This Day in Music History – February 27th

1967 – Pink Floyd recorded their first single, “Arnold Layne.”

1970 – Jefferson Airplane was fined $1,000 for using profanity during a concert in Oklahoma City.

1976 – Mick Jagger was hospitalized in New York with a respiratory infection.

1977 – Keith Richards’ (Rolling Stones) Toronto hotel suite was raided by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Richards was arrested and charged possession of heroin with the intent to traffic and possession of cocaine. He was release on $25,000 bail.

1984 – A Pepsi commercial featuring the Jackson’s premiered on MTV.


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