Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Retroscope: 27 April

27 April 1980: The legendary New York disco of discos, Studio 54, closes its doors after 3 years and a day due to violations of city liqour licences.
27 April 1981: Ringo. Starr married his second wife, actress Barbara Bach, a former "Bond Girl" and model he met while filming the flop comedy Caveman. The two were married at the Merylebone. Registrar's Office in London with the other two surviving Beatles attending.
27 April 1987: REM's first single, "Dead Letter Office" was released.
27 April 1988: Poison released the album, "Open up and say...Ahh!". Queensryche released the album "Operation Mindcrime"

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