From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: JULY 27
1958: A study by Esso Oil (formerly Standard Oil, eventually Exxon) finds that drivers speed more and therefore waste more gas when listening to the new fad of rock and roll music blaring over the car radio.
1968: A riot erupts at Chicago’s Grant Park after Sly and the Family Stone fail to appear for a free concert.
1969: Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees purportedly collapses from “nervous exhaustion” just as the group is about to embark on their first U.S. tour, but its actually a ruse designed to hasten his exit from the group.
1974: After 23 years, Dinah Shorr leaves the NBC-TV network when it cancels her morning program Dinah’s Place in order to concentrate on games shows.
1976: John Lennon ends his four-year battle to stay in the United States, as a special government hearing grants him a US immigration department green card (Number A-17-597-321).
1976: Bruce Springsteen’s meteoric rise is stalled when he sues his manager Mike Appel for fraud and breach of contract, keeping him from performing and recording over a year.
1976: After years of alleged physical and verbal abuse, and having been left over the Fourth of July holiday with nothing but pocket change and a gas station credit card, Tina Turner files for divorce from her husband of sixteen-years, Ike.
1979: A firebomb destroys Alice Cooper’s Indian art store in Scottsdale, AZ., causing $200,000 worth of damages to, among other things, some of Cooper’s gold records. The singer jokes that perhaps “a disco music freak” torched the place, as Alice has gone on the record as being boisterous about not liking the new music trend.
1992: Michael Jackson sues the London tabloid Daily Mirror over claims that too many plastic surgeries has left him permanently disfigured.
1994: Bob Seger serves jury duty in Michigan and, as the foreman in a criminal trial, finds the defendant guilty as charged.
Deaths: Bobby Day; 1990. Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd); 2001. John Entwistle (the Who); 2002.
Releases: “Sleepwalk,” Santo & Johnny; 1959. “People Got To Be Free,” The Rascals; 1968. “Dream A Little Dream Of Me,” Mama Cass Elliot; 1968. “Sweet Home Alabama,” Lynyrd Skynyrd; 1974.
Recording: “Why Don’t You Do Right,” Peggy Lee; 1942. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” The Tokens; 1961.
Charts: 1955: “Maybelline,” Chuck Berry; enters the charts. 1957: “Mr. Lee,” The Bobbettes; enters the charts. 1974: “Annie’s Song,” John Denver; hits No. 1. on the charts.
Certifications: None for this date.
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day…. 
