This Day in Music History – June 27th

1959 – The play “West Side Story” with music by Leonard Bernstein closed after 734 performances on Broadway.

1964 – Jan & Dean’s “Little Old Lady From Pasadena” was released.

1964 – The Rolling Stones appeared as the entire panel on BBC-TV’s ‘Juke Box Jury’.

1968 – Elvis Presley began taping his first television special, “Elvis,” at NBC studios in Burbank, CA.

1969 – The Denver Pop Festival opened at Mile High Stadium. Violence broke out in the 50,000+ crowd and police moved in with clubs and tear gas.

1971 – The Fillmore East in New York City was closed.

1982 – Virgin Music Publishing reached an out-of-court settlement with Police bassist Sting on a 1977 contract.

1988 – Cyndi Lauper got her high school diploma from Richmond High in New York.

1988 – Debbie Gibson got her high school diploma from Calhoun High on Long Island, NY.

1988 – MCA Records bought Motown Records for $61 million.

1989 – The Who performed the rock opera “Tommy” in its entirety for the first time in 17 years at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

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