This Day in Music History: January 27
January 27, 2017We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: January 27.
1956: RCA Records released 'Heartbreak Hotel' by Elvis Presley. RCA Records had just purchased Presley's contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in the first week and overall sold more than a million. It gave Elvis his first Gold record.
1962: The Beatles performed at Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool. The band had played in this venue many times before, but this was their last performance here because Brian Epstein became infuriated when the promoter paid the bands' fee (£15 pounds) with handfuls of loose change. Brian Epstein saw this act as an insult to the band, and made sure that they never played for that specific promoter (Brian Kelly) ever again.
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1970: John Lennon wrote, recorded and mixed 'Instant Karma!', his new single. He did this all in a single day. The single ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history, recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios and arriving to the stores only 10 days later.
1971: David Bowie arrived in the US for the very first time. Bowie couldn't play live because of work permit restrictions, but he did attract publicity when he wore a dress at a promotion event.
1973: Stevie Wonder scored his second No.1 single in the US with 'Superstition', taken from his album 'Talking Book.' Jeff Beck created the original drum beat while in the studio with Stevie Wonder. After he wrote the song, Stevie Wonder offered it to Beck to record, but at the insistence of Berry Gordy, Wonder himself recorded it first. Instead, Beck was offered 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers', which he recorded on his 'Blow by Blow' album in 1975.
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1984: Madonna made her first appearance in the UK when she appeared on C4 TV music program The Tube. She performed the song 'Holiday'. The show was broadcast live from the Hacienda Club in Manchester.
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1990: Kylie Minogue had her third UK No.1 single with 'Tears On My Pillow'. Originally, the song was a US hit for Little Anthony and The Imperials in 1958.
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1996: Babylon Zoo started a five-week run at the top of the UK singles chart with 'Spaceman'. It was the fastest selling single by a debut artist in the UK, as it sold 420,000 copies in 6 days. The song was used for a Levi Jeans TV commercial, and the single also topped the charts in 23 other countries.
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