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

The album 7800° Fahrenheit,

by Bon Jovi,

was released on March 27, 1985.

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

Born on this day – Leroy Carr:

Leroy Carr

Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

March 27, 1904 – April 29, 1935

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.