November 27 Born –
“Buffalo” Bob Smith (aka Robert Schmidt, 1917) – singer, radio and
television show host.
Derroll Adams (aka Derroll Thompson, 1925) – folk singer.
Al Jackson, Jr. (1935) – Stax session drummer, Booket T. and The MGs.
Eddie Rabbitt (1941) – singer/songwriter ("Kentucky Rain").
James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix (aka Johnny Allen Hendrix, 1942) –
guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Trevor “Dozy” Ward-Davies (1944) – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.
Randy Brecker (1945) – Jazz trumpeter, The Brecker Brothers.
Dave Winthrop (1948) – flute/saxophone for Supertramp.
Kevin Kavanaugh (1951) – keyboardist for Southside Johnny & The Asbury
Jukes.
Charlie Burchill (1959) – guitarist for Simple Minds.
Charlie Benante (1962) – drummer for Anthrax.
Mike Bordin (1962) – drummer for Faith No More.
Fiachna Ó Braonáin (1965) – guitarist/vocalist for Hothouse Flowers.
Terry Corso (1971) – guitarist for Alien Ant Farm.
November 27 R.I.P. –
James Widener (1973) – murdered. Age 55. Guitarist for Hank Snow.
Lotte Lenya (1981) – cancer. Age 83. Austrian actress/singer (“Alabama
Song”).
Allan Ramsay (1985) – plane crash. Age 42. Bassist for Gary Lewis and The
Playboys.
Barbara Acklin (1998) – pneumonia. Age 55. Soul singer.
Joe Jones (2005) – complications from heart surgery. Age 79.
Singer/songwriter ("You Talk Too Much").
Al Alberts (2009) – renal failure. Age 87. The Four Aces (“Three Coins In
The Fountain”).
Mickey “Guitar” Baker (2012) – heart failure. Age 87. Session guitarist,
Mickey and Sylvia (“Love Is Strange”).
November 27 album releases –
The Crickets – The “Chirping” Crickets (1957)
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour (1967) U.S.
The Temptations – The Temptations In A Mellow Mood (1967)
Stevie Wonder – Someday At Christmas (1967)
The Hollies – Butterfly (1967)
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (1970)
Badfinger – No Dice (1970) UK
Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant (1970)
The Kinks – Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One (1970)
The Jacksons – The Jacksons (1976)
Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks (1978)
10cc – Ten Out Of 10 (1981)
Ozzy Osbourne – Speak Of The Devil (1982)
Mr. Mister – Welcome To The Real World (1985)
Dokken – Back For The Attack (1987)
W.A.S.P. – Live… In The Raw (1987)
Clint Black – Put Yourself In My Shoes (1990)
Dark Tranquility – The Gallery (1995)
Boards Of Canada – In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country (2000)
Counting Crows – Aural 6 (2008) (EP)
November 27 events –
1926 – Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five record “You Made Me Love You,”
“Irish Black Bottom” and “Leave Mine Alone” in Chicago for OKeh Records.
1935 – In Los Angeles, Ginger Rogers and Johnny Mercer record “Eeny Meeny
Miney Mo.” Rogers also records “Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind” at the session.
1947 – Bing Crosby, along with Victor Young and His Orchestra, records
“Galway Bay.”
1957 – Bill Haley and His Comets appear on American Bandstand, performing
“Rock Around The Clock.”
1957 – Ricky Nelson appears at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, backed
by James Burton and James Kirkland.
1958 – Army Private Elvis Presley is promoted to Private First Class.
1962 – The Beatles record their first BBC radio show for the program The
Talent Spot, at the BBC Paris Studio on Regent Street, where they perform
“Love Me Do,” “P.S. I Love You” and “Twist And Shout.”
1963 – Elvis Presley’s 13th movie, Fun In Acapulco, opens in theaters.
1964 – The Dave Clark 5 appears at the Minneapolis Amory in Minnesota. I
was there.
1964 – Mick Jagger is fined £16 for driving offenses by a court in
Tettenhall, Staffs.
1965 – The first Acid Test is hosted by Ken Kesey in Santa Cruz, California.
1965 – The Lovin’ Spoonful releases their single, “You Didn’t Have To Be So
Nice” b/w “My Gal.”
1965 – George Maharis and The Young Americans are the only guests on
Shindig!
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience headlines two shows at Whitla Hall in
Belfast, Ireland, with opening acts The Move, The Nice, Pink Floyd, The
Eire Apparent, The Outer Limits and Amen Corner.
1969 – The Rolling Stones play the first of three shows over two days at
Madison Square Garden in New York City. They record all three shows for
their up-coming live album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!
1969 – Frankie Avalon guest stars in the “A Friend Indeed” episode of ABC’s
It Takes A Thief.
1970 – Black Sabbath, Cactus, and Steel Mill, featuring Bruce Springsteen,
appear at the Sunshine Inn in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
1976 – Beach Boy Brian Wilson is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live,
performing “Good Vibrations,” “Love Is A Woman” and “Back Home.” The Beach
Boys, who are also in New York City, are furious when Brian appears without
them.
1981 – The British phonographic industry, backed by musicians like Elton
John, Cliff Richard, and 10cc, place advertisements in the British press
claiming, "Home taping is wiping out music."
1981 – A concert scheduled at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida, by The
Allman Brothers Band and The Grateful Dead is cancelled when only 10,000
tickets of 60,000 are sold for the show.
1989 – Paul McCartney appears at the Forum in Los Angeles, and is joined
onstage by Stevie Wonder for a duet of their song “Ebony And Ivory.”
1991 – A private funeral service for Freddie Mercury is held and officiated
over by a Zoroastrian priest for 35 of his close friends and family,
including Elton John and the remaining members of Queen.
1993 – Country music artist Joe Diffie becomes a member of the Grand Ole
Opry.
1994 – Rod Stewart and The Faces appear at the Odeon in Lewisham, London,
and Paul and Linda McCartney join the band on stage for a few numbers.
1995 – In one week, The Beatles’ Anthology 1 logs in sales of 855,473 units
and sits in the #1 spot on the Billboard 200.
1996 – Former Stones Roses guitarist John Squire’s new band The Seahorses
make their live debut at the Buckley Tivoli in England, in front of 200
fans.
1997 – The funeral for INXS singer Michael Hutchence takes place at St.
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in Australia.
2003 – PBS Television airs a two-hour special honoring Farm Aid, with
footage filmed at the 2003 Farm Aid concert on September 7 from the Germain
Amphitheater in Columbus, Ohio.
2005 – Multimillionaire defense contractor David H. Brooks books New York’s
Rainbow Rooms and his daughter Elizabeth’s favorite acts for her bat
mitzvah coming-of-age celebration. Appearing at the $10 million party are
Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks and 50 Cent.
2006 – Cliff Richard loses his battle to extend the number of years that
musicians can receive royalties for their records when an independent
review board rules the terms will not change. Richard wanted copyrights to
last 95 years rather than the present 50.
2007 – Singer Pat Boone undergoes partial knee replacement surgery at Rush
University Medical Center in Chicago.
2008 – Bono signs partnership deal with the Starbucks coffee company to
donate a percentage of U2’s sales to help fight the spread of AIDS in
Africa. The deal will run till January 2, 2009.
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