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February, 27

  • 1999 Vince Gill pays tribute to an old friend. On stage on the Grand Ole Opry, Gill plays the Dobro while performing the old hymn “How Great Thou Art” in honor of 87-year-old Dobro player, Brother Oswald.
  • 1998 Motley Crue member Vince Neil, not to outdone by Tommy Lee, announces an agreement with Internet Entertainment Group and Vivid Video to distribute a 60-minute home video of him having sex with two adult film models while on vacation in Hawaii.
  • 1998 One day after being charged, rocker Tommy Lee is free on bail after pleading innocent to charges of abusing his wife, actress Pamela Anderson Lee, and their baby son. A judge reluctantly cuts Lee’s $1 million bail in half despite a plea relayed through an attorney who says that Mrs. Lee is fearful.
  • 1998 Country singer Jason Sellers gets some help entertaining a lunchtime crowd at the 29th Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. His former wife, Lee Ann Womack, makes a special appearance as Sellers’ duet partner. “Man, you look good,” Sellers says. “I want you back.” Womack has no patience for her ex’s plea. “Well,” she says, “maybe if you’da said that a little earlier…”
  • 1995 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Take a Bow,” Madonna.
  • 1991 James Brown is released from a South Carolina prison after serving two years of a six-year sentence.
  • 1984 The Jacksons’ Pepsi commercial premieres on MTV.
  • 1980 Michael Jackson wins his first Grammy for “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough,” Best R&B Performance.
  • 1980 Donna Summer wins a Grammy for “Hot Stuff,” Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Earth, Wind & Fire wins a Grammy for “After the Love Has Gone,” Best R&B Group Vocal Performance.
  • 1980 The Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes,” wins Grammys for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
  • 1970 Jefferson Airplane is fined for using profanity during a show in Oklahoma City. The fine is $1,000.
  • 1927 Vocalist Guy Mitchell (Al Cernick) is born in Detroit. His biggest hit, “Singing the Blues,” stays at No. 1 for 10 weeks in 1956-57.