https://youtube/watch?v=_M7f1vOx_MM JANUARY 27, 1990: Tom Petty Day was declared in Petty’s birthplace of Gainesville, FL. Petty also peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Free Fallin’” which was Petty’s only top ten single as a solo artist in the U.S. 1990: Eric Clapton peaked at number sixteen on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with Journeyman which went on to sell two million copies in the U.S. & was heralded as a return to form. 1990: Foreigner singer Lou Gramm peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Just Between You and Me” which was Gramm’s second and final top ten single as a solo artist in the U.S. 1993: Warner Brothers Records announces that it is releasing rapper Ice-T (real name Tracy Marrow) from his contract due to creative differences. The previous summer the record company found itself in the middle of controversy over Ice-Ts song, Cop Killer. Marrow would go on to co-star in the police drama, Law and Order in 1999. 1997: Pat Boone made an appearance on the American Music Awards wearing leathers and a studded collar to promote his In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy album which featured cover songs of metal & hard rock songs. Boone, alongside Alice Cooper presented the award for the Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock artist to Metallica. The show also featured performances by Metallica & Motley Crue, performing with Vince Neil for the first time since 1991. JANUARY 27 BIRTHDAYS: Tracy Lawrence (1/27/1968) (47) Alan Cumming (1/27/1965) (50) actor Bridget Fonda (1/27/1964) (51) Cris Collinsworth (1/27/1959) (56) Mikhail Baryshnikov (1/27/1948) (67) Nick Mason (1/27/1945) (70) Troy Donahue (1/27/1936 – September 2, 2001) Bobby Blue Bland (1/27/1930 – June 23, 2013) JANURY 27 HISTORY: 1990 - 64th Australian Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats MaryJoe Fernandez (6-3, 6-4). 1991 - 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (1-6, 6-4. 6-4, 6-4). 1992 - Presidential candidate Bill Clinton & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair. 1993 – American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sports highest rank of yokozuna.
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