April 27 Born –
Syd Nathan (1904) – producer and founder of Federal Records.
Jimmie Skinner (1909) – Country/bluegrass singer/guitarist.
Kemal "Casey" Kasem (1932) – DJ/radio personality, American Top 40.
Maxine Brown (1932) – The Browns ("The Three Bells").
Calvin Newborn (1933) – Jazz guitarist with B.B. King ("B.B.'s
Boogie").
Tom Jameson (1937) – The Jamies ("Summertime Summertime").
Cornelius Grant (1943) – guitarist for The Temptations and Motown.
Cuba Gooding, Sr. (1944) – lead vocalist for The Main Ingredient.
Gordon Haskell (1946) – one-time vocalist for King Crimson.
Pete Ham (1947) – Badfinger.
Ann Peebles (1947) – singer/songwriter ("I Can't Stand The Rain").
Dave Peel (aka David Rosario, 1947) – The Lower East Side Band.
Kate Pierson (1948) – The B-52s.
Clive Taylor (1949) – bassist for Amen Corner.
Herbie Murrell (1949) – The Stylistics.
Paul "Ace" Frehley (1951) – former lead guitarist for KISS.
Marco Pirroni (1959) – guitarist for Adam and The Ants.
Sheena Easton (aka Sheena Orr, 1959) – singer/songwriter.
Bob Coombes (1972) – keyboardist for Supergrass.
Will Boyd (1979) – former bassist for Evanescence.
Patrick Stump (1984) – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist for
Fall Out Boy.
April 27 R.I.P. –
Arzell "Z.Z." Hill (1984) – heart attack after a car crash. Age 48.
Blues singer ("Down Home Blues").
Al Hirt (1999) – liver failure. Age 76. Trumpeter and bandleader.
Vicki Sue Robinson (2000) – cancer. Age 45. Disco singer ("Turn The
Beat Around").
Bob Morse (2001) – Age 77. The Hi-Los.
Marian Mercer (2011) – Alzheimer’s disease. Age 75. Actress, Broadway
singer (Promises, Promises).
April 27 album releases –
Sly and The Family Stone – Dance To The Music (1968)
The Fall – Slates (1981) (EP)
The B-52s – Whammy! (1983)
David Bowie – Never Let Me Down (1987)
R.E.M. – Dead Letter Office (1987)
Pat Benatar – True Love (1991)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Henry’s Dreams (1992)
XTC – Nonsuch (1992)
Vince Neil – Exposed (1993)
Porno For Pyros – Porno For Pyros (1993)
Blind Guardian – Nightfall In Middle-Earth (1998)
AFI – Black Sails EP (1999)
Immortal – Damned In Black (2000)
Patti Smith – Trampin’ (2004)
April 27 events –
1955 – Elvis Presley performs at the American Legion Hall in Hobbs,
New Mexico.
1956 – Capitol Records signs Gene Vincent with the intention of
marketing him as the next Elvis.
1958 – The Everly Brothers perform “All I Have To Do Is Dream,” and
Sal Mineo sings “A Couple Of Crazy Kids” on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Other musical guests include Patachou, Georgia Gibbs and Theresa
Brewer.
1959 – Lloyd Price releases his single, "Personality" b/w "Have You
Ever Had The Blues."
1960 – In Hollywood, Elvis Presley begins recording sessions that will
provide the soundtrack for his movie and album, G.I. Blues.
1964 – MacMillan & Scribner publish John Lennon's book, In His Own
Write, in the U.S.
1964 – The Beatles release their single, "Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I Love
You," in the U.S. on the Vee-Jay and Tollie labels.
1965 – While on tour in the UK, Bob Dylan is interviewed by BBC
journalist and radio presenter Jack DeManio at the Savoy Hotel in
London.
1966 – The Beatles begin recording "I'm Only Sleeping."
1967 – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell release their single, "Ain't No
Mountain High Enough" b/w "Give A Little Love."
1968 – Simon and Garfunkel release their single, "Mrs. Robinson" b/w
"Old Friends."
1968 – Deep Purple releases their single, "Hush" b/w "One More Rainy
Day."
1969 – Joe Cocker makes his U.S. television debut on The Ed Sullivan
Show, singing "Feelin' Alright" with The Grease Band. Also appearing
are The Young Americans, Connie Francis and Lovelace Watkins.
1969 – NBC airs José Feliciano's television special, Very Special,
with guests Andy Williams, Glen Campbell and Dionne Warwick.
1969 – Pink Floyd records their show at Mothers Club in Erdington,
Birmingham, for inclusion on their double album, Ummagumma.
1970 – David Bowie and The Hype, Barclay James Harvest, High Tide and
The Purple Gang all appear at Stockport Grammar School.
1970 – John Lennon's "explicit" Bag One lithographs are returned to
the London Arts Gallery exhibition after a High Court judge rules them
"unlikely to deprave or corrupt."
1971 – The Grateful Dead appear at Fillmore East with guests, The
Beach Boys.
1974 – A free afternoon concert is held in the parking lot of the
University of Connecticut Ice Hockey Arena in Storrs, featuring
Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Fairport Convention and Fat Back.
1975 – Pink Floyd plays their fifth and final night at the Los Angeles
Sports Arena. During the course of the five nights, 511 people were
arrested for marijuana possession.
1976 – David Bowie is detained by customs officers at the Poland-
Russian border for carrying Nazi books and regalia. He is released
after convincing them he is doing research for a movie role.
1978 – Bob Dylan records "No Time To Think," "Where Are You Tonight?"
and "True Love Tends To Forget" at Rundown Studios in Santa Monica for
his up-coming Street Legal album.
1979 – At a Duke Ellington tribute concert at UCLA, Stevie Wonder
makes a surprise appearance to sing his hit tribute, "Sir Duke."
1980 – New York City’s disco hot-spot Studio 54 closes its doors three
years and one day after opening, due to liquor license violations.
1981 – Ringo Starr marries Barbara Bach at the Marylebone Registrar's
Office in London. Paul and Linda McCartney and George and Olivia
Harrison attend the ceremony.
1982 – Frank and Moon Unit Zappa release their single, “Valley Girl”
with several different B-sides, including “No Not Now,” “Teenage
Prostitute,” “You Are What You Is” and a “Valley Girl” fade-out
version. The single will go on to become Frank’s only Top 40 single in
the U.S.
1990 – David Bowie begins a short, 7-date tour through Florida,
Georgia and North Carolina on his Sound+Vision World Tour before
heading to Japan for two shows. Bowie will return on May 20 for an
extended North American tour.
1994 – The Fillmore re-opens in San Francisco, with Smashing Pumpkins,
Ry Cooder and David Lindley, and American Music Club providing the
night's entertainment.
1994 – At 4:00 in the morning, Ace Of Base fan Manuela Behrendt breaks
into the German home of singer Jenny Berggren, holding her at
knifepoint and forcing her into her parents’ bedroom, where the three
of them finally overpower the intruder. Behrendt - who stalked the
family for a week, deflating their car’s tires and cutting their TV
cable - is arrested and charged with assault and unlawful entry.
1996 – Oasis plays the first of two nights at the Maine Road football
grounds in Manchester.
1999 – The Verve announces they have split up.
2001 – The Bee Gees appear at the Manhattan Center in New York for the
A&E cable network show, Live By Request.
2001 – Trisha Yearwood is honored by her Monticello, Georgia hometown,
with the re-naming of Highway 83N as Trisha Yearwood Parkway.
2003 – Iggy Pop reunites with The Stooges for the first time in 30
years at the end of the Coachella Festival.
2004 – Elton John publicly responds to American Idol's call-in voters,
calling them "incredibly racist" when Jennifer Hudson doesn't win the
contest.
2004 – Dixie Chick Martie Maguire gives birth to twins.
2006 – Keith Richards is hospitalized with head injuries after falling
out of a palm tree in Fiji.
2008 – During Roger Waters' performance at the Coachella Festival, the
"Pink Floyd" inflatable pig becomes un-tethered and floats away.
2009 – Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament is attacked and robbed outside the
rear entrance of Southern Tracks Recording Studios in Atlanta by three
assailants wearing black masks and brandishing knives. The robbers
take a BlackBerry, Ament's passport, $3,000 in cash, and $4,320 worth
of other goods.
2009 – Aerosmith settles a class action suit against them brought by
angry fans when the band cancelled a show in Hawaii for a more
lucrative one in Chicago. The band agrees to do a free show in Maui
for all ticket holders of the cancelled concert.
2010 – The IRS files a tax lien against singer Judy Collins over
$116,000 in disputed taxes from her 2009 returns.
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