May 27, 1967 and May 27, 1972 on the R 'n B side of The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

May 27, 1967: 

Otis Redding's backup band, The Bar-Kays, enter the US charts with "Soul Finger", an instrumental that will peak at #3 R&B and #17 Pop...

 Six months later, four members of the band died in the plane crash that killed Redding…

  

May 27, 1972:

 The Chi-Lites hit #1 with "Oh Girl"… 

Bar-Kays

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September 9th Birthdays: Otis Redding, The Flamingos' Jake Carey, Teenagers Joe Negroni, Main Ingredient's Luther Simmons, Dee Dee Sharp, Billy Preston, Iron Butterfly's Doug Ingle, Bruce Palmer (bassist for Buffalo Springfield) and The Raiders' keysman Freddy Weller--They all share this birthday!!!

WOW, what a crop of birthdays on September 9^th!!!

1926 - Jake Carey

Vocalist for The Flamingos…

1940 - Joe Negroni

 Vocalist for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers…

1941 – Otis Redding

 

1942 - Luther Simmons

Vocalist for The Main Ingredient...

 

 

1945 - Dee Dee Sharp

 

1946 - Billy Preston

 

1946 - Doug Ingle

Keyboards for Iron Butterfly…

 

1946 - Bruce Palmer

Bassist for Buffalo Springfield…

1947 - Freddy Weller

Guitarist for Paul Revere and The Raiders...

 

Imagine the EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL without these stars,

all born on September 9^th…

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