On this day in music history - 7800° Fahrenheit, by Bon Jovi (1985):

7800° Fahrenheit

Album by Bon Jovi,
released March 27, 1985.

Track list:

In and Out of Love; The Price of Love; Only Lonely; King of the Mountain; Silent Night; Tokyo Road; The Hardest Part Is the Night; Always Run to You; To the Fire; Secret Dreams.

Born on this day – Maria Ewing:

Maria Ewing

Opera singer

Soprano

March 27, 1950 – January 9, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Carmen (2010); Don Giovanni (1984); From This Moment On (1990); La damoiselle elue; Iberia; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (1987); Pelléas et Mélisande (1992); Shéhérazade:  Alborada del gracioso; Ma mère l'oye; La valse; L'éventail de Jeanne - Fanfare; La vallée des cloches (1991).

Movies and television:

Carmen (1985–1989); Carmen by Georges Bizet (1991); Cosi fan tutte (1978); Dido and Aeneas (1995); Grâce à la musique (1980); Great Performances (1984–1995); La Périchole (1982); L'incoronazione di Poppea (1984); Salome (1992); The Barber of Seville (1981); The Marriage of Figaro (1976); The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1987); The South Bank Show (1997); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (1988).

Born on this day – Anne Ramsey:

Anne Ramsey

Actress

March 27, 1929 – August 11, 1988

Credits:

Homer and Eddie (1989); Meet the Hollowheads (1989); Scrooged (1988); The River Pirates (1988); Doctor Hackenstein (1988); Another Chance (1988); ALF (1988); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The New Hollywood Squares (1988); Hour Magazine (1988); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); Throw Momma from the Train (1987); Trying Times (1987); Weeds (1987); Love at Stake (1987); Deadly Friend: Deleted Scenes (1986); Deadly Friend (1986); Say Yes (1986); Knight Rider (1986); Night Court (1985); Hill Street Blues (1985); The Making of 'the Goonies' (1985); The Goonies (1985); Family Ties (1984); The Killers (1984); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Getting Physical (1984); The Seduction of Gina (1984); Manimal (1983); Three's Company (1983); Herndon (1983); I Want to Live (1983); Laverne & Shirley (1979–1982); Class Reunion (1982); Cassie & Co. (1982); Marian Rose White (1982); A Small Killing (1981); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); The Killing of Randy Webster (1981); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980); Cheaper to Keep Her (1980); The Black Marble (1980); White Mama (1980); CHiPs (1979); Blind Ambition (1979); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1979); The Gift of Love (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Goin' South (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1978); Wonder Woman (1975–1977); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976); Johnny Staccato (1976); Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976); Charlie's Angels (1976); From Noon Till Three (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); The Law (1974); Columbo (1973–1974); For Pete's Sake (1974); Rhinoceros (1974); The Third Girl from the Left (1973); Banyon (1972); Up the Sandbox (1972); Ironside (1972); The New Centurions (1972); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Sporting Club (1971).

Born on this day – Robert Lockwood Jr.:

Robert Lockwood Jr.

Blues guitarist

March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

Angel Child: Robert Lockwood Jr. Live in Concert (2012); Black Spider Blues (2015); Blues Elite: Best Of Robert Lockwood Jr. (Live) (2015); Blues Live in Japan! (1976); Blues Nights (2012); Contrasts (1993); Delta Crossroads (2000); Electric Blues: Robert Lockwood Jr. In Concert (2012); I Got to Find Me a Woman (1998); Johnny Shines & Robert Lockwood (1980); Just the Blues (1999); Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas (2007); Little Boy Blue (2024); Mississippi Blues (1935-1951) (2022); Mississippi Blues Vol. 4 (2007); Presenting Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1938); Ramblin' On My Mind (1982); Ramblin' On My Mind (Blues Reference) [recorded in France 1982] (1982); Robert Jr. Lockwood does 12 (1996); Robert Jr. Lockwood plays Robert and Robert (1982); Robert Lockwood Jr., Live 1984 New Orleans (2015); Steady Rollin' Man (1973); Sweet Home Chicago (2012); Swings in Tokyo: Live at the Park Tower Blues Festival (1996); Take A Walk With Me (2022); The Blues Of (2004); The Complete Trix Recordings (1999); The Legend Live (2004).

Songs:

Aw Aw Baby; Big Legged Woman; Black Spider Blues; Blues and Trouble; Bring It On Home; C.C. Rider; Can't Stand the Pain; Driving Wheel; Dust My Broom; Everyday I Have The Blues; Exactly Like You; Feel Like Blowing My Horn; Hangin' On; How Long Blues; I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole; In The Evening; Keys To The Highway; King Biscuit Time; Little Boy Blue; Little Boy Blues; Little Queen Of Spades; Mean Black Spider; Mean Mistreater Mama; Mean Red Spider; Mr. Down Child; Sweet Home Chicago; Take a Little Walk; Take a Walk with Me; This Little Girl Of Mine; Walkin' Blues; Western Horizon; Worst Old Feeling.

Movies and television:

All Tied Up (1993); American Epic (2017); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970); Blues Story (2003); Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson (1997); Flipping (1996); Forever (2014); Hellhounds on My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson (2000); Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003); The Arrival (1996); The Kennedy Center Presents: A Tribute to Muddy Waters: King of the Blues (1998).

Born on this day – Leroy Carr:

Leroy Carr

Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

March 27, 1904 – April 29, 1935

Credits:

Albums:

(1930-1958) Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes (1989); A City Man (2015); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); American Blues Legend (2006); Another Side of Leroy Carr (2023); Bad Liquor Blues (2020); Blues Before Sunrise (1960); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4: 1932–1934 (1992); Florida (2018); Hard Time Blues (2006); Hurry Down Sunshine (1995); I Keep the Blues (2018); It's Just a Rag! The Mighty Piano of Leroy Carr (2020); Leroy Carr Maestro (2015); Leroy Carr Sings Vintage Blues (2013); Leroy Carr Vol. 1 (1928-1929) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 2 (1929-1930) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 3 (1930-1932) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 4 (1932-1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 5 (1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 6 (1934-1935) (2005); Let's Spend an Evening with Leroy Carr (2020); Midnight Hour Blues (2021); Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962); Naptown Blues 1929-1934 (1983); Presenting Leroy Carr (1928); Prison Bound Blues (2004); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Tennessee Bluesman (2020); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Blues of Leroy Carr 2011); The Essential (2002); The Essential Leroy Carr (2014); The Piano Blues 1930-1935 (2014); The Piano Blues Vol. 2: 1929-1935 (2014); Tonight in Time (2015); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008); When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 (2011); Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best Of Leroy Carr (2004).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Barrel House Woman; Blues Before Sunrise; Christmas in Jail - Ain't That a Pain; Don't Start No Stuff; E Blues; Four Day Rider; George Street Blues; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; How Long - How Long Blues; How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone; Kokomo Blues; Let's Disagree; Little Boy Blue; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2; Midnight Hour Blues; My Own Lonesome Blues; Naptown Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Penal Farm Blues; Prison Bound Blues; Shady Lane; Six Cold Feet in the Ground; Six Cold Feet of Ground; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2; Suicide Blues; That's All Right for You; Trouble Blues, Part 2; When the Sun Goes Down.

Born on this day – Betty Balfour:

Betty Balfour

Actress

March 27, 1902 – November 4, 1977

Credits:

The Facts of Love (1945); Eliza Comes to Stay (1936); Born for Glory (1935); Squibs (1935); My Old Dutch (1934); Evergreen (1934); The Brat (1930); Raise the Roof (1930); The Vagabond Queen (1929); Bright Eyes (1929); Die Regimentstochter (1929); Paradise (1928); Champagne (1928); Skirts (1928); Croquette (1927); The Devil in the Heart (1927); A Sister of Six (1926); The Cabaret Kid (1926); Blinkeyes (1926); La petite bonne du palace (1926); Monte Carlo (1925); Somebody's Darling (1925); Satan's Sister (1925); Réveille (1924); Squibs' Honeymoon (1923); Squibs M.P. (1923); Love, Life and Laughter (1923); Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep (1922); Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart (1922); Me and My Girl (1922); Squibs (1921); Mary-Find-the-Gold (1921); Nothing Else Matters (1920).

Born on this day – Gloria Swanson:

Gloria Swanson

Actress

Producer

March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983

Credits:

A Dash of Courage (1916); A Social Cub (1916); A Society Scandal (1924); Airport 1975 (1974); At the End of a Perfect Day (1915); Baseball Madness (1917); Ben Casey (1965); Beyond the Rocks (1922); Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Dear Miss Gloria (1946); Don't Change Your Husband (1919); Don't Tell Everything (1921); Dr. Kildare (1963); Everywoman's Husband (1918); Father Takes a Wife (1941); Fine Manners (1926); For Better, for Worse (1919); Haystacks and Steeples (1916); Hearts and Sparks (1916); Her Decision (1918); Her Gilded Cage (1922); Her Husband's Trademark (1922); Her Love Story (1924); His New Job (1915); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Indiscreet (1931); Killer Bees (1974); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Madame Sans-Gêne (1925); Male and Female (1919); Manhandled (1924); Music in the Air (1934); My American Wife (1922); My Three Sons (1965); Nero's Mistress (1956); Perfect Understanding (1933); Prodigal Daughters (1923); Queen Kelly (1932); Sadie Thompson (1928); Shifting Sands (1918); Society for Sale (1918); Something to Think About (1920); Stage Struck (1925); Station Content (1918); Straightaway (1961); Sunset Blvd. (1950); Sunshine (1916); Sweedie Goes to College (1915); Teddy at the Throttle (1917); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Ambition of the Baron (1915); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); The Broken Pledge (1915); The Coast of Folly (1925); The Danger Girl (1916); The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (1915); The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times Veteran (1914); The Fable of the Syndicate Lover (1915); The Great Moment (1921); The Great Sex War (1969); The Humming Bird (1924); The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922); The Love of Sunya (1927); The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (1915); The Nick of Time Baby (1916); The Pullman Bride (1917); The Romance of an American Duchess (1915); The Secret Code (1918); The Sultan's Wife (1917); The Trespasser (1929); The Untamed Lady (1926); Three for Bedroom C (1952); Tonight or Never (1931); Under the Lash (1921); Wages of Virtue (1924); What a Widow! (1930); Whose Baby? (1917); Why Change Your Wife? (1920); Wife or Country (1918); You Can't Believe Everything (1918); Zaza (1923).

Stephen King, on books:

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

- Stephen King.