FEBRUARY 27
ON THIS DAY IN 1981 ‘THE WHO’ RELEASE THE FIRST SINGLE AFTER DRUMMER KEITH MOON’S DEATH, “YOU BETTER YOU BET.” IT WAS THE LAST SINGLE BY THE BAND TO REACH THE TOP 20 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART.
TODAY AT THE 1980 GRAMMYS, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS SONG “WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES” WINS A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BOTH RECORD OF THE YEAR AND SONG OF THE YEAR, WHILE BILLY JOEL’S ‘52ND STREET’ WINS BOTH ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD VOCALIST JOHNNY VAN ZANT IS CELEBRATING HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. HE IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD CO-FOUNDER AND FORMER LEAD VOCALIST, THE LATE RONNIE VAN ZANT, AND OF THE .38 SPECIAL FOUNDER DONNIE VAN ZANT.