August 27

 

On this day in 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter accident leaving a gig at Alpine Valley Resort in Wisconsin...

 

Today in 1967, Beatles manager Brian Epstein died from an overdose of sleeping pills...

 

Today in 1965, Elvis Presley met The Beatles for the first time. And no one thought to bring a camera?...

 

Today in 1992, John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song 'A Day In The Life' sold at auction for $100,000...

 

Jazz great Lester Young was born on this date in 1909...

 

Daryl Dragon (The Captain and Tennille) was born on this day in 1942...

 

Pearl Jam’s debut album ‘Ten’ was released today in 1991