This Day in Music History – May 27th

1957 – “That’ll be the Day” b/w “I’m Looking For Someone To Love” by the Crickets was released.

1961 – Johnny Cash appeared on NBC’s “The Deputy.”

1963 – Bob Dylan released album “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.”

1964 – Eleven boys were suspended at a Coventry, England, school for having a hair style like Mick Jagger.

1967 – Columbia and RCA Victor announced that they would raise the list price of mono albums by a dollar on June 1. It was the first increase since 1953.

1977 – In the U.K., the Sex Pistols single “God Save the Queen” was released. The song was banned on May 31 by the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority.

1983 – Metallica finished recording the album “Kill ‘Em All.”


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