marconi transmits a message between England and France. 1945 – Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys record “It's Only A Paper Moon” in New York City. 1945 – Perry Como, along with The Ted Steele Orchestra, records “Temptation” at RCA Studios in New York City. 1947 – Tex Williams and His Western Caravan records “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. 1951 – Frank Sinatra and the Ray Charles Singers record “I’m A Fool To Want You” in New York City. 1952 – Sam Phillips opens Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. 1958 – CBS Labs announces the development of stereophonic recordings. 1958 – Sheb Wooley records "The Purple People Eater" at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. 1959 – Annette Funicello performs “Tall Paul” on American Bandstand. 1960 – Two anti-payola bills are introduced in Congress by Representative Emanuel Celler of New York, who states, "The cacophonous music called rock and roll could not possibly have risen up the charts without the practice of payola.” 1960 – Brenda Lee records "I Want To Be Wanted" and "That's All You Gotta Do" at Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut studio in Nashville. 1962 – Elvis Presley records “Return To Sender” and “Girls! Girls! Girls!” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. 1965 – The Who's "I Can't Explain" debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 1965 – P.J. Proby splits his pants onstage in Hereford - a standard occurrence that on this occasion results in his concert being canceled. 1966 – While on tour in the UK, Roy Orbison falls off a motorbike in Hawkstone Park in Birmingham and fractures his foot. Orbison will continue the tour on crutches. 1967 – The Young Rascals record “Groovin’.” 1967 – Fats Domino plays his first ever gig in the UK at the Savile Theatre in London. Also on the bill are The Bee Gees and Gerry and The Pacemakers. 1968 – The Bee Gees kick off a 26-date UK tour at London's Royal Albert Hall. Also on the bill are The Foundations and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. 1971 – The Allman Brothers Band appears at the Sunshine Inn in Asbury Park, New Jersey, with opening act Bruce Springsteen & Friendly Enemies. 1971 – Jan Howard joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1972 – Elvis Presley records “Burning Love,” "Separate Ways," "For The Good Times," and "Where Do I Go From Here?" at RCA Studios in Hollywood. 1972 – Grand Funk Railroad fires producer/manager Terry Knight for alleged nonpayment of royalties. 1973 – Jerry Garcia is stopped for speeding in New Jersey, and is arrested when police find a large quantity of LSD in his car. 1973 – Rolling Stone magazine reports that Carlos Santana has become a disciple of Sri Chinmoy, and has changed his name to Devadip, which means “the lamp of the light of the Supreme.” 1974 – Ray Stevens releases his single, "The Streak" b/w “You’ve Got The Music Inside.” 1976 – Wings are forced to postpone their upcoming U.S. tour for three weeks when guitarist Jimmy McCulloch falls in his hotel bathroom and breaks a finger. 1978 – The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash airs on BBC television. 1979 – Eric Clapton marries Pattie Boyd Harrison. 1979 – Bruce Springsteen's first video, "Rosalita," premieres on BBC TV. 1982 – Small Faces/Faces bassist Ronnie Lane is hospitalized for treatment of multiple sclerosis. 1984 – Metallica makes their UK stage debut at the Marquee club in London. 1984 – Bryan Adams records “Run To You” at Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver, Canada. 1986 – Van Halen begins their first tour with Sammy Hagar on vocals at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. 1987 – U2 films their video for "Where The Streets Have No Name" on the rooftop of a liquor store in Los Angeles. 1991 – New Kid On The Block Donnie Wahlberg is arrested and charged with first degree arson for lighting carpets on fire using vodka as accelerant at The Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. 1998 – Ground is broken in Phoenix for Alice Cooperstown, the rocker's sports bar and restaurant. 2002 – Country music artist Lyle Lovett is trampled by a bull on his uncle’s ranch in Texas while trying to help him after he’d been thrown off the bull. Lovett is hospitalized with several breaks in his right leg. 2003 – The Rolling Stones postpone two concerts in Hong Kong due to the SARS flu epidemic. 2003 – John Lennon's Liverpool boyhood home, known as Mendips, is opened to the public. 2006 – The Village People's "policeman" Victor Willis is arrested in San Francisco after avoiding arrest for months on cocaine and weapons charges. 2006 – Graceland is designated a National Historic Landmark. 2007 – The wife of Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland is arrested for burning $10,000 worth of his belongings in the front yard of their home during an argument. 2007 – Jefferson Airplane/Starship vocalist Grace Slick sues former bandmate Paul Kantner for touring with different musicians under the name Paul Kantner's Starship. 2007 – Eminem and his ex-wife Kim reach a court agreement to stop insulting each other in public. The deal comes after the rap star took legal action to stop Kim Mathers from making "derogatory, disparaging, inflammatory and otherwise negative comments.” 2008 – Rapper Remy Ma (aka Reminisce Smith) is convicted of assault, weapon possession and coercion, stemming from the shooting of a friend outside a nightclub in July 2007 because she thought the woman had stolen $3,000 from her. Smith is sentenced to eight years in jail. 2008 – A coroner in Leeds opens an official inquest into the death of saxophonist Jason Rae, the 31 year-old musician husband of UK singer Corinne Bailey Rae, who died from a suspected overdose. 2012 – David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album is honored with a blue plaque on Heddon Street in central London, at the spot where the cover of the 1972 release was shot. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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