Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD May27,1911 | Vincent Price | #BTD May27,1911 #VincentPrice (Vincent Leonard Price Jr) RIP actor film, TV, theater; best known for horror films. 1938 film debut in "Service de Luxe" as Robert Wade and in more than 100 films. Price is the voice in the #MichaelJackson song "Thriller" | |
| BTD May27,1935 | Ramsey Lewis | #BTD May27,1935 #RamseyLewis (Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr) #jazz composer, pianist 1965 US #5 "The In Crowd", +over 80 LPs, 7 gold records, 3 #Grammys #HBday @RamseyLewis | |
| BTD May27,1943 | Cilla Black | #BTD May27,1943 #CillaBlack (Priscilla White) RIP singer 1964 UK #1 "Anyone Who Had A Heart" and "You're My World", +18 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD May27,1944 | Billy Adamson | #BTD May27,1944 #BillyAdamson RIP drums with The #Searchers from 1969 to 1998 their longest serving drummer. Adamson also worked with Lulu and The Nashville Teens | |
| BTD May27,1947 | Marty Kristian | #BTD May27,1947 #MartyKristian (Martins Vanags) singer, guitarist, founding member of the #NewSeekers 1972 UK #1 & US #7 single "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", 1973 UK #1 & US #5 "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me", +10 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD May27,1947 | Peter Knight | #BTD May27,1947 #PeterKnight violinist #SteeleyeSpan 1975 UK #5 single "All Around My Hat" @steeleye_span | |
| BTD May27,1948 | Pete Sears | #BTD May27,1948 #PeteSears (Peter Roy Sears) bassist, keyboards member of many bands such as #JeffersonStarship 1987 UK & US #1 single "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" | |
| BTD May27,1958 | Neil Finn | #BTD May27,1958 #NeilFinn guitarist, vocals #SplitEnz 1980 UK #12 "I Got You" & co-founder #CrowdedHouse 1987 CAN #1 & US #2 "Don't Dream It's Over" @CrowdedHouseHQ and solo artist 1998 UK #26 "She Will Have Her Way" #HBday @NeilFinn | |
| OTD May27,1950 | Frank Sinatra | #OTD May27,1950 #FrankSinatra has his TV debut on the #NBC network "Star-Spangled Review" starring #BobHope | |
| OTD May27,1957 | Buddy Holly & the Crickets | #OTD May27,1957 #BuddyHolly & the #Crickets release the 1957 version of "That'll Be The Day" written by Buddy Holly & Jerry Allison. Inspired to write the song after seeing the #JohnWayne movie “The Searchers” on May31,1956. 1st recorded by #BuddyHolly and the #ThreeTunes in 1956 | |
| OTD May27,1957 | Buddy Holly, QuarryMen | #OTD May27,1957 #BuddyHolly & the #Crickets release the single "That'll Be The Day" A UK #1 & US #3 hit single. Later the song would be the 1st song recorded by The #QuarryMen (later the #Beatles) on Jul14,1958 | |
| OTD May27,1960 | Silver Beetles | #OTD May27,1960 The #SilverBeetles perform at Regal Ballroom on the 6th date of their tour backing the singer #JohnnyGentle. #Beatles Note: In May they became The #SilverBeetles. By July, they are the Silver Beatles; by the middle of August they shortened the name to The Beatles | |
| OTD May27,1963 | Beatles | #OTD May27,1963 The #Beatles touring with #RoyOrbison perform at the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff with Gerry and the Pacemakers, #DavidMacBeth & more on the @ROYORBISON tour | |
| OTD May27,1963 | Bob Dylan | #OTD May27,1963 #BobDylan releases the LP "The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan" on Columbia Records. Establishing Bob Dylan as singer-songwriter. The Dylan album reaches #1 in the UK on Apr11,1965; his 1st of 8 #1 albums in the UK @ColumbiaRecords @bobdylan | |
| OTD May27,1963 | Beatles | #OTD May27,1963 The US release of The #Beatles single A side "From Me to You"; B side "Thank You Girl" on Vee Jay Records. The band is unknown at the time in the US and the Beatles only reach #116 on the #Billboard singles chart | |
| OTD May27,1964 | Donaldson Thompson | #OTD May27,1964 Head Master #DonaldsonThompson suspends 11 boys from Woodlands Comprehensive School because they are wearing their hair like #MickJagger, but they could return to school if they cut their hair neatly, like The #Beatles | |
| OTD May27,1967 | John Lennon, Beatles | #OTD May27,1967 #JohnLennon announces that The #Beatles will not tour again. And the Beatles never do | |
| OTD May27,1967 | Young Rascals | #OTD May27,1967 The Young #Rascals are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Groovin'" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1. The #Rascals will return to #1 on Jun17 for 2 more weeks | |
| OTD May27,1972 | ChiLites | #OTD May27,1972 The #ChiLites are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Oh Girl" The song is sung by #EugeneRecord, who also wrote and produced it | |
| OTD May27,1972 | Donny Osmond | #OTD May27,1972 #DonnyOsmond releases the album "Portrait of Donny" Donny Osmond reaches #6 on the @billboard Top LPs chart Jul22,1972. Osmond has two hit singles on the LP; "Puppy Love" US #3 and "Hey Girl" US #9. The album certified Gold by the @RIAA on Dec30,1972 @donnyosmond | |
| OTD May27,1973 | Cavern Club | #OTD May27,1973 The original #CavernClub in Liverpool closes for good. The site will be covered by a parking lot @cavernliverpool | |
| OTD May27,1975 | Wings | #OTD May27,1975 #Wings releases in the US the album "Venus and Mars" (one of my favorite) Paul McCartney's 1st post #Beatles album, released worldwide on Capitol Records label rather than the #Apple record label @CapitolRecords @PaulMcCartney | |
| OTD May27,1977 | Sex Pistols | #OTD May27,1977 The #SexPistols single "God Save The Queen" is released in the UK. The song will be banned by TV & radio stations, they will sell 200k in 1wk and peak at #2 on UK singles charts on Jun5 | |
| OTD May27,1978 | Wings | #OTD May27,1978 #Wings are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "With A Little Luck" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD May27,1984 | Wham! | #OTD May27,1984 #Wham! has their 1st UK #1 single and stats a 2wk run at on the UK Singles Chart with "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" written and produced by #GeorgeMichael | |
| OTD May27,1989 | Paula Abdul | #OTD May27,1989 #PaulaAbdul is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Forever Your Girl" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 @PaulaAbdul | |
| OTD May27,1994 | Eagles | #OTD May27,1994 The #Eagles play their 1st show in 14yrs in Burbank, CA The 2 1/2 hr show show ended with two encores & closed with the song "Desperado" | |
| OTD May27,2017 | Gregg Allman | #OTD May27,2017 #GreggAllman (Gregory Allman) RIP dies at the age of 69, singer, songwriter, keyboards, guitarist, co-founder the #AllmanBrothers band 1973 US #2 "Ramblin Man" and 1990 US Rock #1 "Good Clean Fun" 1995 @rock_hall of Fame inductee with the Allman Brothers |