Today In Oldies Music History: October 27 -- Births 1924: Bonnie Lou 1933: Floyd Cramer 1945: Mark Ryan (Quicksilver Messenger Service) 1949: Byron Allred (Steve Miller Band) 1949: Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) Deaths 1980: Steve Took (T. Rex) 1990: Xavier Cugat 1999: Frank DeVol Events 1957: Police in Oakland, CA inform Elvis Presley that he is not allowed to swivel his hips onstage in tonights performance at the Oakland Auditorium; Elvis responds by sarcastically wiggling only his little finger while singing. The cops film the show anyway, just in case. 1960: Tina Turner gives birth to Ronald Renelle Turner, her second child, while touring in Los Angeles. Husband Ike is not present at the birth. 1962: The Rolling Stones -- with the original lineup of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, and Tony Chapman -- cut their first demos at Curly Clayton Studios in Highbury, London, recording covers of Muddy Waters Soon Forgotten, Jimmy Reeds Close Together, and Bo Diddleys You Cant Judge A Book By The Cover. Future drummer Charlie Watts has for now decided to stick with his (relatively) lucrative job in advertising. 1964: 31-year-old Salvatore Philip Bono, an assistant to Phil Spector, marries his protege, 18-year-old Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre, in a Tijuana motel bathroom, exchanging rings and pleding their love, although no one is there to officiate the nuptials. The pair would make it official in 1969. 1975: Bruce Springsteen, riding on hype for his latest album, Born To Run , finds himself the first rocker to make the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week. 1979: Elton John collapses during his show atollywoods Universal Amphitheatre and is hospitalized for exhaustion. 1980: John Lennons killer purchases the .38 revolver (a five-shot Charter Arms Off Duty special) with which he will eventually kill his idol. 1991: Jimmy Dean marries his second wife, singer Donna Meade, in Richmond, VA, with the couple singing a duet at their riverboat-hosted reception. 1992: Bo Diddley sues the estate of his former manager, the now-deceased Martin Otelsberg, for $75,000 in misappropriated funds. Releases 1956: Clarence Frogman Henry, Aint Got No Home 1958: Elvis Presley, I Got Stung b/w One Night 1964: The Supremes, Come See About Me Recording 1941: Buddy Clark, Everything I Love 1960: Ben E. King: Spanish Harlem, Stand By Me Charts 1973: Gladys Knight and the Pips Midnight Train To Georgi hits #1 Certifications 1969: The Beatles Something b/w Come Together is certified gold 1969: The Beatles LP Abbey Road is certified gold
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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