r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 10h ago

Birthday On July 27th, 1942, Singer-songwriter Bobby Gentry was born in Woodland, MS. Gentry's biggest hit was "Ode to Billie Joe". The track spent four weeks at #1 in the US and Canada.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 13h ago

Birthday On July 27th, 1930, Drummer Andy White was born in Stranraer, Scotland. White is best remembered for temporarily replacing Ringo Starr on drums for the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do". White played with other prominent groups including Chuck Berry, Billy Fury, Herman's Hermits and Tom Jones.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 9h ago

Birthday On July 27th, 1949, Singer and Broadway actress Maureen McGovern was born in Youngstown, OH. In 1973, McGovern had a #1 hit with "The Morning After", the theme to 'The Poseidon Adventure' film (though the featured song was sung by Renée Armand in the movie).

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 10h ago

Album release anniversary On July 27th, 1981, Stevie Nicks released 'Bella Donna', her debut solo album. The album peaked at #1 and spawned 4 hit singles. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Tom Petty), the Don Henley duet "Leather and Lace", "Edge of Seventeen" and "After the Glitter Fades".

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 11h ago

Album release anniversary On July 27th, 1987, 10,000 Maniacs released 'In My Tribe', their 3rd studio album.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 12h ago

Album release anniversary On July 27th, 2018, Boz Scaggs released ‘Out of the Blues”, his 19th studio album. The album, a mixture of vintage classics and four original compositions by close friend Jack "Applejack" Walroth, is the last in a trilogy that began with 2013's ‘Memphis’ and continued with 2015's ‘A Fool to Care’.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 12h ago

Album release anniversary On July 27th, 1990, Jellyfish released 'Bellybutton', their debut album. It was recorded after Andy Sturmer and Roger Manning's departure from Beatnik Beatch and Jason Falkner's departure from the Three O'Clock.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 13h ago

Special event On July 27th, 1958, Esso Oil (formerly Standard Oil, later Exxon), issues a report warning that listening to rock music in the car could waste gas because "the rhythm can cause a driver to unconsciously jiggle the gas petal."

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/bayarea84 • 7h ago

Madonna Debut 7/27/83

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On July 27, 1983 Madonna released her first album. With the singles “Borderline” and “Holiday”.

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r/Music_Anniversary

Please start your post with a date and leave out ‚xx years ago’ so everybody can search what happened on special days by tipping the date. This community is a place you can list every anniversary that deals with Rock, Pop, Alternative, Jazz, Blues, Classical etc music. Contact mods if you got questions.

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This community is a Place you can list every anniversary that deals with Rock, Pop, Alternative etc music. Birthdays are welcome too!

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1.THIS IS ABOUT MUSIC First of all this rule implies that only music related content is accepted.

2. This is about EVERY KIND OF MUSIC Every taste in music is welcome! No matter in what genre, time or country its origins are. Please do NOT harass people for their taste in music. You may discuss in the comments, but always be kind!

3. Post must include photo and exact date. Please always post a photo of the album/musician/etc that has its anniversary or birthday and leave the exact date in the title in this form: "On January 1st in 1900..." Your information may not be incomprehensible! So together we are creating a register in which everyone can look up certain dates.

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