In music on October 27: 1782 - Composer and violinist Nicolo Paganini was born; 1956 - Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry’s first hit, Aint Got No Home was released; 1960 - Ben E. King recorded Spanish Harlem and Stand by Me, his first solo songs; 1964 - The single Come See About Me was released by the Supremes; 1975 - Bruce Springsteen was simultaneously on the cover of Time and Newsweek; 1981 - Queen and David Bowie released the single, Under Pressure, in the U.S.; 1982 - Princes album 1999 was released; 1990 - Xavier Cugat died of heart failure at the age of 90; 1995 - Yolanda Saldivar was sentenced to life in prison by a Texas jury for the murder of Selena; and 1998 - Jazz singer Peggy Lee suffered a stroke which left her mute. Because I just got my long, shaggy hair cut, todays song is “Tramp” by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas. https://youtube/watch?v=wP7VU6AVIgc
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:40:14 +0000