Have a great Thursday everyone! Mar 27 1905 Self-taught blues pianist, singer and recording artist, Leroy Carr is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (1905) Mar 27 1915 Blues guitarist and singer Robert Lockwood Jr. is born in Turkey Scratch, near Helena, Arkansas, USA. (1915) Mar 27 1927 Columbia Records field recording unit is in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. for the third of fifteen days of recording local black artists including Robert Hicks, known as Barbecue Bob. (1927) Mar 27 1932 Blues vocalist and harmonica player Herman Little Junior Parker is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. (1932) Mar 27 1937 Country-blues-jazz group The Rhythm Wreckers record Blue Yodel No2 [My Lovin Gal Lucille] for Vocalion Records in Los Angeles, California, USA. (1937) Mar 27 1937 Blues guitarist and vocalist Johnny Copeland, nicknamed Clyde, is born in Haynesville, Louisiana, USA. (1937) Mar 27 1942 Blues vocalist and songwriter Doctor Clayton records Honey Stealin Blues, On The Killin Floor, Pearl Harbor Blues, My Own Blues, Aint No Business We Can Do and Moonshine Woman Blues, for Bluebird Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA. (1942) 1943, Chicago-based guitarist and vocalist of Blues, Jimmy Burns was born in Dublin, MS. Mar 27 1950 James Diamond Williams, a drummer for funk and rnn band The Ohio Players, is born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. (1950) Mar 27 1950 Johnny Mercer, with The Skylarks and Ben Pollack And His Pick-A-Rib Boys, records Royal Garden Blues and other tracks, for Capitol Records, in Los Angeles, California, USA. (1950) Mar 27 1957 Bo Diddley and Screamin Jay Hawkins play the sixth night in a week of dates at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. (1957) Mar 27 1961 Mike Porco of Gerdes Folk City in Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, offers emerging folk singer Bob Dylan the chance to support John Lee Hooker at Gerdes for a fortnight in April. (1961) Mar 27 1966 Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA. (1966) 1967, Fats Domino played his first ever UK date at Londons Saville Theatre, supported by The Bee Gees and Gerry and the Pacemakers. 1967, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello award for Michelle, the most performed song in the UK in 1966. 1968, The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Lady Madonna, the groups 14th UK No.1 and final No.1 on the Parlophone label. 1971, New York radio station WNBC banned the song One Toke Over the Line by Brewer & Shipley because of its alleged drug references. Other stations around the country followed. 1971, Bruce Springsteen & Friendly Enemies opened for The Allman Brothers Band at the Sunshine In, Asbury Park in New Jersey, tickets cost $4.00. Springsteen had just disbanded his group Steel Mill and within a few weeks would form Dr Zoom & The Sonic Boom with Steve Van Zandt. 1972, Elvis Presley recorded what would be his last major hit, Burning Love, a No.2 hit on the US chart and No.7 in the UK. 1973, Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead was arrested when police found cocaine and LSD in his car after being busted for speeding in New Jersey. 1973, Rolling Stone magazine reported that after becoming a disciple of Sri Chinmoy, Carlos Santana had changed his name to Devadip, which means the lamp of the light of the Supreme. 1976, Paul McCartney and Wings were forced to postpone forthcoming US tour for three weeks after guitarist Jimmy McCulloch fell in his hotel bathroom and broke a finger. 1978, The Beatles parody All You Need Is Cash featuring The Rutles was shown in the UK on BBC-TV. 1979, Eric Clapton married Patti Harrison (the ex wife of George) at Temple Bethel, Tucson, Arizona. Patti applied for a divorce in 1988. 1982, Former Small Faces and Faces bass player Ronnie Lane was admitted to hospital for treatment for multiple sclerosis, (Lane died from the disease in 1997). Mar 27 1983 Blind Joe Hill, billed as The One-Man-Blues-Band, records his album First Chance, in Hollywood, California, USA. The LP includes the tracks Big Butt Woman, Lickin Gravy Baby, Wake Me Up In The Morning, Highway 13, Darling, I Love You, Blind Joe Special, First Change, P. D. Blues, I Cant Do What I Used To Do, You Got Me Dizzy and Im Travellin. (1983) 1985, Singer and dancer with medicine and minstrel shows as well as Beale Street personality and businesswoman, Big Memphis Ma Rainey (Lillie Mae Hardison Glover) died in Memphis, TN. Mar 27 1999 Blues guitarist Mighty Joe Young dies aged 71 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from a complication of spinal surgery. (1999) 1999, American gospel and folk singer, Brother John Sellers died in New York at the age of 74. 2010, Joe Bonamassa went on No. 1 with The Ballad Of John Henry on Billboard Blues charts for one week. 2012, Saguaro Road Records released Joan Osbornes album Bring It On Home, nominated for 2013 Grammy Awards in Best Blues Album category. Mar 27 2013 Eric Clapton And The Wallflowers play in The Arena At Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia, USA . More March 27th: Born on this day 1934, Born on this day, Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer, (1954 US No.6 single Make Yourself Comfortable plus 8 other US Top 30 hits). Vaughan died 3rd April 1990. 1947, Born on this day, Andrew Brown, The Herd, (1968 UK No.5 single I Dont Want Our Loving To Die) 1950, Born on this day, Tony Banks, keyboards, Genesis, (1986 US No.1 single Invisible Touch, 1992 UK No.7 single I Cant Dance plus over 15 other UK Top 40 hit singles & 6 UK No.1 albums). 1953, Born on this day, Walter Stocker, Air Supply, (1980 UK No.11 single All Out Of Love, 1981 US No.1 single The One That You Love). 1956, Born on this day, British musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, Paul Wickens who has worked with Paul McCartney since 1989. Wickens has also worked with Styx, The Damned, Tim Finn, Paul Carrack, Nik Kershaw, Jim Diamond, Boy George, and David Gilmour. 1957, Born on this day, Billy MacKenzie, singer, The Associates, (1982 UK No.9 single Party Fears Two). MacKenzie committed suicide on 23rd January 1997. 1959, Born on this day, Andrew Farriss, keyboards, INXS, 1988 UK No.2 & US No.1 single Need You Tonight, 1987 album Kick has sold over 10m copies in the US alone and features four Top 10 singles; Need You Tonight, Devil Inside, New Sensation, and Never Tear Us Apart. 1962, Born on this day, Derrick McKenzie, drums, Jamiroquai, (1996 UK No.3 single Virtual Insanity, 1998 UK No.1 single Deeper Underground). 1964, Born on this day, Clark Datchler, Johnny Hates Jazz, (1987 UK No.5 single Shattered Dreams). 1965, Born on this day, Johnny April, bass, Staind, (2001 US No.1 album, Break The Cycle, 2001 US No. 7 & UK No. 15 single Its Been A While). 1970, Born on this day, Mariah Carey, singer. Carey is named after They Call The Wind Mariah from the musical Paint Your Wagon. Scored the 1994 UK No.1 single Without You plus over 20 other UK Top 40 hits and 12 US No.1 singles. 1975, Born on this day, Fergie, US R&B singer, songwriter, former member of Kids Incorporated, Wild Orchid, co-host of the TV show Great Pretenders, and vocalist of The Black Eyed Peas. 2003 US & UK No.1 single Where Is The Love, 2006 US No.1 solo single ‘London Bridge.’ 2007 world-wide No.1 single Big Girls Dont Cry. Photo: gibson/
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