Music Almanac: October 27

Birthdays

• 1933 - Floyd Cramer (d. 1997)
• 1939 - Dallas Frazier (73)
• 1942 - Lee Greenwood (70)
• 1945 - Mark Ryan (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (67)
• 1949 - Byron Allred (Steve Miller Band) (63)
• 1949 - Jack Daniels (Highway 101) (63)
• 1949 - Garry Tallent (E-Street Band) (63)
• 1951 - K. K. Downing (Judas Priest) (61)
• 1953 - Peter Dodd (Thompson Twins) (59)
• 1956 - Hazel Dean (56)
• 1958 - Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran, Arcadia) (54)
• 1967 - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Arcadia) (45)
• 1984 - Kelly Osbourne (28)

Deaths

• 1980 - Steve Took (T Rex) - Choked on cherry (31)
• 1994 - Robert White (Funk Brothers) (57)
• 2002 - Tom Dowd (producer) - Emphysema (77)

On This Day

• 1962 - Sonny James joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1969 - Muddy Waters was seriously injured in a car crash that killed three others.
• 1970 - Black Sabbath played their first live show in the U.S. at Glassboro State College.
• 1975 - Bruce Springsteen, a relative unknown, was on the cover of both Time and Newsweek.
• 1979 - Elton John collapsed from exhaustion while playing the Hollywood Bowl.
• 1988 - The U2 film Rattle and Hum premiered in Dublin, Ireland.
• 1988 - Def Leppard finished their Hysteria Tour in Tacoma, WA after 232 dates.
• 1989 - Adam Clayton of U2 was fined and had his drivers license suspended for one year after being found guilty of DWI.
• 1990 - Musical Youth's Michael Waite was sentenced to four years in prison for robbery.
• 1992 - Bo Diddley sued his manager who he claimed took $75,000 in unauthorized expenses.
• 1995 - Gloria Estefan performed for Pope John Paul II.
• 1995 - Yolanda Saldivar was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of singer Selena.
• 1998 - Peggy Lee was hospitalized with a stroke.
• 1999 - Tina Turner announced that her Millennium 2000 Twenty Four Seven Tour would be her last.
• 2000 - Lonnie Donegan received his MBE from Queen Elizabeth.
• 2005 - Jay-Z and Naz put their feud to rest at a New York radio station concert.
• 2006 - Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth premiered her movie Perfect Partner in Montclair, NJ.
• 2007 - Howard Donald of Take That missed a show on the group's current tour due to a chest injury he sustained the previous show.
• 2009 - Eric Clapton canceled his appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25^th Anniversary Concert for gall stone surgery. Jeff Beck took his place.
• 2009 - Michael Jackson's film This is It was released simultaneously in fifteen cities around the world.

Marriages

• 1991 - Jimmy Dean and Donna Meade
• 1991 - Lorrie Morgan and Brad Thompson

Recorded

• 1936 - Ernest Tubb had his first recording session.
• 1956 - Ain't Got No Home - Clarence “Frogman” Henry
• 1960 - Spanish Harlem, Stand By Me - Ben E. King (first solo recordings)
• 1969 - Sentimental Journey - Ringo Starr (first day of recording)

Released

• 1958 - Lovers Never Say Goodbye - Flamingos (single)
• 1964 - Come See About Me - Supremes (single)
• 1982 - 1999 - Prince

Awards

• 2003 - Radio Music Awards
• Legend Award - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• 2005 - International Bluegrass Music Association Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Cherryholmes
• Vocal Group - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Instrumental Group - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
• Female Vocalist - Rhonda Vincent
• Male Vocalist - Larry Sparks
• Song of the Year - Me and John and Paul - Harley Allen (recorded by the Grascals)
• Album of the Year, Recorded Event - 40 - Larry Sparks
• Instrumental Recorded Performance - Slide Effects - Phil Leadbetter
• Gospel Recorded Performance - Praise His Name - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Emerging Artist - Grascals
• Banjo - Jim Mills
• Guitar - Bryan Sutton
• Fiddle - Stuart Duncan
• Bass - Mike Bub
• Dobro - Phil Leadbetter
• Mandolin - Adam Steffey
• Hall of Fame - Red Allen, Benny Martin

Broadcasts

• 1999 - South Park - Korn (they debut their new single Falling Away From Me)