Saturday’s Nostalgic News – May 27

• 1968 – The 5th Dimension released the single “Stoned Soul Picnic”.
• 1972 – “I’ll Take You There”, the great soul song from the Staple Singers, was #1 for the fourth week in a row on the R&B chart.
• 1972 – David Bowie appeared at Ebbisham Hall, Epsom, England in his Ziggy Stardust tour.
• 1977 – Declan McManus made his ‘live’ debut at the Nashville in London as Elvis Costello.
• 1977 – The Sex Pistols single ‘God Save The Queen’ was released in the UK. Banned by TV and radio, high street shops and pressing plant workers refused to handle the record. It sold 200,000 copies in one week and peaked at No.2 on the UK charts behind Rod Stewart’s ‘I Don’t Want to Talk About It’.
• 1978 – Bob Seger released the classic album Stranger in Town.
• 1978 – “Even Now” by Barry Manilow was the new #1 Adult Contemporary song.
• 1978 – “Use Ta Be My Girl” by the O’Jay’s took over as the #1 R&B song.

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