September 27 Born –
Vincent Youmans (1898) – composer, Broadway producer (“No No Nanette”).
Raymond Edwards (1922) – The Silhouettes (“Get A Job”).
Jack Duffy (1926) – Canadian singer with Tommy Dorsey, The Bob-O-Links.
Red Rodney (aka Robert Chudnick, 1927) – be-bop trumpeter with Charlie
Parker.
Don Cornelius (1936) – creator of Soul Train.
Don Nix (1941) – Stax session musician, The Mar-Keys.
Alvin Stardust (aka Bernard Jewry, 1942) – singer, Shane Fenton and The
Fentones.
Randy Bachman (1943) – guitarist for The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner
Overdrive.
Meat Loaf (aka Marvin Lee Aday, 1947) – singer.
Barbara Dickson (1947) – Scottish singer (“I Know Him So Well”).
Robbie Shakespeare (1953) – bassist, Sly & Robbie.
Greg Ham (1953) – saxophonist for Men At Work.
Keith Barrow (1954) – Soul singer (“Mr. Magic Man”).
Shaun Cassidy (1958) – singer/actor, teen idol.
Stephan Jenkins (1964) – vocalist/guitarist for Third Eye Blind.
Mark Calderon (1970) – Color Me Badd.
Lee Brennan (1973) – singer for 911.
Bradley Arnold (1978) – vocalist for 3 Doors Down.
Lil Wayne (aka Dewayne Carter, Jr., 1982) – rapper.
Avril Levigne (1984) – Canadian singer/songwriter.
September 27 R.I.P. –
Jimmy McCulloch (1979) – heroin overdose. Age 26. Thunderclap Newman and
Wings.
Cliff Burton (1986) – crushed to death. Age 24. Bassist for Metallica.
Donald O’Connor (2003) – congestive heart failure. Age 78.
Actor/dancer/singer (Singin’ In The Rain).
Paul Burlison (2003) – colon cancer. Age 74. The Rock And Roll Trio.
Jamie Lyons (2006) – heart attack. Age 57. Singer for Music Explosion
(“Little Bit O’ Soul”).
Dale Houston (2007) – heart failure. Age 67. Dale & Grace ("I'm Leaving It
Up To You").
George “Wydell” Jones (2008) – cancer. Age 71. The Edsels (“Rama Lama Ding
Dong”).
Buddy Morrow (2010) – Age 91. Trombonist, band leader (“Night Train”).
Johnnie Wright (2011) – Age 97. Country music singer/songwriter ("Hello
Vietnam").
Johnny “Country” Mathis (2011) – Age 77. Country singer/songwriter (“Please
Talk To My Heart”).
R.B. Greaves III (2012) – prostate cancer. Age 68. Singer (“Take A Letter
Maria”).
Frank Wilson (2012) – prostate cancer. Age 71. Producer for Motown.
September 27 album releases –
Chad and Jeremy – The Ark (1968)
Staus Quo – Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo (1968)
Cat Stevens – Catch Bull At Four (1972)
Harry Chapin – Portrait Gallery (1975)
Depeche Mode – A Broke Frame (1982)
The Fall – Room To Live (1982)
Alphaville – Forever Young (1984)
Cyndi Lauper – True Colors (1986)
Dave Matthews Band – Under The Table And Dreaming (1994)
Brandy Norwood – Brandy (1994)
Santana – Santana Brothers (1994)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – In The Hot Seat (1994)
Big Head Todd and The Monsters – Stratagem (1994)
The Moody Blues – Time Traveler (1994) (box set)
Gary Moore – A Different Beat (1999)
John Cale – Black Acetate (2005)
Neil Young – Prairie Wind (2005)
Big Star – In Space (2005)
Toni Braxton – Libra (2005)
Eric Clapton – Clapton (2010)
Everclear – Return To Santa Monica (2011)
Machine Head – Unto The Locust (2011)
September 27 events –
1938 – Artie Shaw and His Orchestra record what will become his theme song,
“Nightmare.”
1938 – The Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope debuts on NBC Radio. At the end
of the program, Hope sings what will become his theme song, “Thanks For The
Memories.” The show will run for 10 years.
1948 – Country artist Marty Robbins marries Marizona Baldwin. They stay
married until his death in 1982.
1952 – Sue Thompson makes her Grand Ole Opry debut.
1957 – Buddy Holly and The Crickets begin two days of recording sessions at
Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.
1957 – Elvis Presley returns to Tupelo to perform at the Mississippi-Alabama
Fair and Dairy Show, this time as a benefit for the proposed Elvis PresleyYouth
Recreation Center.
Hank Garland and Bob Moore back up Presley, replacing the recently departed
Scotty Moore and Bill Black.
1957 – Paul Anka records “You Are My Destiny” and “Waiting For You” at Bell
Sound Studios in New York City.
1959 – Rockabilly singer Carl Dobkins, Jr., of "My Heart Is An Open Book"
fame, enlists in the Kentucky National Guard.
1962 – Martha Reeves and The Vandellas release their single, “I’ll Have To
Let Him Go” b/w “My Baby Won’t Come Back” on Motown.
1962 – Jerry Wallace records "Shutters And Boards" at Radio Recorders in
Hollywood.
1963 – The National Life and Accident Insurance Company buys the Ryman
Auditorium
from the city of Nashville and renames it the Grand Ole Opry House.
1963 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Floral Hall Ballroom in Morecambe,
Lancashire, with The Merseybeats, Dave Beery & The Cruisers and The
Doogle-bugs as opening acts.
1964 – The Beach Boys make their national television debut on The Ed
Sullivan Show, performing “I Get Around” and “Wendy.” Singer Robert Goulet
is also on the show.
1966 – Elvis Presley reports to Paramount to begin shooting his 23rd movie,
Easy Come, Easy Go.
1968 – At a concert in Gary, Indiana, local act The Jackson 5 opens for
Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight and The Pips. Knight is so impressed by the
Jacksons that she recommends the group to Berry Gordy and Motown.
1968 – Pink Floyd appears at the Queen's Hall in Dunoon, Scotland, in front
of 400 fans. Due to bad weather, all the ferries to Dunoon were cancelled,
so Pink Floyd hired their own boat from Gourock and risked the rough seas
to make the crossing.
1968 – The rock musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London,
where it will run for 1,998 performances.
1970 – The Original Amateur Hour, hosted by Ted Mack, airs its final
episode after 32 years on CBS.
1970 – Rare Earth performs “(I Know) I’m Losing You” on The Ed Sullivan
Show, which is being broadcast remote from the Baltimore Civic Center to
feature Holiday On Ice. Other musical guests include Bobby Vinton and Karen
Wyman.
1973 – Rolling Stone magazine announces that Carlos Santana has legally
added the middle name Devadip, meaning "the Lamp of the Light Supreme," as
a reflection of Santana's recent studies with Sri Chinmoy.
1976 – Dolly Parton's variety show Dolly! premieres on ABC. The show lasts
one season.
1978 – Team supporter Eric Clapton sponsors a West Bromwich Albion UEFA
cup-tie against Galatasarey of Turkey. After the game, Eric presents each
player with a copy of his latest album Slowhand.
1979 – Elton John, sick with the flu, collapses on stage at the Universal
Amphitheater in L.A. He finishes the show after a short break.
1979 – ABBA performs at the St. Paul Civic Center Arena in Minnesota on
their only U.S. tour.
1986 – The Beatles’ version of “Twist And Shout” re-enters the Billboard
Hot 100 singles chart 23 years after the song’s initial release, and 13
years after the group broke up, due to the song’s inclusion in the movie
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
1989 – Elton John performs for 35,000 at the newly-opened Skydome in
Toronto, Canada, and by mid show apologizes to the crowd for the poor sound
quality inside the venue.
1990 – Dee Dee Ramone is arrested for possession of marijuana.
1990 – Marvin Gaye is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
1997 – Bob Dylan performs for Pope John Paul II at the World Eucharistic
Congress in Bologna, Italy.
2000 – A thief breaks into ex-Mrs. Jagger Jerry Hall's Richmond home and
steals jewelry worth £7000 and a laptop computer. Two of Jerry's children
are asleep at the time while she is on stage appearing in the West End
Show, The Graduate. The thief is later found out to be antiques dealer David
Michael Bryce.
2000 – U2 tapes two songs on the roof of the Clarence Hotel in Dublin
(which they own) for BBC's Top Of The Pops.
2001 – Singer Jonathan King, best known for his 1965 hit "Everyone's Gone
To The Moon," is found guilty of molesting several young boys and is
sentenced to seven years in prison.
2003 – Carly Simon sues the owners of New York's famous Dakota apartment
complex, claiming they kept her $59,000 down payment after rejecting her
rental application.
2003 – Australian singer Kylie Minogue calls in police to investigate a
series of threatening letters when she becomes concerned after receiving
700 letters at her home and office. The letters, which started as ordinary
fan mail, had become increasingly aggressive over time.
2004 – Phil Spector is indicted by an L.A. grand jury on charges that he
murdered actress Lana Clarkson on February 3, 2003.
2008 – Pink Floyd’s manager Bryan Morrison passes away after spending two
years in a coma from brain damage received in a polo accident.
2009 – Tickets go on sale for the quickly-cobbled together Michael Jackson
film This Is It, featuring footage of Jackson’s final three months during
his concert rehearsals. The movie, slated to open on October 28, will run
for only two weeks.
2011 – 85-year old Tony Bennett becomes the oldest living person to top the
U.S. album chart when his Duets II album hits #1. The previous oldest
performer to top the chart was Bob Dylan in 2009 with Together Through
Life, who was 67-years old at the time.
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