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1961, Chubby Checker started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Pony Time', his second No.1 of the 60's. It reached No.27 in the UK.  1964, 21 year-old former hairdresser and cloakroom attendant at The Cavern club Cilla Black was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Anyone Who Had A Heart.' Written by Bacharach and David it was Black's first UK No.1. Also this week's UK Top Ten was the first ever to feature only UK acts.  1964, The Rolling Stones made their second appearance on BBC TV show Top Of The Pops performing 'Not Fade Away'.  1965, The first date of a 21 twice- nightly UK package tour with Del Shannon, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders and Herman's Hermits, at Sheffield's City Hall, England.  1967, Pink Floyd continued working on their debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn at Abbey Road Studios, London. With the exception of two group-composed instrumentals and one Roger Waters song, the album was written entirely by Syd Barrett.   1971, Five months after her death, Janis Joplin started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Pearl.'  1972, Led Zeppelin appeared at Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney in Australia, over 25,000 fans attending the show. Jimmy Page appeared clean shaven having shaved of the beard he had grown since the summer of 1970.   1974, Cher filed for divorce from Sonny Bono. Cher married Gregg Allman from The Allman Brothers band on 27th June 1975.  1977, Keith Richards was arrested at Toronto’s Harbour Castle Hotel, after an ounce of heroin was found following a raid of his hotel room by 15 Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Richards, who was charged with possession with intent to traffic, faced seven years to life in prison. Bail was set at $25,000 (£14,705).
  1980, Winners at the Grammy Awards included: song of the year, 'What A Fool Believes', The Doobie Brothers, album of the year, Billy Joel's '52nd St', best new artist, Rickie Lee Jones, best disco record, 'I Will Survive' Gloria Gaynor.
  1988, George Michael scored his sixth No.1 US single with 'Father Figure' a No. 11 hit in the UK.  1991, James Brown was paroled after spending two years of a six-year prison sentence, imposed for resisting arrest after a car chase across two States.  1993, After 14 weeks at No.1 on the US singles chart, 'I Will Always Love You', gave Whitney Houston the longest ever US chart topper, taking over from Boyz II Men's hit 'End Of The Road', and became the second biggest selling single in the US.
  1999, Britney Spears started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '...Baby One More Time'. It became the biggest UK selling single of the year and also a No.1 in the US. It was originally written for TLC but the song was submitted after completion of their third record, FanMail.
  2004, A worker in a supermarket in Aspen, Colorado alerted the police-after seeing a man shopping with his face covered by a mask. Police arrived on the scene and identified the man as Michael Jackson who was in town on holiday with his children.  2005, Ray Charles was at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Genius Loves Company.'  2007, Bobby Brown was sentenced to 30 days in jail over $19,000 (£9,670) in unpaid child support. An arrest warrant was issued in October 2006 after he failed to show up at a hearing on overdue child support for Kim Ward, the mother of two of his children.  2007, Pictures appeared in UK papers of Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty making a trip to a zoo in Burford Oxfordshire with his model girlfriend Kate Moss. He was blasted by vets after pictures showed Pete throwing a left over cannabis joint into a group of penguins.
  2010, U2 raked in more money than any other music act in the US in 2009 making $109m (£71m) from touring, record sales and other royalties, almost twice as much as the second best, Bruce Springsteen who took home $58m (£38m), followed by Madonna with $47m (£31m) and AC/DC with $44m (£29m). Coldplay were the most successful British group, at number eight, with takings of $27m (£18m).   February 27th: Born on this day  1927, Born on this day, Guy Mitchell, US singer who had the 1957 UK & US No.1 single ‘Singing The Blues’ plus over ten other UK Top 40 singles. Mitchell died on July 1st 1999.  1948, Born on this day, Eddie Gray from Tommy James and the Shondells who had the 1966 US No.1 single 'Hanky Panky' and the 1968 UK No.1 single 'Mony Mony'.  1950, Born on this day, Robert Balderrama, from American group ? & The Mysterians who had the 1966 US No. 1 & UK No.37 single '96 Tears'. (which was also a UK No.17 hit for The Stranglers in 1990).  1951, Born on this day, Steve Harley, singer, with English group Cockney Rebel who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Make Me Smile, Come Up And See Me'. Now solo and also works as a radio presenter.  1954, Born on this day, Neal Schon, guitarist from Journey who had the 1982 US No.2 single 'Open Arms'. Was also a member of Santana, who had the 1977 UK No.11 single 'She's Not There'.  1955, Born on this day, Gary Christian, from English group The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single 'Harvest For The World'.  1957, Born on this day, Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden who had the 1982 UK No.1 album 'The Number Of The Beast' and the 1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter'.
  1960, Born on this day, Paul Humphreys, from Liverpool duo Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark who had the 1984 UK No.5 single 'Locomotion'.  1964, Born on this day, Derek McKenzie from British group The Shamen who had the 1992 UK No.1 single 'Ebeneezer Goode'.  1964, Born on this day, Ewan Venal, from Scottish group Deacon Blue who had the 1988 UK No.8 single 'Real Gone Kid' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.  1971, Born on this day, Rozonda Thomas, Chilli, singer from American girl group TLC who had the 1995 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'Waterfalls', and the 1999 US No.1 album 'Fanmail' which spent 57 weeks on the UK chart.  1973, Born on this day, Peter Andre, singer and former actor and reality TV star who had the 1996 UK No.1 single 'I Feel You', and the 1996 UK No. 1 album 'Natural'.  1981, Born on this day, Josh Groban, US singer, who had the 2002 US No.7 & UK No.28 album ‘Josh Groban’ and the 2004 US No.1 album 'Closer'. Groban was America's top selling artist of 2007. - See more at: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/#sthash.9V2fmYYf.dpuf