Rock and Metal History, December 27
1941: Mike Pinder, The Moody Blues, (1965 UK No.1 single 'Go Now' and 1968 UK No.19 & 1972 US No.2 single 'Nights In White Satin').
1943: Pete Quaife, bass, The Kinks (1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' plus 19 other UK Top 40 singles).
1943: Peter Sinfield, lyricist and co-founder of King Crimson and an accomplished songwriter for other artists: Celine Dion, Cher, Cliff Richard and others, was born in Fulham, London.
1944: Mike Jones, guitar, Foreigner, (1985 UK & US No.1 single 'I Want To Know What Love Is').
1948: Larry Byrom, guitar, Steppenwolf, (1969 UK No.30 single 'Born To Be Wild'). 1952, Born on this day, David Knopfler, Dire Straits, left in early 1980, (1979 UK No.8 single 'Sultans Of Swing').
1952: David Knopfler was born. is a British singer-songwriter from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He was born in Scotland and raised in England from the age of two. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. After quitting the band, Knopfler embarked upon a solo career as a recording artist. (Dire Straits)
1960: The Beatles appeared at Litherland Town Hall Ballroom in Liverpool. Added to the bill at the last minute, The Beatles were not advertised to appear, so banners had been pasted onto advertising posters, saying "Direct From Hamburg, The Beatles!" Since The Beatles were playing in an area they'd only played in once before, most of the audience assumes they were a German group.
1967: The Doors appeared on the Jonathon Winters Show CBS TV show from Los Angeles, California.
1967: Bob Dylan relesed, John Wesley Harding. The eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released by Columbia Records. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to acoustic music and traditional roots, after three albums of electric rock music.
1969: Led Zeppelin II was at No.1 on the US album charts, (the band's first album to reach No.1 on charts in the UK and the US), it went on to sell over six million copies in the US alone. The album's cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package.
1972: Niclas Engelin guitarist with In Flames
1974: Bob Dylan recorded Idiot Wind, "You're A Big Girl Now"
1975: Queen started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with A Night At The Opera, the group's first No.1 album.
1975: The Faces announce their split. Rod Stewart devotes himself to his solo career and Ron Wood officially joins The Rolling Stones.
1976: Blues guitarist Freddie King died of heart trouble and ulcers aged 42. Eric Clapton covered his 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman' on his Layla album. Major influence on British and American blues-rock musicians such as Jimmy Vaughan, Ronnie Earl, Peter Green and Eric Clapton.
1985: Metallica finished work on "Master of Puppets" at Sweet Silence Studios .
1986: Chris Rorland guitarist for Sabaton was born
1988: Hayley Williams was born, singer, Paramore, 2009 UK No.1 album Brand New Eyes and their 2013 self-titled fourth studio album hit No.1 on the US chart.
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