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Today In R&R History August 27th
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A year long, day by day look back at this date in Rock History in 3-5 minute segments. Now airing WRGG in Greencastle, PA.
Rock and Roll Birthdays
August 27th
- August 27th Birthday, Phil Schulman, who founded Gentle Giant with his brothers Ray and Derek, born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1937.
- August 27th Birthday, Singer Edward Patten from Gladys Knight and The Pips, born in 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia. He passed away on February 25th, 2005.
- August 27th Birthday, Bassist, songwriter and record producer Chip Douglas, born Douglas Farthing Hatfield in San Francisco, California in 1942. Douglas was a member of The Kingston Trio, played bass with The Turtles and produced records by The Monkees and The Turtles.
- August 27th Birthday, Captain and Tennille keyboardist, songwriter and record producer Daryl Dragon, born in Los Angeles, California in 1942.
- August 27th Birthday, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogart and Appice bassist Tim Bogart, born in 1944 in New York City. He died on February 13th, 2021 at the age of 76.
- August 27th Birthday, Whitesnake bassist Neil Murray, born in Edinburg, Scotland in 1950.
- August 27th Birthday, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, born Alex Zivojinovich in 1953 in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.
- August 27th Birthday, Original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, born in 1956 in Paddington, England.
Today In Rock and Roll History
August 27th
- August 27th, 1960 A rock and roll anomaly took place at the top of the UK singles chart when “Please Don’t Tease” by Cliff Richard And The Shadows was replaced by “Apache,” an instrumental credited to just The Shadows. Cliff Richard actually appears on “Apache,” playing a Chinese drum at the beginning and end of the track.
- August 27th, 1965 In California, Elvis Presley plays host to The Beatles, their road manager Mal Evans and manager Brian Epstein at his rented home in Perugia Way, Bel Air. The get-together, which included a jam session, lasted four hours. While their clients got to know each other, managers Colonel Tom Parker and Epstein played pool in the next room. Unfortunately, no pictures or recordings exist of the event.
- August 27th, 1966 Cameo Records in the US pick up “96 Tears” by ? and The Mysterians for national distribution. The song was credited collectively to The Mysterians. Originally released earlier in the year by the independent Pa Go Go Record label, the single got significant airplay in the band’s hometown of Flint, Michigan. When nearby radio powerhouse CKLW in Windsor, Ontario put the record in heavy rotation, Cameo’s Neil Bogart signed the band. Although he closely guarded his true identity at the time, the man known as Question Mark was Rudy Martinez, from Saginaw Valley, Michigan. The single hit No. 1 on October 22nd.
- August 27th, 1966 Bobby Hebb’s “Sunny,” became the No. 1 single in the US.
- August 27th, 1968 Columbia Records release Gary Puckett and The Union Gap’s “Over You” on 45. The record became the group’s fourth consecutive million selling Gold certified single to have been produced, composed and written by Jerry Fuller. “Over You” peaked at No. 7 on October 26th.
- August 27th, 1971 Decca Records in Britain release the compilation album “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones. Side one of the album features Stones songs included in the Gimme Shelterfilm. Side Two consisted of live cuts previously issued on the 1966 live album “Got Live If You Want It.”
- August 27th, 1976 RSO Records release the “No Reason To Cry” LP by Eric Clapton. The record was recorded in Malibu and Los Angeles between December 1975 and May 1976, co-produced by Rob Fraboni with Eric Clapton and bassist Carl Radle. Robbie Robertson played on sessions for the record. Bob Dylan wrote and played on the album track “Sign Language.” The album featured the hit “Hello Old Friend” and peaked at No. 15 on November 13th.
- August 27th, 1976 Mountain Records in Britain release “Amos Moses” backed with “Satchel and The Scalp Hunter” by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band on 45. The A-side was a cover version of the Jerry Reed hit. The B-side was a co-write by Harvey and keyboardist Hugh McKenna, produced by David Batchelor.
- August 27th, 1976 Columbia Records release “Home Tonight” by Aerosmith on 45. Written by singer Steven Tyler, the song was issued as the second single from the band’s “Rocks” LP, co-produced by the band and Jack Douglas. The record peaked at No. 71 on October 16th.
- August 27th, 1976 Warner Brothers Records release the self-produced “The Roaring Silence” LP by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. The band produced the album at Workhorse Studios in London. Featuring the hit “Blinded By The Light,” the album peaked at No. 10 on March 12th, 1977.
- August 27th, 1977 RCA Records release “Lust For Life” by Iggy Pop. The LP was co-produced by Iggy Pop and David Bowie using the pseudonym Belway Brothers at Hansa Studios in West Berlin from May through June. Bowie played keyboards on the album and the tour to promote the LP with Hunt and Tony Sales on drums and bass. The record peaked at No. 120 on October 8th.
- August 27th, 1977 “She Did It” by Eric Carmen enters the singles charts on Arista Records. Written, produced and arranged by Carmen from the album “Boats Against The Current,” the 45 peaked at No. 23 on November 5th.
- August 27th, 1977 At a concert at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, Maryland, Jackson Browne records the title track of his next album “Running On Empty.” The song features a lap steel guitar part played by David Lindley with vocal back up from Rosemary Butler and Doug Haywood. Issued as a single in January 1978, the 45 reached No. 11 on April 29th.
- August 27th, 1979 Arista Records release “Eve,” the fourth album by the Alan Parsons Project. Vocalists Lenny Zakatek, Dave Townshend, Clare Torry and Lesley Duncan sing the lead vocals on LP. Parsons produced the LP at Super Bear Studios near Nice, France. “Eve” features the hit single “Damned If I Do.” The record peaked at No. 13 on October 20th.
- August 27th, 1979 Capitol Records release “Good Girls Don’t” by The Knack. The follow-up single to “My Sharona,” suggestive lyrics in the song were edited out for the release to avoid being banned from the radio airwaves. Produced by Mike Chapman, the record spent sixteen weeks on the charts and peaked at No. 11 on November 10th.
- August 27th, 1980 Warner Brothers Records release “Wild Planet,” the second album by the B 52’s. Co-produced by Rhett Davies and the band at Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas, the LP featured two singles, “Private Idaho” and “Lava.” The record peaked at No. 18 on October 18th.
- August 27th, 1982 Neutron Records in England release “All Of My Heart,” the fourth British single by ABC. The song was written by the four members of the band, Martin Fry, David Palmer, Stephen Singleton and Mark White. Produced by Trevor Horn, the record went to No. 5 in the UK.
- August 27th, 1991 Toad The Wet Sprocket released the “Fear” album. The band recorded the LP at Granny’s House Studios in Reno, Nevada with Gavin Mackillop producing. The album featured the hits “All I Want” and “Walk On The Ocean.” The record peaked at No. 49 on September 19th.
- August 27th, 1995 Pearl Jam release the album “Ten.” The group recorded the LP at London Bridge Studios in Seattle, Washington and Ridge Farm in Surrey, England. The album featured the hit singles “Alive,” “Even Flow” and “Jeremy.” The record peaked at No. 2 on August 22nd, 1992. On the same day, Pearl Jam served as Neil Young’s back-up band at the Redding Festival in Britain.
- August 27th, 2012 Just as his new hits collection, “The Singer” was being released, Art Garfunkel announced that he had regained his voice after being sidelined since 2010 with vocal paresis. The condition had caused the cancellation of a planned Simon and Garfunkel North American tour.
Miscellaneous August
- August 1957 Ace Records release “Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu” by Huey “Piano” Smith on 45. The song was co-written by Smith and Johnny Vincent. The session for the track included Sidney Rayfield and “Scarface” John Williams on vocals, Lee Allen on tenor sax, Earl King on guitar, Frank Fields on bass and Charles “Hungry” Williams on drums. The record peaked at No. 52 on the Pop singles charts.
- August 1958 Dot Records release “Scratchin’” backed with the novelty song “I Hates Rabbits” by Jerry Neal on 45. Neal was a stage name of Jerry Capehart. He co-wrote both songs with Eddie Cochran. Cochran is rumored to play all the instruments on “Scratchin’,” while Cochran plays lead guitar on “I Hates Rabbits.”
- August 1958 Tune Town Records release “Boxtop” by Ike Turner, Carson Oliver and Little Ann, the first record release to feature the future Tina Turner on vocals. The song was written by Ike Turner, who heard the seventeen-year-old sing during the intermission of a Kings Of Rhythm set at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. Carson Oliver was one of the vocalists in Turner’s group, the Kings Of Rhythm band. The track was recorded at Turner’s house on Virginia Place, in East St. Louis.
- August 1963 Original Sound Records release “Heavies” backed with “The Cruncher” by The Rotations on 45. The Rotations were an alias for Paul Buff and Dave Aerni. Both songs were co-written by Aerni and Buff, produced by Frank Zappa at PAL Studio in Cucamonga, California in June. A few seconds of “Heavies” is heard in the opening moments of “Nasal Retentive Caliope Music” on The Mothers Of Invention LP “We’re Only In It For The Money.”
- August 1963 Original Sound Records release “Tijuana” backed with “Grunion Run” by The Hollywood Persuaders on 45. Paul Buff wrote the A-side. “Grunion Run” was performed by Paul Buff and Frank Zappa, recording at PAL Studios in Cucamonga, California in June. Zappa played guitars, bass and drums with Paul Buff on saxophone.
- August 1965 Autumn Records release “Beau Brummels Volume II.” The record featured the hit “You Tell Me Why” and follow-up single “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” but didn’t chart. Sylvester Stewart, later known professionally as Sly Stone, is listed as the album’s producer, but members of the band didn’t recall him being there for the recording sessions.
- August 1969 Immediate Records in Britain release the self-titled album by “The Nice,” the group’s second album.
- August 1971 A&M Records release “White Light,” the second studio album by The Byrds’ singer, songwriter Gene Clark. The LP was recorded at A&M Studios and Village Recorders in Los Angeles with Jesse Ed Davis producing in the Spring, 1971. Playing on the record were Davis, bassist Chris Ethridge of the Flying Burrito Brothers, organist Michael Utley, pianist Ben Sidran and drummer Gary Mallaber, both of the Steve Miller Band.
- August 1972 Thunderclap Newman pianist Andy Newman releases the solo LP “Rainbows” on Track Records in England. Pete Townshend is the executive producer of the album.
- August 1974 Ardent Records release “September Gurls” by Big Star on 45. The song was written by Alex Chilton with autobiographical lyrics about several women in his life. The record was co-produced by Big Stay and John Fry on a six track recording console at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee during sessions for the band’s second album “Radio City.”
- August 1976 Mushroom Records in Australia release “Second Thoughts,” the second LP by Split Enz. The group’s first LP “Mental Notes” had not been released in America or in Europe, so Chrysalis Records issued “Second Thoughts” in September in Britain and January 1977 in the US – as “Mental Notes” with new cover art. “Second Thoughts” was produced by Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera at Basing Street Studios in London. The LP went to No. 18 in the New Zealand album charts.
- August 1978 Chrysalis Records release “I’m Gonna Love You Too” by Blondie on 45, a cover version of The Crickets’ song from 1957. The song was written by Crickets’ bassist Joe Maudlin, guitarist Niki Sullivan and record producer Norman Petty. Produced by Mike Chapman, it was the first single released from Blondie’s “Parallel Lines” LP.
- August 1980 Virgin Records in Britain release “Generals And Majors” by XTC on 45. Written by Colin Moulding and produced by Steve Lillywhite, it was the first single released from the band’s “Black Sea” album and peaked at No. 32 in England.
- August 1980, Virgin Records release “Doc At The Radar Station” by Captain Beefheart. The album was recorded in June at Sound Castle Recording Studios in Los Angeles with Beefheart producing.
- August 1983 Warner Brothers Records release “Song For A Future Generation” by The B-52’s as the second single from the “Whammy!” LP. The song was written collectively by The B-52’s, produced by Steven Stanley.
- August 1984 EG Records release “The Pearl,” the second album by Harold Budd and Brian Eno. Recorded in Toronto, Canada with Daniel Lanois also producing, the premise of the recordings were established on the pair’s first collaboration “The Plateaux Of Mirror,” with Eno treating Budd’s improvised piano parts with studio effects and later making compositional decisions together to create the released tracks.
- August 1986 IMP Records in Britain release “Tokyo Storm Warning” by Elvis Costello and The Attractions on 45, a song Costello wrote with his wife, The Pogues bassist Cait O’Riordan. The track was Costello’s first single release to give credit to his given name MacManus. “Tokyo Storm Warning” was co-produced by Nick Lowe and Colin Fairley.
- August 1987 Virgin Records in England release “Psonic Psunspot,” the first full-length album by The Dukes Of Stratosphere, actually XTC under a different name with guitarist Dave Gregory’s brother Ian on drums. The record was co-produced by John Leckie and the band at Sawmills Studio in Fowey, Cornwall, England in June.
- August 1987 Columbia Records release the movie soundtrack LP “Back To The Beach,” a various artists collection of songs from the film. Highlights include the Stevie Ray Vaughn/Dick Dale remake of “Pipeline,” songs by Dave Edmunds, Eddie Money, Aimee Mann, M<arti Jones and a Herbie Hancock version of “Wipe Out” featuring Dweezil Zappa on guitar and Terry Bozzio on drums.
- August 1989 Virgin Records release “The Loving” by XTC on 45 in Britain. The track came from the band’s Paul Fox produced “Oranges And Lemons” LP.
- August 1992 Warner Brothers Records in Britain release “Real Cool World” by David Bowie on 45. The song was the theme from Real Cool World movie, written by Bowie and produced by Nile Rodgers. The B-side was an instrumental version of the track.
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