This Date In Music History- March 27

Birthdays:

Tony Banks- Genesis (1951)

Record executive Mo Ostin was born in New York in 1927. The artist-friendly legend ran Reprise with Frank Sinatra, signed Jimi Hendrix, and helped lure R.E.M. to Warner Bros.

Fergie- R&B singer (1975)

Andrew Farriss- keyboards, INXS (1959)

Walter Stocker- Air Supply (1953)

Staind bassist Johnny April (1965)

Mariah Carey (1970)


They Are Missed:

Jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan entered the world in 1924. As an improviser, she's one of the music's greats, ranking up there with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. She died on April 3, 1990.

In 2005, Crowded House and Split Enz drummer Paul Hester was found dead in a park near his Melbourne home. Police say Hester committed suicide. He was 46.

Singer, songwriter, poet and actor, Ian Dury died after a long battle with cancer in 2000 (age 57).


History:

The British invasion continued to make its way around the world in 1964 with The Beatles having the top six positions on the Australian pop chart.

CBS records announced the invention of stereophonic records in 1958. Although the new format would be playable on ordinary record players, when used on the new stereo players, a new rich and fuller sound would be heard.

In 1972, Elvis Presley recorded "Burning Love." The record was his last top 10 single, going to #2 in October.

In 1971, Ike & Tina Turner’s R&B take on Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary” was their first Top 10 single (#4).

The Young Rascals recorded "Groovin'" in 1967.

Sammy Hagar played his first show as lead singer of Van Halen in 1986.

"Stop! In the Name of Love" by the Supremes hits #1 in 1965.

The legendary Sun label, run by Sam Phillips, began issuing its own records in 1952.

Cops pulled over the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia in New Jersey for speeding in 1973. They also find LSD in his car. There’s a surprise-Garcia spends three hours in jail.

Following Eric Clapton's departure in 1965, the Yardbirds replaced the guitarist with Jeff Beck.

The Rascals released the ambitious “Freedom Suite” in 1969, comprising a disc of short songs and one of lengthy instrumentals. It joined the Who's “Tommy,” Cream's “Wheels of Fire” and the Beatles'”White Album” as one of a relative few double albums from the Sixties.

In 1971, New York radio station WNBC banned Brewer & Shipley's "One Toke Over the Line" because of its drug references. The single goes to #10 in short order. Says Tom Shipley, "In this electronic age, pulling a record because of its lyrics is like the burning of books in the '30s."

AC/DC released "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" in 1981.

In 1992, Bruce Springsteen released the albums Human Touch and Lucky Town on the same day.

"Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera)" from the movie "The Man Who Knew Too Much" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1957.

In 2007, remastered versions of the six Doors albums included in '05's "Perception" box set were issued individually.

U2 performed from the roof of a store in downtown LA in 1987 to make the video for 'Where The Streets Have No Name', attracting thousands of spectators and bringing traffic to a standstill. The police eventually stop the shoot.