FEBRUARY 27
IN 1971, FIVE MONTHS AFTER HER UNTIMELY DEATH, JANIS JOPLIN’S SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘PEARL’ BEGINS A NINE-WEEK RUN AT THE TOP OF THE U.S. ALBUM CHART. THE ALBUM FEATURED THE #1 HIT “ME AND BOBBY MCGEE”.
IN 1981, THE POLICE WERE AWARDED A GOLD RECORD FOR THEIR THIRD LP, ZENYATTA MONDATTA.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1954, JOURNEY GUITARIST NEAL SCHON WAS BORN. HE ROSE TO FAME AS A MEMBER OF SANTANA BEFORE CO-FOUNDING ‘JOURNEY’ AND ‘BAD ENGLISH’.