Music Almanac: December 27

Hayley Williams of Paramour

Birthdays

• 1931 - Scotty Moore (81)
• 1933 - John Hughey (Conway Twitty, Vince Gill) (d. 2007)
• 1941 - Mike Pinder (Moody Blues) (71)
• 1941 - Les Maguire (Gerry & the Pacemakers) (71)
• 1943 - Peter Sinfield (King Crimson) (69)
• 1944 - Mick Jones (Foreigner) (68)
• 1944 - Tracy Nelson (68)
• 1948 - Larry Byrom (Steppenwolf) (64)
• 1948 - Les Taylor (Exile) (64)
• 1950 - Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons, Frank Zappa) (62)
• 1951 - Karla Bonoff (61)
• 1952 - David Knopfler (Dire Straits) (60)
• 1953 - David Conley (Surface, Mandrell) (59)
• 1960 - Martin Glover (aka Youth) (Killing Joke, Firemen) (52)
• 1962 - Jeff Bryant (Ricochet) (50)
• 1972 - Matt Slocum (Sixpence None the Richer) (40)
• 1981 - Javine Hylton (31)
• 1984 - Pleasure P (born Marcus Cooper) (Pretty Ricky) (28)
• 1988 - Hayley Williams (Paramour) (24)

Deaths

• 1978 - Chris Bell (Big Star) - Car accident (27)
• 1978 - Bob Luman - Pneumonia (41)
• 1981 - Hoagy Carmichael - Heart failure (82)
• 1983 - Walter Scott (Bob Kuban & the In-Men) - Murdered (40)
• 1997 - Ewart Abner (founder of Chance Records) - Respiratory illness (74)
• 2004 - Hank Garland (Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison) - Staph infection (74)
• 2006 - Gene McFadden (McFadden and Whitehead) - Liver and lung cancer (57)
• 2008 - Delaney Bramlett - Complications of gall bladder surgery (69)

On This Day

• 1963 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney were named the Outstanding Composers of 1963 by the London Times.
• 1975 - The split of the Faces became official.
• 1989 - A lawsuit was filed by a former chef at Chuck Berry's restaurant alleging that he had installed secret cameras in the ladies rooms.
• 1992 - Harry Connick, Jr. was arrested at Kennedy Airport in New York after it was discovered he had a pistol in his luggage.
• 1998 - Busta Rhymes is arrested for criminal possession of an unregistered pistol.
• 1999 - Sean Combs and Jennifer Lopez were arrested after a gun was discovered in his car while the police were investigating a club shooting.
• 2001 - The Steps announced they were breaking up.
• 2004 - A man is killed outside a nightclub where there is a party for Ja Rule.
• 2008 - Gregg Allman's home in Georgia was robbed of a coin collection, knives and unreleased concert recordings.

Marriages

• 1985 - Simon Le Bon and Yasmin Parvanah

Recorded

• 1985 - Master of Puppets - Metallica (final session)

Released

• 1967 - John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
• 1975 - December 1963 (Oh What a Night) - Four Seasons (single)

Broadcasts

• 1964 - Ed Sullivan Show - Supremes (first appearance on show)
• 1967 - Jonathan Winters Show (CBS) - Doors
• 1971 - Sonny & Cher Show (CBS) (premier)
• 1984 - Brighton Rock (U.K. Granada TV) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Madness, Nik Kershaw, Gloria Gaynor, Spandau Ballet, The Flying Pickets, Helen Terry