December 27 Born –
Oscar Levant (1906) – pianist/composer (“Blame It On My Youth”).
Walter Norris (1931) – Jazz pianist/composer.
John “Buddy” Bailey (1931) – The Clovers.
Winfield “Scotty” Moore (1931) – original guitarist for Elvis Presley.
Les Maguire (1941) – keyboardist for Gerry and The Pacemakers.
Mike Pinder (1941) – keyboardist for The Moody Blues.
Pete Sinfield (1943) – lyricist for King Crimson and Greg Lake.
Mick Jones (1944) – guitarist for Spooky Tooth and Foreigner.
Tracy Nelson (1944) – vocalist for Mother Earth.
Ronnie Caldwell (1948) – keyboardist for The Bar-Kays.
Larry Byrom (1948) – guitarist for Steppenwolf.
Terry Bozzio (1950) – drummer for Frank Zappa and Missing Persons.
Karla Bonoff (1951) – singer/songwriter.
David Knopfler (1952) – rhythm guitarist for Dire Straits.
Jerry Gaskill (1957) – drummer for King’s X.
Martin Glover (1960) – bassist for Killing Joke.
December 27 R.I.P. –
Chris Bell (1978) – car crash. Age 27. Singer/songwriter/guitarist, Big
Star (“I Am The Cosmos”).
Bob Luman (1978) – pneumonia. Age 41. Country singer ("Lonely Women Make
Good Lovers").
Hoagy Carmichael (1981) – heart failure. Age 82.
Composer/pianist/bandleader.
Walter Scott (1983) – murdered. Age 40. Bob Kuban and The In-Men.
Dick St. John (2003) – injuries from falling off a ladder. Age 59. Dick &
Dee Dee.
Vestal Goodman (2003) – influenza. Age 74. Southern gospel singer, The
Happy Goodman Family.
Hank Garland (2004) – staph infection. Age 74. Nashville session guitarist.
Delaney Bramlett (2008) – complications from gall bladder surgery. Age 69.
Delaney and Bonnie.
December 27 album releases –
Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (1967)
Leonard Cohen – The Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967)
The Jackson 5 – Greatest Hits (1971)
Genesis – Wind & Wuthering (1976) U.S.
Utopia – Adventures In Utopia (1979)
Mike + The Mechanics – Favourites/The Very Best Of (2000)
Bob Dylan – The 50th Anniversary Collection (2012)
December 27 events –
1927 – The original Broadway production of Jerome Kern’s and Oscar
Hammerstein’s musical, Show Boat, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York
City.
1932 – Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City with a massive six-hour
show. With 6,200 seats and a stage spanning 10,000 square feet, it’s the
world's largest indoor theater at the time.
1939 – The Glenn Miller Show debuts on the CBS radio network.
1940 – Singer/actress Ruby Keeler divorces vaudeville entertainer Al Jolson
after 12 years of marriage.
1957 – Thanks to manager Colonel Tom Parker’s machinations, Elvis Presley
is granted a 60-day deferment from joining the U.S. Army to complete the
filming of his fourth movie, King Creole.
1957 – Will Glahe and The Techniques appear on American Bandstand.
1958 – Buddy Holly appears in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, for the first
time since becoming famous, performing at a fruit and vegetable store and
being broadcast live over KLLL radio. Later in the day, Holly goes to the
radio station and records “You’re The One,” after being challenged by the
station’s owner to see if Holly could write a song in a half hour.
1958 – John Lennon meets Cynthia Powell in class at the Liverpool College
of Art.
1960 – Ray Charles records “One Mint Julep” at Van Gelder Studios in
Hackensack, New Jersey.
1960 – Billed as “Direct from Hamburg,” The Beatles appear at the
Litherland Town Hall in Liverpool in a “welcome home” show after returning
from Germany. From the opening notes of their first song, “Long Tall
Sally,” the place goes crazy, cementing the group as the top act in
Liverpool.
1960 – The Miracles appear on American Bandstand - the first Motown act to
do so - singing "Shop Around."
1963 – Music critics of the London Times name John Lennon and Paul McCartney
the “Outstanding Composers of 1963.”
1963 – The Animals make their radio debut on the BBC’s Saturday Club.
1964 – The Who appear at the Ealing Club in London.
1964 – The Supremes appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time,
singing "Come See About Me." They will go on to appear 15 more times on the
show with Diana Ross, more than any other rock act.
1965 – Soon-to-be Monkee Davy Jones appears in the “If You Play Your Cards
Right, You Too Can Be A Loser” episode of ABC-TV’s medical drama, Ben Casey.
1966 – The Marvelettes release their single, “The Hunter Gets Captured By
The Game” b/w “I Think I Can Change You” on the Tamla label.
1967 – The Doors are the musical guests on the debut episode of The
Jonathan Winters Show.
1969 – As if to declare that the ‘60s are over, Led Zeppelin II hits #1 on
the Billboard 200 album chart.
1970 – Bobbie Gentry, The Friends Of Distinction and Peter Nero all appear
on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1971 – The Sonny And Cher Show debuts on CBS.
1974 – Bob Dylan records “Idiot Wind” and “You’re A Big Girl Now” at Sound
80 studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1975 – Following Rod Stewart’s departure on December 18, The Faces
officially call it quits.
1975 – Future Smiths singer Steve Morrissey has a letter published in
Sounds music magazine, complaining about the lack of media coverage for The
New York Dolls.
1975 – The Four Seasons release their single, “December, 1963 (Oh, What A
Night)” b/w “Slip Away.”
1979 – Ian Dury and The Blockheads and Matumbi open for The Clash on the
second night of the Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea at the Hammersmith
Odeon in London.
1983 – Walter Scott, lead singer for St. Louis act Bob Kuban & The In-Men -
who scored a 1966 hit with “The Cheater” - is seen alive for the last time.
His bound and badly decomposed body will be found on April 10, 1987,
floating face down in a cistern, having been shot in the back. Scott's
second wife, Jo Ann Calceterra, will plead guilty to hindering prosecution
in his murder and will receive a five-year sentence, while her boyfriend,
James Williams, will be found guilty of two counts of capital murder in the
deaths of Scott, as well as Williams’ wife, Sharon. James Williams will
receive two life terms for the two murders, and die in prison on September
13, 2011.
1983 – The Police play the first of four nights at the Wembley Arena on
their Synchronicity Tour.
1984 – Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Madness, Nik Kershaw, Gloria Gaynor,
Spandau Ballet, The Flying Pickets and Helen Terry all appear on the
Granada TV music show, Brighton Rock.
1985 – Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon marries model Yasmin Parvanah. They
are still married.
1986 – 29 years after its first appearance in the Top 10, and three years
after his death, Jackie Wilson's "Reet Petite" climbs all the way to #1 in
the UK.
1989 – Chuck Berry is sued by a former cook at his restaurant, Southern
Air, in Wentzville, Missouri, alleging that the rocker installed hidden
video cameras in the ladies restrooms. Over time, 200 females, all former
patrons of the diner, will eventually sue Berry over the allegations.
1992 – Crooner Harry Connick, Jr. is arrested at Kennedy Airport in New
York after police discover an unloaded 9mm pistol in his hand luggage.
1999 – Sean “Puffy” Combs and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez are arrested
after a gun is found in their car as they leave a Manhattan nightclub where
police are investigating a shooting in the club.
2001 – After five years together, and selling 12 million albums, the
British group Steps announces they are splitting up.
2008 – Thieves break into a house belonging to Gregg Allman in Georgia and
steal a coin collection, knives and unreleased concert recordings. Two men
are captured and charged with the burglary two days later.
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