JULY 27
GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR . . . AND YOUR BEATLES! ON JULY 27, 1976, JOHN LENNON’S FOUR AND A HALF YEAR STRUGGLE TO REMAIN IN AMERICA FINALLY ENDED. JUDGE IRA FIELDSTEEL SAID THE GOVERNMENT NO LONGER OBJECTED TO JOHN’S PRESENCE HERE AND APPROVED HIS APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
ALICE COOPER HAD A NASTY SURPRISE ON THIS DAY IN 1979 WHEN A NATIVE AMERICAN ART STORE HE OWNED IN ARIZONA WAS HIT BY A FIREBOMB. $200,000 WORTH OF ARTIFACTS WERE DESTROYED, ALONG WITH SOME OF HIS GOLD RECORDS. COOPER SPECULATED THAT “DISCO FREAKS” WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLAST.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1986, PETER GABRIEL WAS AT #1 ON THE CHARTS WITH “SLEDGEHAMMER.”