TODAY IN HISTORY – October 27th
1957 - The Crickets started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with That'll Be The Day, it also made No.3 in the US and sold over a million.
1958 - Born this day, Simon Le Bonn, singer, Duran Duran, 1983 UK No.1 single Is There Something I Should Know, plus 25 other UK top 40 singles, 1984 US No.1 single The Reflex, with Arcadia, 1985 UK No.7 single Election Day.
1960 - Tina Turner gave birth to Ike's son, Ronald.
1964 - 31 year old Salvatore Philip Bono married 18 year old Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere. For a time they performed together as Caesar and Cleo before changing the name of their act to Sonny and Cher. Their union lasted 12 years.
1967 - Born this day, Scott Weiland, vocals, Stone Temple Pilots, 1993 UK No.23 single Plush.
1969 - Muddy Waters was seriously injured in a car crash in Champagne, Illinois. Three people were killed in the accident.
1970 - Black Sabbath played their first ever live show in the US when the kicked of a 16 date tour at Glassboro State College. Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer.
1973 - Gladys Knight and the Pips started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Midnight Train To Georgia. It was the group's 18th top 40 hit and first No.1.
1975 - Rock musician Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of both TIME and Newsweek, a move that embarrassed both weekly magazines.
1977 - American musician Roy Estrada known as a founding member of Little Feat and who also worked with Frank Zappa was convicted of sexual assault on a child. Estrada served six years in prison. In January 2012, he pleaded guilty to a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child which happened in March 2008. In the plea bargain agreement, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison and is not eligible for parole
1979 - Elton John collapsed on stage at Hollywood's Universal Amphitheatre suffering from exhaustion.
1980 - Marc Bolan's first performing partner (T Rex), Steve Took, choked to death on a cherry stone, after some magic mushrooms he had eaten numbed all sensation in his throat.
1980 - Mark Chapman bought a five-shot .38 special for $169. A little over six weeks later, he would use the gun to kill John Lennon outside his New York City apartment.
1984 - Born this day, Kelly Osbourne, singer, 2002 UK No.3 single Papa Don't Preach. Daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
1984 - Big Country went to No.1 on the UK album chart with Steel Town, the band's only No.1 album.
1988 - U2's film Rattle And Hum, received its world wide premiere in Dublin.
1989 - Bass player with U2 Adam Clayton was convicted of a drink driving offence by a Dublin court after being found driving twice over the legal limit. He was fined £500 and banned from driving for one year.
1991 - EMF were named 'Best British Group' at the Smash Hits Poll Winners awards. Kylie Minogue won the 'Worst Female singer' award.
1997 - Johnny Cash was misdiagnosed as having Parkinson's Disease (later, doctors mistakenly said he had Shy-Drager Syndrome), he apparently had neither.
1997 - 34-year-old John Hector was arrested in Toronto and charged with criminal harassment after 'stalking' U2 bass player Adam Clayton.
1999 - Marilyn Monroe's 'Happy Birthday' dress (the one she wore while singing to JFK) sold at auction for $1.3 million. (US currency)
2000 - Lonnie Donegan went to Buckingham Palace to receive his MBE for his services to pop music. Lonnie pioneered skiffle in the 1950's and inspired a generation of teenagers to start bands.
2003 - Scott Weiland singer with The Stone Temple Pilots was arrested on his birthday in Hollywood, California, after being involved in a traffic collision. He was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but these charges were later dismissed after the singer successfully completed rehab and underwent subsequent drug tests.
2009 - Eric Clapton pulled out of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in New York City after he underwent an operation to remove gallstones. His place at the Madison Square Garden gig was taken by Jeff Beck.
2010 – The most played song on NZ radio the past week has been “Just The Way You Are” by Bruno Mars.
2013 - Lou Reed, the punk poet of rock 'n' roll who profoundly influenced generations of musicians, has died of an ailment related to his recent liver transplant. He was 71.
His literary agent, Andrew Wylie, said the US singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hits included Walk on the Wild Side and Perfect Day, had been in frail health for months.
Reed shared a home with his wife and fellow musician, Laurie Anderson, whom he married in 2008.
The Brooklyn native, who embarked on a long solo career after initially finding fame with the Velvet Underground, was widely regarded as one of the most influential rock musicians of the last half-century.
Reed had been in poor health since a liver transplant in May.
1957 - The Crickets started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with That'll Be The Day, it also made No.3 in the US and sold over a million.
1958 - Born this day, Simon Le Bonn, singer, Duran Duran, 1983 UK No.1 single Is There Something I Should Know, plus 25 other UK top 40 singles, 1984 US No.1 single The Reflex, with Arcadia, 1985 UK No.7 single Election Day.
1960 - Tina Turner gave birth to Ike's son, Ronald.
1964 - 31 year old Salvatore Philip Bono married 18 year old Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere. For a time they performed together as Caesar and Cleo before changing the name of their act to Sonny and Cher. Their union lasted 12 years.
1967 - Born this day, Scott Weiland, vocals, Stone Temple Pilots, 1993 UK No.23 single Plush.
1969 - Muddy Waters was seriously injured in a car crash in Champagne, Illinois. Three people were killed in the accident.
1970 - Black Sabbath played their first ever live show in the US when the kicked of a 16 date tour at Glassboro State College. Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer.
1973 - Gladys Knight and the Pips started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Midnight Train To Georgia. It was the group's 18th top 40 hit and first No.1.
1975 - Rock musician Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of both TIME and Newsweek, a move that embarrassed both weekly magazines.
1977 - American musician Roy Estrada known as a founding member of Little Feat and who also worked with Frank Zappa was convicted of sexual assault on a child. Estrada served six years in prison. In January 2012, he pleaded guilty to a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child which happened in March 2008. In the plea bargain agreement, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison and is not eligible for parole
1979 - Elton John collapsed on stage at Hollywood's Universal Amphitheatre suffering from exhaustion.
1980 - Marc Bolan's first performing partner (T Rex), Steve Took, choked to death on a cherry stone, after some magic mushrooms he had eaten numbed all sensation in his throat.
1980 - Mark Chapman bought a five-shot .38 special for $169. A little over six weeks later, he would use the gun to kill John Lennon outside his New York City apartment.
1984 - Born this day, Kelly Osbourne, singer, 2002 UK No.3 single Papa Don't Preach. Daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
1984 - Big Country went to No.1 on the UK album chart with Steel Town, the band's only No.1 album.
1988 - U2's film Rattle And Hum, received its world wide premiere in Dublin.
1989 - Bass player with U2 Adam Clayton was convicted of a drink driving offence by a Dublin court after being found driving twice over the legal limit. He was fined £500 and banned from driving for one year.
1991 - EMF were named 'Best British Group' at the Smash Hits Poll Winners awards. Kylie Minogue won the 'Worst Female singer' award.
1997 - Johnny Cash was misdiagnosed as having Parkinson's Disease (later, doctors mistakenly said he had Shy-Drager Syndrome), he apparently had neither.
1997 - 34-year-old John Hector was arrested in Toronto and charged with criminal harassment after 'stalking' U2 bass player Adam Clayton.
1999 - Marilyn Monroe's 'Happy Birthday' dress (the one she wore while singing to JFK) sold at auction for $1.3 million. (US currency)
2000 - Lonnie Donegan went to Buckingham Palace to receive his MBE for his services to pop music. Lonnie pioneered skiffle in the 1950's and inspired a generation of teenagers to start bands.
2003 - Scott Weiland singer with The Stone Temple Pilots was arrested on his birthday in Hollywood, California, after being involved in a traffic collision. He was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but these charges were later dismissed after the singer successfully completed rehab and underwent subsequent drug tests.
2009 - Eric Clapton pulled out of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in New York City after he underwent an operation to remove gallstones. His place at the Madison Square Garden gig was taken by Jeff Beck.
2010 – The most played song on NZ radio the past week has been “Just The Way You Are” by Bruno Mars.
2013 - Lou Reed, the punk poet of rock 'n' roll who profoundly influenced generations of musicians, has died of an ailment related to his recent liver transplant. He was 71.
His literary agent, Andrew Wylie, said the US singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hits included Walk on the Wild Side and Perfect Day, had been in frail health for months.
Reed shared a home with his wife and fellow musician, Laurie Anderson, whom he married in 2008.
The Brooklyn native, who embarked on a long solo career after initially finding fame with the Velvet Underground, was widely regarded as one of the most influential rock musicians of the last half-century.
Reed had been in poor health since a liver transplant in May.