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July 27 Birthdays


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Bill Engvall - 59



Alex Rodriguez - 41


This Day in Rock History

2010: Growing Up Twisted, the reality television show starring Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider premiered on the A/E Network.

2007: Kiss performed for the first time without singer/guitarist Paul Stanley at a concert in San Jacinto, CA. Stanley went through a bout of tachycardia and was taken to a hospital after their sound check. The group performed as a three piece.

2001: Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Leon Wilkeson died in his sleep of natural causes in a Ponte Verda Beach, Florida hotel room. He was 49 years old.

1995: Bob Dylan joined The Rolling Stones onstage in Montpelier, France for a rendition of “Like a Rolling Stone”. Dylan was the support act for the Stones and performed one of his shortest sets ever with just nine songs and no encore.

1994: Bob Seger began jury duty in Detroit as the foreman in a criminal trial against Louis C. Rossman for bank fraud. Rossman would be found guilty.

1980: Journey headlined the Day on the Green festival at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland. The bill also included Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath and Molly Hatchet.

1979: Alice Cooper blamed disco fans for a fire that did $200,000 in damages to his Indian art store in Scottsdale, AZ.

1976: After being ordered to leave the U.S. more than three years ago, John Lennon finally received his green card and was granted permanent residency.

1976: Bruce Springsteen filed a lawsuit against former manager Mike Appel for fraud and breach of contract. Appel filed a countersuit and Springsteen’s recording the follow-up to Born to Run was tied up as a result of the case dragging on for over a year before they reached an out of court settlement.