#1 Songs in America
(March 27th)
1980 - "Another Brick in the Wall Part II"
Pink Floyd
3/22 - 4/18
1981 - "Keep on Loving You"
REO Speedwagon
3/21 - 3/27
1982 - "I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
3/20 - 5/7
1983 - "Billie Jean"
Michael Jackson
3/5 - 4/22
1984 - "Jump"
Van Halen
2/25 - 3/30
1985 - 'Can't Fight This Feeling"
REO Speedwagon
3/9 - 3/29
1986 - "These Dreams"
Heart
3/22 - 3/28
1987 - "Lean on Me"
Club Nouveau
3/21 - 4/3
1988 - "Man in the Mirror"
Michael Jackson
3/26 - 4/8
1989 - "The Living Years"
Mike + The Mechanics
3/25 - 3/31
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On March 27, 1984 The Scorpions Released Their 9th Album (Love at First Sting) Featuring "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
1985 - Billy Dee Williams Received a Star On The Hollywood Walk of Fame
Fun Fact!
In 1960, Joanne Woodward in Became the First Actor/Actress to Get a Star On The Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1935 - Julian Glover (Actor) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1940 - Austin Pendleton (Actor) Short Circuit
1942 - Michael York (Actor) Knots Landing
1950 - Tony Banks (Keyboardist) Genesis
1950 - Chris Stewart (Drummer) Genesis
1963 - Randall Cunningham (Football)
1967 - Talisa Soto (Actress) License to Kill
1969 - Mariah Carey (Singer)
Fun Fact!
Cale Yarborough Won Back to Back Daytona 500’s (1983, 1984)
1988 - Randy “Macho Man” Savage Beat "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase to Win the WWF Heavyweight Championship Tournament at WrestleMania IV
Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey
* Demolition (Ax and Smash) Beat Strike Force (Rick Martel and Tito Santana) to Win the WWF Tag Team Championship
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March 27th in 80s History
1984 - Ratt Released Their Debut Album, Out of the Cellar
* Reached #7 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
Over 3 Million Copies Sold in the US
Featuring “Round and Round”
1987 - Blind Date Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Kim Basinger and Bruce Willis
Randy "Macho Man" Savage Won the WWF Heavyweight Championship
The Scorpions
On March 27, 1988 Bad News Brown Won the 20-Man Royal Rumble at WrestleMania IV (Bret Hart Last to be Eliminated)
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Other Notable Birthdays
Cale Yarborough (NASCAR Driver)
March 27, 1939 - December 31, 2023
Passed Awaty at Age 84 From Complications of a Rare Genetic Disorder
Elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2012
* 4x Daytona 500 Winner (1968, 1977, 1983, 1984)
Jerry Sloan (Basketball Player and Coach)
March 28, 1942 - May 22, 2020
Passed Away at Age From Parkinson's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia
4x All-Defensive First Team
Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 as a Head Coach
* Spent 23-Seasons as the Head Coach of the Utah Jazz
Mike Curtis (Football)
March 27, 1943 - April 20, 2020
Passed Away at Age 77 From Head Trauma
* Played 14-Seasons in the NFL
4x Pro-Bowl
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Joseph A. Campbell (American Businessman)
May 15, 1817 - March 27, 1900
Passed Away on March 27, 1900 at Age 82 (Unknown Cause)
Founder of Campbell Soup
Kichiro Toyoda (Japanese Businessman)
June 11, 1894 - March 27, 1952
Passed Away on March 27, 1952 at Age 57 From a Cerebral Hemorrhage
Founder and CEO of Toyota
Dudley Moore (Actor)
April 19, 1935 - March 27, 2002
Passed Away on March 27, 2002 at Age 66 From Pneumonia
* Caused From PSP (Parkinson Plus Syndrome)
Best Known For the Films, Arthur (1981) and Mickey and Maude (1984)
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1981 - Eyes of a Stranger
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lauren Tewes and John DiSanti
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $1.1 Million
Jennifer Jason Leigh's Film Debut
1981 - Thief
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky and Willie Nelson
Budget: $5.5 Million
Box Office: $11.5 Million
1987 - Blind Date
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis, William Daniels and John Larroquette
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $39.3 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1982 - Blythe Danner Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Rickie Lee Jones
Debut of Eddie Murphy as Gumby
1987 - The Price is Right Became the Longest Running Daytime Game Show in History
* Surpassed Concentration
1987 - Final Episode of Zoobilee Zoo
Season: 1
Episodes: 65
Network: Syndication
1988 - The WWF and NWA Battle for Ratings
* WrestleMania IV (WWF) and Clash of the Champions (NWA) Aired on the Same Day
1989 - Generations Premiered on NBC
Seasons: 2
Episodes (470)
First Soap Opera to Feature an African-American Family
* Starring Vivica A. Fox
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1981 - Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson (Debut Solo Album)
Billboard Charts: #185
1984 - Out of the Cellar
Ratt (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #7
1984 - Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C. (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #53
1984 - Love at First Sting
Scorpions (9th Album)
Billboard Charts: #6
* Featuring “Rock You Like a Hurricane”
Over 3 Million Copies Sold in the US
1984 - Three of a Perfect Pair
King Crimson (10th Album)
Billboard Charts: #58
1985 - 7800 Fahrenheit
Bon Jovi (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #37
1985 - Tao
Rick Springfield (10th Album)
Billboard Charts: #21
1986 - Innocent Eyes
Graham Nash (4th Album)
Billboard Charts: #136
1986 - Holy Money
Swans (4th Album)
1989 - Larger than Life
Jody Watley (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #16
* Featuring “Real Love”
Singles Released
1989 - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Simply Red
#1 Song in America from July 15 - 21
* The Song also Hit #1 in Australia and New Zealand
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1982 - The NCAA Final 4 Began at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans
#1 Seed North Carolina Beat #6 Seed Houston 68 - 63
#1 Seed Georgetown Beat #3 Seed Louisville 50 - 46
North Carolina Beat Georgetown 63 - 62 in the Championship Game
Most Outstanding Player: James Worthy
* North Carolina Was Also Led by Freshman Michael Jordan
1983 - Larry Holmes Beat Lucien Rodriguez by Unanimous Decision to Retain the WBC Heavyweight Championship
1988 - WrestleMania IV Took Place in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Bad News Brown Won the Royal Rumble (A twenty-man Battle Royal)
* Bret Hart Was Last To Be Eliminated
Click Here for Full Coverage of WrestleMania IV
1988 - Clash of the Champions (NWA) Took Place in Greensboro, North Carolina
* Lex Luger and Barry Windham Beat Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard For the NWA Tag Team Championship
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In Other 80s News
(On This Day)
1980 - A Huge Fall In Silver Prices Leads to Panic On Commodity
* Known as Silver Thursday
1939 - Oregon Beat Ohio St. 46 - 33 in the First NCAA National Championship Game
1964 - The Largest Earthquake (9.2) in North America Hit Anchorage, Alaska
* 125 People Killed and Inflicted Massive Damage
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Headlines
(March 27th)
1981 - Ozzie Osbourne Bit the Head Off a Dove at a CBS Record Gathering in Los Angeles
Other Notable Dates
(On March 27th)
1794 - The United States Navy was Established
* 6 Ships were Built for $688 Million Dollars
1886 - Apache Warrior Geronimo Surrendered to the United States Army
* Ending Most of the Apache Wars
1915 - Mary Mallon (Known as Typhoid Mary) Became the First Person in the United States to Carry the Typhoid Disease
* A Chef Who Infected 53 People with Typhoid Fever (3 Died)
Battle Royal
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