May 27 Born – Clifford “Bud” Shank (1926) – Jazz saxophonist/flautist. Junior Parker (1932) – Blues singer/songwriter. Ramsey Lewis (1935) – Jazz pianist/composer. Mal Evans (1935) – roadie for The Beatles. Don Williams (1939) – Country music singer/songwriter. Cilla Black (aka Priscilla White, 1943) – British singer. Bruce Cockburn (1945) – Canadian guitarist/singer/songwriter. Marty Kristian (aka Martin Vanags, 1947) – The New Seekers. Peter Knight (1947) – Steeleye Span. Pete Sears (1948) – keyboardist/bassist for Jefferson Starship. James Mitchell, Jr. (1949) – The Detroit Emeralds. Eddie Harsch (1957) – former keyboardist for The Black Crowes. Siouxsie Sioux (aka Susan Ballion, 1957) – Siouxsie and The Banshees. Neil Finn (1958) – vocalist for Crowded House. Sean Kinney (1966) – drummer for Alice In Chains. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971) – TLC. André 3000 (aka André Benjamin, 1975) – rapper for OutKast.
May 27 R.I.P. – Willie Woods (1997) – lung cancer. Age 60. Jr. Walker and The All Stars. Red Rodney (1994) – Age 63. Be-bop trumpeter with Charlie Parker. Gil Scott-Heron (2011) – Age 62. Jazz/soul musician/poet. May 27 album releases – Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) Wings – Venus And Mars (1975) U.S. Aretha Franklin – Sparkle (Soundtrack) (1976) Dixie Dregs – Free Fall (1977) Mike Oldfield – Crises (1983) Turbonegro – Ass Cobra (1997) Snot – Get Some (1997) Led Zeppelin – How The West Was Won (2003) May 27 events – 1950 – Frank Sinatra makes his television debut on NBC's Star Spangled Revue, with host Bob Hope. 1957 – The Crickets release their single, "That'll Be The Day" b/w "I'm Looking For Someone To Love" on Brunswick Records. Later in the day, Buddy and the group record "Not Fade Away" and "Everyday" at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico. 1957 – Toronto radio station CHUM-AM becomes the first in Canada to play only Top 40 rock and roll. 1958 – The remaining dates for Jerry Lee Lewis' British tour are cancelled, and Lewis and his bride are asked to leave the Westbury Hotel in London, where they have been staying. The pair will leave the country the next day. 1961 – Johnny Cash appears in "The Deathly Quiet" episode of The Deputy on NBC-TV. 1962 – "Moon River" is named Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 4th Grammy Awards. 1963 – The Beatles release "From Me To You" b/w "Thank You Girl" in the U.S. on the Vee Jay label. On tour in the UK with Roy Orbison, the group headlines an evening show at the Capitol Cinema in Cardiff. Besides Orbison, other acts on the bill include The Terry Young Six, Ian Crawford, Louise Cordet, David Macbeth, Gerry and The Pacemakers, and comedian Erkey Grant. 1963 – Elvis Presley records "Memphis, Tennessee," “(It’s A) Long Lonely Highway,” “Ask Me,” “Slowly But Surely,” “Western Union” and “Blue River” at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1964 – In Coventry, England, 11 grammar school boys are suspended from class for having "Mick Jagger hairstyles." 1964 – Screaming Lord Sutch starts his own pirate radio station, Radio Sutch, and begins broadcasting from the British fort, Shivering Sands. 1966 – The Exploding Plastic Inevitable Show, featuring The Velvet Underground and The Mothers of Invention, plays its first gig on the West Coast at San Francisco’s Fillmore West. 1966 – Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Royal Albert Hall. This is his last concert before his motorcycle accident. 1966 – Elvis Presley records "So High," "Farther Along," "By And By," "In The Garden," "Beyond The Reef," "Somebody Bigger Than You And I" and "Without Him" at RCA Studios in Nashville. Session musicians include Scotty Moore, Floyd Cramer, Pete Drake, and Boots Randolph among others. 1967 – RCA Victor and Columbia announce that on June 1 they will raise the list price of their record albums by a dollar to $4.98. 1967 – To celebrate Cilla Black's 24th birthday, manager Brian Epstein organizes illuminated greetings at London's Piccadilly Circus and sites in Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham. 1968 – Glen Campbell records “Wichita Lineman” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, with members of the Wrecking Crew. 1972 – David Bowie appears at Ebbisham Hall in Epsom, Surrey, on his Ziggy Stardust tour. 1974 – Elvis Presley brings 6-year old Lisa Marie to see The Jackson 5 at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, where she meets 15-year old Michael Jackson backstage for the first time. 1977 – Declan McManus makes his live debut as Elvis Costello at the Nashville Club in London. 1977 – The Sex Pistols release their single "God Save The Queen" b/w "Did You No Wrong" in the UK. It is banned everywhere. 1978 – The Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” hits the Billboard Hot 100 at #76. 1980 – David Lee Roth breaks his nose and suffers a concussion when he jumps off the drum riser and hits the lights while filming a Van Halen television special in Rome, Italy. 1987 – During a show in Rome's Flaminio Stadio, U2's sound system sets off earthquake alarms in two neighborhoods. 1988 – Def Leppard begins the third leg of their North American Hysteria World Tour at the George M. Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. 1989 – Cliff Richard releases his 100th solo single, "The Best Of Me" b/w "Lindsay Jane." 1989 – Anti-communist labor leader Lech Walesa presents Stevie Wonder with a "Badge of Solidarity" from his native Poland. 1989 – The Beach Boys and Chicago begin their first joint headlining tour together since 1975 at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. Brian Wilson makes a rare appearance with the group and performs “Country Feelin’.” 1990 – The Stone Roses draw 27,000 to their outdoor gig on Spike Island in Widnes, Cheshire. 1994 – After 14 years, The Eagles re-unite to begin their Hell Freezes Over Tour at Irvine Meadows in Laguna Hills, California. 1997 – Oasis' Liam Gallagher gets his ass kicked by a teenager at the Tower Thistle Hotel when he decides to start trouble in the bar. 2000 – Paula Yates, girlfriend of deceased INXS singer Michael Hutchence, is awarded $680,000 in an out of court settlement from Hutchence's estate. She will be dead in less than four months. 2003 – Luciano Pavarotti hosts a benefit concert in Modena, Italy, with a little help from his friends Bono, Eric Clapton, Andrea Bocelli, Liza Minnelli members of Queen, to help the United Nations deal with humanitarian services in war-torn Iraq. The event is broadcast on Italian television. 2004 – Barry and Robin Gibb, and Maurice's son, Adam, accept the honors of Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. 2005 – Robbie Williams is voted Best Live Solo Artist in a UK nation- wide survey, beating out Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. 2007 – Ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi are fired by the Dr. Martens shoe company for running an ad campaign featuring dead rock stars Kurt Cobain and Sid Vicious wearing the brand's boots in heaven. 2008 – UK's Woolworths stops selling CD singles due to low sales. 2009 – The American Express credit card company sues Courtney Love for $350,000 in unpaid credit card bills. 2010 – At an AC/DC concert at Wels Airport in Austria, dozens of fans need medical treatment after complaining of burning eyes. It is later found that the fans had allergic reactions to bark mulch which was spread at the venue to avoid the soil getting too muddy after hours of rainfall. 2012 – Lady Gaga cancels her sold-out show in Indonesia over security concerns after Islamist hard-liners threaten violence, claiming her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves will corrupt the youth. -- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
