On This Day in Rock: February 27
15 moments in rock history on February 27.
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CrazyConnie on February 27, 2026 (3 posts)
This Day In Rock History: February 27th 1954 Neal Schon is born on an Air Force base in Oklahoma. The guitarist does time in Santana before founding the groups Journey and Bad English. 1959 Johnny Van Zant is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He performs and records with the Johnny Van Zant Band and as a solo...
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1975
Blue Öyster Cult released On Your Feet or on Your Knees
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- 1981 The Who released the single "You Better You Bet" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1984
Queen released The Works
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1995
PJ Harvey released To Bring You My Love
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- 1996 Frank Zappa released The Lost Episodes Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1996 Alanis Morissette released the single "Ironic" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1996
Neil Young released Dead Man
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1954
Neal Schon of Journey was born
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Photo: Matt Becker, CC BY 3.0
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1957
Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden was born
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Photo: Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1960
Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd was born
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Photo: Alberto Cabello from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, CC BY 2.0
- 1961 Georgy Guryanov of Kino was born Forum threads Wikipedia
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1973
Ali Tabatabaee of Zebrahead was born
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Photo: Mr. Rossi, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1967
Frankie Lymon died
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Photo: Gee Records, Public domain
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2013
Richard Street of The Temptations died
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Photo: Multi-Media Management/Gordy Records, Public domain
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2026
Neil Sedaka died
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Photo: AVRO, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
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