1959: Lloyd Price released "Personality".
1963: "I Will Follow Him" became Little Peggy March's only #1 song on this date. The rest of the Top Five: "Can't Get Used To Losing You" remained at 2 for Andy Williams, the Chiffons' former #1 "He's So Fine" fell to 3, Peter, Paul & Mary held at #4 with "Puff the Magic Dragon" and Jackie Wilson was at #5 with "Baby Workout".
1964: John Lennon's book "In His Own Write" was published.
1967: Sandy Shaw hit #1 in the UK with "Puppet On a String".
1968: Simon & Garfunkel released "Mrs. Robinson".
1968: "Honey", one of the biggest hits of the rock era, was #1 for the third week for Bobby Goldsboro. The Box Tops edged up to #2 with "Cry Like a Baby", Gary Puckett & the Union Gap was at #3 with their biggest hit "Young Girl" and the Beatles held fast at #4 with "Lady Madonna".
1969: Jose Feliciano invited guests Glen Campbell and Dionne Warwick on his television special.
1969: Pink Floyd appeared at the Mother's Club in Birmingham, England. The concert was recorded for the upcoming album Ummagumma.
1969: Joe Cocker made his television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1971: The Grateful Dead performed at the Fillmore East in New York City. The Beach Boys joined them onstage when both groups did a set of Beach Boys songs.
1978: Blue Oyster Cult began a 14-date UK tour.
1979: Stevie Wonder made a surprise appearance at a tribute to Duke Ellington. Stevie played "Sir Duke" and covered Ellington's "C-Jam Blues".
1981: Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach were married in London. The two met while filming the movie "Caveman".
1987: R.E.M. released their first single "Dead Letter Office".
1988: Poison released Open Up and Say...Ahh!
1988: Queensryche released their album Operation: Mindcrime
1990: Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses married Erin Everly. The marriage lasted for 27 days before Erin finally woke up.
1991: Amy Grant scored a #1 hit with "Baby Baby". Roxette moved up to #2 with "Joyride" while the former #1 "You're In Love" by Wilson Phillips fell to #3.
1994: The Fillmore re-opened in San Francisco.
1994: John Mellencamp's wife Elaine gave birth to the couple's son.
1996: Celine Dion could not be budged from the #1 position with "Because You Loved Me". Mariah Carey was #2 with "Always Be My Baby", the Tony Rich Project had #3 with Nobody Knows and Alanis Morissette remained at #4 with "Ironic".
1999: The Verve announced that they had split up.
1999: Al Hirt ("Java") died of liver disease.
2001: The Bee Gees performed many of their biggest hits in the A&E television show "Live By Request".
2003: Madonna owned the top album in the UK with American Life.
2003: Vicki Sue Robinson ("Turn the Beat Around") died of cancer.
2004: Martie Maguire, fiddle and mandolin player with the Dixie Chicks, gave birth to twins Eva and Kathleen.
2005: President George W. Bush signed into law a bill that established a three-year jail term for anyone caught pirating music or film on the internet.
2006: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was admitted to a hospital in Figi after he reportedly fell out of a palm tree. The reports did not indicate what he was doing up there to begin with.
2009: The Tennessee state legislature voted to rename a stretch of road the "Jerry Lee Lewis Highway".
Born This Day:
1932: Casey Kasem, the longtime voice of "American Top 40" who had high praise for The Top 5000 Songs of the Rock Era, was born in Detroit
1944: Cuba Gooding, Sr. of the Main Ingredient was born in New York City
1947: Gordon Haskell of King Crimson
1947: Ann Peebles (the first hit version of "I Can't Stand the Rain") was born in St. Louis
1947: Pete Ham, singer-songwriter for Badfinger was born in Swansea, Wales
1948: Kate Pierson of the B-52's
1949: Herb Murrell of the Stylistics
1951: Ace Frehley of Kiss was born in Brooklyn, New York
1959: Sheena Easton was born in Scotland
1979: Will Boyd, bass player with Evanescence
1984: Patrick Stump of Fall Out BoySource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-27.html
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1963: "I Will Follow Him" became Little Peggy March's only #1 song on this date. The rest of the Top Five: "Can't Get Used To Losing You" remained at 2 for Andy Williams, the Chiffons' former #1 "He's So Fine" fell to 3, Peter, Paul & Mary held at #4 with "Puff the Magic Dragon" and Jackie Wilson was at #5 with "Baby Workout".
1964: John Lennon's book "In His Own Write" was published.
1967: Sandy Shaw hit #1 in the UK with "Puppet On a String".
1968: Simon & Garfunkel released "Mrs. Robinson".
1968: "Honey", one of the biggest hits of the rock era, was #1 for the third week for Bobby Goldsboro. The Box Tops edged up to #2 with "Cry Like a Baby", Gary Puckett & the Union Gap was at #3 with their biggest hit "Young Girl" and the Beatles held fast at #4 with "Lady Madonna".
1969: Jose Feliciano invited guests Glen Campbell and Dionne Warwick on his television special.
1969: Pink Floyd appeared at the Mother's Club in Birmingham, England. The concert was recorded for the upcoming album Ummagumma.
1969: Joe Cocker made his television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1971: The Grateful Dead performed at the Fillmore East in New York City. The Beach Boys joined them onstage when both groups did a set of Beach Boys songs.
1978: Blue Oyster Cult began a 14-date UK tour.
1979: Stevie Wonder made a surprise appearance at a tribute to Duke Ellington. Stevie played "Sir Duke" and covered Ellington's "C-Jam Blues".
1981: Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach were married in London. The two met while filming the movie "Caveman".
1987: R.E.M. released their first single "Dead Letter Office".
1988: Poison released Open Up and Say...Ahh!
1988: Queensryche released their album Operation: Mindcrime
1990: Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses married Erin Everly. The marriage lasted for 27 days before Erin finally woke up.
1991: Amy Grant scored a #1 hit with "Baby Baby". Roxette moved up to #2 with "Joyride" while the former #1 "You're In Love" by Wilson Phillips fell to #3.
1994: The Fillmore re-opened in San Francisco.
1994: John Mellencamp's wife Elaine gave birth to the couple's son.
1996: Celine Dion could not be budged from the #1 position with "Because You Loved Me". Mariah Carey was #2 with "Always Be My Baby", the Tony Rich Project had #3 with Nobody Knows and Alanis Morissette remained at #4 with "Ironic".
1999: The Verve announced that they had split up.
1999: Al Hirt ("Java") died of liver disease.
2001: The Bee Gees performed many of their biggest hits in the A&E television show "Live By Request".
2003: Madonna owned the top album in the UK with American Life.
2003: Vicki Sue Robinson ("Turn the Beat Around") died of cancer.
2004: Martie Maguire, fiddle and mandolin player with the Dixie Chicks, gave birth to twins Eva and Kathleen.
2005: President George W. Bush signed into law a bill that established a three-year jail term for anyone caught pirating music or film on the internet.
2006: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was admitted to a hospital in Figi after he reportedly fell out of a palm tree. The reports did not indicate what he was doing up there to begin with.
2009: The Tennessee state legislature voted to rename a stretch of road the "Jerry Lee Lewis Highway".
Born This Day:
1932: Casey Kasem, the longtime voice of "American Top 40" who had high praise for The Top 5000 Songs of the Rock Era, was born in Detroit
1944: Cuba Gooding, Sr. of the Main Ingredient was born in New York City
1947: Gordon Haskell of King Crimson
1947: Ann Peebles (the first hit version of "I Can't Stand the Rain") was born in St. Louis
1947: Pete Ham, singer-songwriter for Badfinger was born in Swansea, Wales
1948: Kate Pierson of the B-52's
1949: Herb Murrell of the Stylistics
1951: Ace Frehley of Kiss was born in Brooklyn, New York
1959: Sheena Easton was born in Scotland
1979: Will Boyd, bass player with Evanescence
1984: Patrick Stump of Fall Out BoySource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-27.html
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