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Music on the 27th of February in history

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27 Feb 1927 birth Guy Mitchell, US singer who had the 1957 UK & US No.1 single ‘Singing The Blues’ plus over ten other UK Top 40 singles. Mitchell died on July 1st 1999.
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27 Feb 1948 birth Eddie Gray from Tommy James and the Shondells who had the 1966 US No.1 single 'Hanky Panky' and the 1968 UK No.1 single 'Mony Mony'.
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27 Feb 1950 birth Robert Balderrama, from American group ? & The Mysterians who had the 1966 US No. 1 & UK No.37 single '96 Tears'. (which was also a UK No.17 hit for The Stranglers in 1990).
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27 Feb 1951 birth Steve Harley, singer, with English group Cockney Rebel who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Make Me Smile, Come Up And See Me'. Now solo and also works as a radio presenter.
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27 Feb 1954 birth Neal Schon, guitarist from Journey who had the 1982 US No.2 single 'Open Arms'. Was also a member of Santana, who had the 1977 UK No.11 single 'She's Not There'.
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27 Feb 1955 birth Gary Christian, from English group The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single 'Harvest For The World'.
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27 Feb 1957 birth Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden who had the 1982 UK No.1 album 'The Number Of The Beast' and the 1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter'.
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27 Feb 1960 birth Paul Humphreys, from Liverpool duo Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark who had the 1984 UK No.5 single 'Locomotion'.
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27 Feb 1961 Chubby Checker started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Pony Time', his second No.1 of the 60's. It reached No.27 in the UK.
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27 Feb 1964 21 year-old former hairdresser and cloakroom attendant at The Cavern club Cilla Black was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Anyone Who Had A Heart.' Written by Bacharach and David it was Black's first UK No.1. Also this week's UK Top Ten was the first ever to feature only UK acts.
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27 Feb 1964 The Rolling Stones made their second appearance on BBC TV show Top Of The Pops performing 'Not Fade Away'.
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27 Feb 1964 birth Derek McKenzie from British group The Shamen who had the 1992 UK No.1 single 'Ebeneezer Goode'.
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27 Feb 1964 birth Ewan Venal, from Scottish group Deacon Blue who had the 1988 UK No.8 single 'Real Gone Kid' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.
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27 Feb 1965 The first date of a 21 twice- nightly UK package tour with Del Shannon, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders and Herman's Hermits, at Sheffield's City Hall, England.
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27 Feb 1967 Pink Floyd continued working on their debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn at Abbey Road Studios, London. With the exception of two group-composed instrumentals and one Roger Waters song, the album was written entirely by Syd Barrett.
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27 Feb 1971 Five months after her death, Janis Joplin started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Pearl.'
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27 Feb 1971 birth Rozonda Thomas, Chilli, singer from American girl group TLC who had the 1995 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'Waterfalls', and the 1999 US No.1 album 'Fanmail' which spent 57 weeks on the UK chart.
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27 Feb 1972 Led Zeppelin appeared at Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney in Australia, over 25,000 fans attending the show. Jimmy Page appeared clean shaven having shaved of the beard he had grown since the summer of 1970.
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27 Feb 1973 birth Peter Andre, singer and former actor and reality TV star who had the 1996 UK No.1 single 'I Feel You', and the 1996 UK No. 1 album 'Natural'.
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27 Feb 1974 Cher filed for divorce from Sonny Bono. Cher married Gregg Allman from The Allman Brothers band on 27th June 1975.
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27 Feb 1977 Keith Richards was arrested at Toronto’s Harbour Castle Hotel, after an ounce of heroin was found following a raid of his hotel room by 15 Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Richards, who was charged with possession with intent to traffic, faced seven years to life in prison. Bail was set at $25,000 (£14,705).
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27 Feb 1980 Winners at the Grammy Awards included: song of the year, 'What A Fool Believes', The Doobie Brothers, album of the year, Billy Joel's '52nd St', best new artist, Rickie Lee Jones, best disco record, 'I Will Survive' Gloria Gaynor.
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27 Feb 1981 birth Josh Groban, US singer, who had the 2002 US No.7 & UK No.28 album ‘Josh Groban’ and the 2004 US No.1 album 'Closer'. Groban was America's top selling artist of 2007.
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27 Feb 1988 George Michael scored his sixth No.1 US single with 'Father Figure' a No. 11 hit in the UK.
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27 Feb 1991 James Brown was paroled after spending two years of a six-year prison sentence, imposed for resisting arrest after a car chase across two States. More On James Brown
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27 Feb 1993 After 14 weeks at No.1 on the US singles chart, 'I Will Always Love You', gave Whitney Houston the longest ever US chart topper, taking over from Boyz II Men's hit 'End Of The Road', and became the second biggest selling single in the US.
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27 Feb 1999 Britney Spears started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '...Baby One More Time'. It became the biggest UK selling single of the year and also a No.1 in the US. It was originally written for TLC but the song was submitted after completion of their third record, FanMail.
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27 Feb 2004 A worker in a supermarket in Aspen, Colorado alerted the police-after seeing a man shopping with his face covered by a mask. Police arrived on the scene and identified the man as Michael Jackson who was in town on holiday with his children.
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27 Feb 2005 Ray Charles was at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Genius Loves Company.'
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27 Feb 2007 Bobby Brown was sentenced to 30 days in jail over $19,000 (£9,670) in unpaid child support. An arrest warrant was issued in October 2006 after he failed to show up at a hearing on overdue child support for Kim Ward, the mother of two of his children.
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27 Feb 2007 Pictures appeared in UK papers of Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty making a trip to a zoo in Burford Oxfordshire with his model girlfriend Kate Moss. He was blasted by vets after pictures showed Pete throwing a left over cannabis joint into a group of penguins.
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27 Feb 2010 U2 raked in more money than any other music act in the US in 2009 making $109m (£71m) from touring, record sales and other royalties, almost twice as much as the second best, Bruce Springsteen who took home $58m (£38m), followed by Madonna with $47m (£31m) and AC/DC with $44m (£29m). Coldplay were the most successful British group, at number eight, with takings of $27m (£18m).
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27 Feb 2015 Madonna said she suffered whiplash as a result of her "nightmare" accident at the 2015 Brit Awards. The 56-year-old was pulled backwards off stage by a cape, which was supposed to fall from her shoulders causing the singer to fall down a flight of steps.
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