>
> June 27 Born –
>
> Doc Pomus (aka Jerome Felder, 1925) – singer/songwriter.
>
> Ersel Hickey (1934) – Rockabilly singer/songwriter ("Bluebirds Over The
> Mountain").
>
> Bruce Johnston (aka Benjamin Baldwin, 1942) – The Rip Chords, Bruce &
> Terry, The Beach Boys.
>
> Frank Mills (1942) – Canadian pianist ("Music Box Dancer").
>
> Joey Covington (1945) – drummer for Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.
>
> Gilson Lavis (1951) – drummer for Squeeze and Jools Holland.
>
> Lisa Germano (1958) – American singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist.
>
> Lorrie Morgan (aka Loretta Lynn Morgan, 1959) – Country music singer.
>
> Michael Ball (1962) – British actor/singer ("Love Changes Everything").
>
> Laurence “Loz” Colbert (1970) – drummer for Ride.
>
> Evan Taubenfeld (1983) – lead guitarist for Avril Levigne.
>
>
>
> June 27 R.I.P. –
>
> Allan Jones (1992) – lung cancer. Age 84. Actor/singer ("Donkey Serenade").
>
> Brian O'Hara (1999) – suicide. Age 58. The Foremost.
>
> John Entwistle (2002) – heart attack from cocaine. Age 57. The Who.
>
> Eileen Barton (2006) – ovarian cancer. Age 81. Singer ("If I Knew You Were
> Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake").
>
> Raymond Lefèvre (2008) – Age 78. French composer, orchestra conductor
> ("The Day The Rains Came").
>
> Gale Storm (2009) – Age 87. Actress/singer ("I Hear You Knockin'").
>
> Fayette Pinkney (2009) – respiratory failure. Age 61. The Three Degrees
> ("When Will I See You Again").
>
> Harold Cowart (2010) – Age 66. Bassist for John Fred and His Playboy Band.
>
> Don Grady (2012) – cancer. Age 68. Actor/composer, drummer for Yellow
> Balloon.
>
>
>
> June 27 album releases –
>
> Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out! (1966)
>
> The Grateful Dead – From The Mars Hotel (1974)
>
> Black Sabbath – Sabotage (1975) U.S.
>
> Motörhead <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead> – No Sleep ‘Til
> Hammersmith (1981)
>
> Lee Aaron – Call Of The Wild (1985)
>
> Jethro Tull – 20 Years Of Jethro Tull (1988)
>
> Ranking Roger – Radical Departure (1988)
>
> The B-52s – Cosmic Thing (1989)
>
> Don Henley – The End Of The Innocence (1989)
>
> Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Black Moon (1992)
>
> Beck – One Foot In The Grave (1994)
>
> Neil Young – Mirror Ball (1995)
>
> Alison Moyet – Singles (1995)
>
> Bon Jovi – These Days (1995) U.S.
>
> HammerFall – Glory To The Brave (1997)
>
> Chuck Berry – The Anthology (2000)
>
>
>
> June 27 events –
>
> 1885 – Chichester Bell and Charles Tainter apply for a patent for their
> invention, the gramophone.
>
> 1949 – Gene Autry records "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" in Hollywood.
>
> 1955 – The Julius La Rosa Show debuts on CBS television, airing its 15
> minute segments three nights a week for 13 weeks.
>
> 1959 – West Side Story closes on Broadway after 732 performances.
>
> 1959 – Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon, and Edd "Kookie" Byrnes are the musical
> guests on ABC-TV's variety show Coke Time With Eddie Fisher.
>
> 1960 – Wanda Jackson releases her single, "Let's Have A Party" b/w "Cool
> Love" on Capitol Records.
>
> 1961 – Roy Orbison records "Candy Man" at RCA Studios in Nashville.
>
> 1962 – Bo Diddley records "I Can Tell" and "You Can't Judge A Book By The
> Cover" at Chess in Chicago.
>
> 1962 – Hank Snow records "I've Been Everywhere" at RCA Studios in
> Nashville, with Chet Atkins producing.
>
> 1963 – Brenda Lee signs a contract with Decca Records, guaranteeing her $1
> million over the next 20 years.
>
> 1964 – Jan and Dean release their single, “The Little Old Lady From
> Pasadena” b/w “My Mighty G.T.O.”
>
> 1965 – The Beatles play two shows at the Teatro Adriano in Piazza Cavour
> in Rome. Both shows are less than half full with concert-goers.
>
> 1965 – Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas appear on The Ed Sullivan Show,
> performing "From A Window" and "Bad To Me." Also on the show is Tony
> Bennett, singing "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" and "It Had To Be You."
>
> 1966 – The Miracles, The Righteous Brothers, Sam Riddle and Keith Allison
> all appear on the first anniversary edition of Where The Action Is.
>
> 1967 – Mick Jagger is found guilty in a London court of drug possession,
> stemming from the Redlands bust on February 12, 1967.
>
> 1967 – The Doors appear at the Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn, New York.
>
> 1968 – Elvis Presley films two live "unplugged" jam sessions at NBC
> Television Studios for his upcoming "comeback" special.
>
> 1968 – The Beatles record the backing track for "Everybody's Got Something
> To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" in six takes at Abbey Road.
>
> 1969 – The Moody Blues, Colosseum, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band and Orange
> Bicycle all appear at Exeter University’s Summer Ball in England.
>
> 1969 – The Doors play the first of four nights at The Forum in Mexico
> City, with opening act Leo Acosta.
>
> 1970 – Though they are already billing themselves as Queen, Freddy
> Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Mike Grose play their final gig as
> Smile at the Truro City Hall in Cornwall.
>
> 1970 – The Jackson 5's "The Love You Save" hits #1 on the Hot 100, making
> the group the first in history to have its first three singles hit #1.
>
> 1970 – The first of the two-day Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive
> Music is held at the Royal Bath and West
> Showground<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bath_and_West_of_England_Society>
> in Shepton Mallet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepton_Mallet>,
> Somerset<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset>.
> Festival acts include Led Zeppelin, Hot Tuna, Canned Heat, Frank Zappa
> and The Mothers of Invention, Colosseum, The Byrds, Dr. John, Pink Floyd,
> Fairport Convention, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, Keef Hartley, Pentangle,
> It’s A Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane and others.
>
> 1970 – Jimi Hendrix appears at the Boston Garden in Massachusetts.
>
> 1970 – The Transcontinental Pop Festival - aka The Festival Express -
> featuring The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Delaney & Bonnie and
> Buddy Guy - begins in Toronto (after the first show in Montreal was
> cancelled), playing the first of two days at CNE Stadium.
>
> 1971 – An invitation-only concert is held for the final night of Fillmore
> East, featuring The Allman Brothers
> Band<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band>
> , The J. Geils Band <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_J._Geils_Band>, Albert
> King <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_King>, Edgar Winter's White
> Trash <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Winter%27s_White_Trash>,
> Mountain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_(band)>, The Beach
> Boys<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys>,
> and Country Joe McDonald<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_McDonald>
> .
>
> 1975 – The Temptations, Ace, Jessi Colter, Rose, and Leo Sayer all appear
> on The Midnight Special.
>
> 1976 – John Lennon finally receives his green card, allowing him permanent
> residency in the U.S.
>
> 1978 – The band Kansas is named "Ambassadors of Goodwill" by UNICEF.
>
> 1980 – Three songs into Led Zeppelin's show at Messehalle in Nuremburg,
> Germany, John Bonham collapses on stage and the rest of the show is
> cancelled.
>
> 1980 – Ambrosia hosts The Midnight Special, with guests The Pretenders,
> Rocky Burnette, Gerry Rafferty, and Paul McCartney and Pete Townshend both
> on film in their own respective videos.
>
> 1987 – Madonna's Who's That Girl World Tour begins at the Orange Bowl in
> Florida.
>
> 1987 – Whitney Houston becomes the first female artist in history to
> enter the album chart at #1 with her album, Whitney.
>
> 1988 – The Fat Boys sue the Miller Brewing Company for $5 million for
> using their likeness in a beer commercial.
>
> 1989 – Tom Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
>
> 1989 – The Who performs Tommy in its entirety for the first time since
> 1972 at a charity function at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
>
> 1991 – Paul McCartney's "*Liverpool Oratorio"* is performed at the
> Liverpool Cathedral by the Liverpool Orchestra.
>
> 1991 – Santana is arrested at the Houston Airport when authorities find
> marijuana in his luggage.
>
> 1992 – Michael Jackson begins his Dangerous Tour at Olympic Stadium in
> Munich, Germany.
>
> 1996 – During a free concert by The Fugees in Harlem to promote voter
> registration, a concert-goer begins firing a gun into the air. The crowd
> scrambles, and 60 are injured in the melee.
>
> 1997 – This year’s Glastonbury Festival begins in Somerset. The three day
> festival includes performances by Terrorvision, The Levellers, Beck,
> Smashing Pumpkins, Ray Davies, Sting, Stereolab, Steve Winwood, Radiohead,
> Prodigy, Supergrass, Sheryl Crow, Pavement and others.
>
> 1998 – Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray and Bryan Adams are the first
> honorees to be awarded a star on Canada's new Walk of Fame on Toronto's
> King Street.
>
> 2000 – In a San Francisco courtroom, The Rolling Stones are found guilty
> of copyright violations for Robert Johnson's "Love In Vain" and "Stop
> Breaking Down," both of which the Stones covered and incorrectly labeled as
> in the public domain.
>
> 2003 – Rapper Mystikal pleads guilty to sexual battery in a Baton Rouge
> courtroom for forcing his hairstylist to perform sex acts on him and two of
> his bodyguards.
>
> 2003 – The Flaming Lips settle a plagiarism lawsuit brought against them
> by Cat Stevens for their song "Flight Test," which Stevens claimed copied
> his song, "Father And Son."
>
> 2003 – This year’s Glastonbury Festival begin three days of music,
> featuring R.E.M., David Gray, Suede, The Music, Mogwai, De La Soul, Echo
> and The Bunnymen, Inspiral Carpets, The Darkness, Har Mar Superstar, Jimmy
> Cliff, Moby, Macy Gray, The Libertines, Super Furry Animals, Yo La Tengo
> and others.
>
> 2006 – Michael Jackson announces he is moving to Europe to re-ignite his
> career which was been stalled by the sex abuse scandal.
>
> 2008 – The three-day Glastonbury Festival begins, featuring The Verve, Amy
> Winehouse, KT Tunstall, Crowded House, Neil Diamond, Leonard Cohen, John
> Mayer, Kings Of Leon, Shakin’ Stevens, Jay-Z, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Martha
> Wainwright, Ben Folds, The Raconteurs, James Blunt, Brian Jonestown
> Massacre and others.
>
> 2012 – Russia’s chief medical officer Yevgeny Bryun tells the press that
> The Beatles are to blame for the country's drug problem, claiming that the
> country's youth first got introduced to the idea of drug-taking when The
> Beatles traveled to India to "expand their minds.”
>
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