June 27 Music et al
Connie Francis
June 27 – July 10, 1960: “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” by Connie Francis #1 Billboard Hot 100.
June 27 Music et al
A World Without Love
June 27 – July 3, 1964: written by Paul McCartney. “A World Without Love” by Peter & Gordon #1 on Billboard Hot 100. (see July 10)
June 27 Music et al
Trouble Every Day
June 27, 1966: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Trouble Every Day. Zappa’s reaction to the media’s coverage of the Watts Riots. (see “In Sept”)
| Well I’m about to get sick From watchin’ my TV Been checkin’ out the news Until my eyeballs fail to see I mean to say that every day Is just another rotten mess And when it’s gonna change, my friend Is anybody’s guessSo I’m watchin’ and I’m waitin’ Hopin’ for the best Even think I’ll go to prayin’ Every time I hear ’em sayin’ That there’s no way to delay That trouble comin’ every day No way to delay That trouble comin’ every dayWednesday I watched the riot . . . Seen the cops out on the street Watched ’em throwin’ rocks and stuff And chokin’ in the heat Listened to reports About the whisky passin’ ’round Seen the smoke and fire And the market burnin’ down Watched while everybody On his street would take a turn To stomp and smash and bash and crash And slash and bust and burnAnd I’m watchin’ and I’m waitin’ Hopin’ for the best Even think I’ll go to prayin’ Every time I hear ’em sayin’ That there’s no way to delay That trouble comin’ every day No way to delay That trouble comin’ every dayWell, you can cool it, You can heat it . . . ‘Cause, baby, I don’t need it . . . Take your TV tube and eat it ‘N all that phony stuff on sports ‘N all the unconfirmed reports You know I watched that rotten box Until my head begin to hurt From checkin’ out the way The newsman say they get the dirt Before the guys on channel so-and-soAnd further they assert That any show they’ll interrupt To bring you news if it comes up They say that if the place blows up They will be the first to tell, Because the boys they got downtown Are workin’ hard and doin’ swell, And if anybody gets the news Before it hits the street, They say that no one blabs it faster Their coverage can’t be beat |
And if another woman driver Gets machine-gunned from her seat They’ll send some joker with a brownie And you’ll see it all completeSo I’m watchin’ and I’m waitin’ Hopin’ for the best Even think I’ll go to prayin’ Every time I hear ’em sayin’ That there’s no way to delay That trouble comin’ every day No way to delay That trouble comin’ every dayHey, you know something people? I’m not black But there’s a whole lots a times I wish I could say I’m not whiteWell, I seen the fires burnin’ And the local people turnin’ On the merchants and the shops Who used to sell their brooms and mops And every other household item Watched the mob just turn and bite ’em And they say it served ’em right Because a few of them are white, And it’s the same across the nation Black and white discrimination Yellin’ “You can’t understand me!” ‘N all that other jazz they hand me In the papers and TV and All that mass stupidity That seems to grow more every day Each time you hear some nitwit say He wants to go and do you in Because the color of your skin Just don’t appeal to him (No matter if it’s black or white) Because he’s out for blood tonightYou know we got to sit around at home And watch this thing begin But I bet there won’t be many live To see it really end ‘Cause the fire in the street Ain’t like the fire in the heart And in the eyes of all these people Don’t you know that this could start On any street in any town In any state if any clown Decides that now’s the time to fight For some ideal he thinks is right And if a million more agree There ain’t no Great Society As it applies to you and me Our country isn’t free And the law refuses to see If all that you can ever be Is just a lousy janitor Unless your uncle owns a store You know that five in every four Just won’t amount to nothin’ more Gonna watch the rats go across the floor And make up songs about being poorBlow your harmonica, son! |
June 27 Music et al
The [bumpy] Road to Bethel
June 27, 1969: The Times-Herald editorial read in part, “We regard the proposed ordinance as an example of flagrant misuse of government power….It is, in our opinion, highly improper to prohibit one event in the guise of regulating it.” (see Road for expanded chronology)
see Denver Pop Festival for more
June 27 – 29, 1969: Denver Pop Festival (Mile High Stadium). From Wikipedia: Throughout much of the festival, a crowd gathered outside the venue and demonstrated against having to pay to hear the acts. They also tried to breach the gates and security fences. The Denver Police were forced to employ riot tactics to protect the gates.
see Fillmore East for more
June 27, 1971: Bill Graham closed the Fillmore East. The Allman Brothers Band, The J. Geils Band, Albert King, The Beach Boys, Edgar Winter, Country Joe McDonald and Mountain (Leslie West Mountain) were on the bill for the final show. The show was by invitation only.
June 27 Music et al
John/Yoko & the Watergate Scandal
June 27, 1973: John Lennon (still in the process of appealing his deportation) and Yoko Ono attended Watergate Hearings. (WS, see July 16; Beatles, see “July – August”)
June 27 Music et al
Victor Jara
June 27, 2016: a Florida jury found a former Chilean army officer liable for the 1973 torture and murder of the folk singer and political activist Victor Jara, awarding $28m in damages to his widow and daughters in one of the biggest and most significant legal human rights victories against a foreign war criminal in a US courtroom.
The verdict against Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nuñez after a two-week civil trial in Orlando’s federal court could now also pave the way for his extradition to face criminal murder charges in Chile related to his conduct during a CIA-backed coup that led to Augusto Pinochet’s 17-year military dictatorship and the deaths of almost 3,100 people. [NYT article] (see Jara for his expanded story)