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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