Musical birthdays today include bluesman Jimmy Burns (72), Cockney Rebel frontman Steve Harley (63), Journey guitarist Neal Schon (60), Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith (57), Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Johnny Van Zant (55), classical violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann (49), R&B singer Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas (43), and Josh Groban (33).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for composer Hubert Parry, born on this day in 1848... for operatic soprano born Lotte Lehmann, born in 1888... for Marian Anderson, born in 1897... for jazz singer Mildred Bailey, born in 1907... for Dexter Gordon, born in 1923... for pioneering rock 'n' roll guitarist Sidney 'Hardrock' Gunter, who would have been 89 today... for English topical song comedian Jake Thackray, who would have been 76... for sound artist and Coil co-founder Peter Christopherson, who would have been 59... for Frankie Lymon, who died of a drug overdose today in 1968 at the age of 25... for drummer, bandleader and Goon Show regular Ray Ellington, who passed away on this date in 1985... and for Van Cliburn, who left us two years ago today.
Also on February 27th: William Byrd is appointed organist and choir master at Lincoln Cathedral (1563)... Beethoven's 8th Symphony in F premieres in Vienna (1814)... Robert Schumann is rescued from an attempt to drown himself in the Rhine (1854)... 21-year-old former hairdresser and Cavern Club cloakroom attendant Cilla Black has her first UK no. 1 with 'Anyone Who Had a Heart'... The Rolling Stones make their second appearance on Top of the Pops, performing 'Not Fade Away' (1964)... At Abbey Road Studios, Pink Floyd continue working on their debut album Piper of the Gates of Dawn. With the exception of two group-composed instrumentals and one Roger Waters song, all the material on the album was written by Syd Barrett... Elvis releases his first all-gospel album, How Great Thou Art (1967)... 5 months after her death, Janis Joplin's album Pearl goes to the top of the US album chart, where it will stay for 9 weeks (1971)... Continuing their tour of Australia, Led Zeppelin play the Sydney Showgrounds, with Jimmy Page appearing clean shaven for the first time in two years (1970)... Cher files for divorce from Sonny Bono (1974)... Keith Richards is led out of Toronto's Harbour Castle hotel in handcuffs after a raid on his room by 15 Mounties nets an ounce of heroin. The guitarist is charged with possession with intent to traffic, and faces up to seven years in prison (1977)... James Brown is paroled after serving two years of a six-year sentence for leading police on a car chase across two states (1991)... Her 14th week at no. 1 in the US with 'I Will Always Love You' gives Whitney Houston the new record for longest reigning American chart topper (1993)... A worker in a supermarket in Aspen, CO calls the police after spotting a man in a ski mask pushing a cart up and down the aisles. Officers arrive on the scene and identify the mysterious customer as Michael Jackson, who is in town on holiday with his children (1994)... Pictures appear in the UK press of Pete Doherty visiting a zoo in Oxfordshire with his girlfriend Kate Moss. The Babyshambles lead singer is harshly criticized by veterinarians after pictures show him tossing the remains of a cannabis joint to a group of penguins (2007).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for composer Hubert Parry, born on this day in 1848... for operatic soprano born Lotte Lehmann, born in 1888... for Marian Anderson, born in 1897... for jazz singer Mildred Bailey, born in 1907... for Dexter Gordon, born in 1923... for pioneering rock 'n' roll guitarist Sidney 'Hardrock' Gunter, who would have been 89 today... for English topical song comedian Jake Thackray, who would have been 76... for sound artist and Coil co-founder Peter Christopherson, who would have been 59... for Frankie Lymon, who died of a drug overdose today in 1968 at the age of 25... for drummer, bandleader and Goon Show regular Ray Ellington, who passed away on this date in 1985... and for Van Cliburn, who left us two years ago today.
Also on February 27th: William Byrd is appointed organist and choir master at Lincoln Cathedral (1563)... Beethoven's 8th Symphony in F premieres in Vienna (1814)... Robert Schumann is rescued from an attempt to drown himself in the Rhine (1854)... 21-year-old former hairdresser and Cavern Club cloakroom attendant Cilla Black has her first UK no. 1 with 'Anyone Who Had a Heart'... The Rolling Stones make their second appearance on Top of the Pops, performing 'Not Fade Away' (1964)... At Abbey Road Studios, Pink Floyd continue working on their debut album Piper of the Gates of Dawn. With the exception of two group-composed instrumentals and one Roger Waters song, all the material on the album was written by Syd Barrett... Elvis releases his first all-gospel album, How Great Thou Art (1967)... 5 months after her death, Janis Joplin's album Pearl goes to the top of the US album chart, where it will stay for 9 weeks (1971)... Continuing their tour of Australia, Led Zeppelin play the Sydney Showgrounds, with Jimmy Page appearing clean shaven for the first time in two years (1970)... Cher files for divorce from Sonny Bono (1974)... Keith Richards is led out of Toronto's Harbour Castle hotel in handcuffs after a raid on his room by 15 Mounties nets an ounce of heroin. The guitarist is charged with possession with intent to traffic, and faces up to seven years in prison (1977)... James Brown is paroled after serving two years of a six-year sentence for leading police on a car chase across two states (1991)... Her 14th week at no. 1 in the US with 'I Will Always Love You' gives Whitney Houston the new record for longest reigning American chart topper (1993)... A worker in a supermarket in Aspen, CO calls the police after spotting a man in a ski mask pushing a cart up and down the aisles. Officers arrive on the scene and identify the mysterious customer as Michael Jackson, who is in town on holiday with his children (1994)... Pictures appear in the UK press of Pete Doherty visiting a zoo in Oxfordshire with his girlfriend Kate Moss. The Babyshambles lead singer is harshly criticized by veterinarians after pictures show him tossing the remains of a cannabis joint to a group of penguins (2007).
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