... and more August 20 birthdays – Joya Sherrill (1924) – Jazz singer with Duke Ellington. Frank Rosolino (1926) – Jazz trombonist for Gene Krupa and Stan Kenton. Paul Robi (1931) – The Platters. Frank Capp (1931) – drummer, session percussionist with the Wrecking Crew. "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (1934) – pedal steel player. Justin Tubb (1935) – Country music singer/songwriter. Sky Saxon (aka Richard Marsh, 1937) – vocalist/guitarist for The Seeds. John Lantree (1940) – bassist for The Honeycombs. Dave Brock (1941) – guitarist for Hawkwind. Isaac Hayes (1942) John Povey (1942) – guitarist for The Pretty Things. "Uncle" John Turner (1944) – drummer for Johnny Winter. Ralf Hütter (1946) – keyboardist/vocalist for Kraftwerk. Doug Fieger (1952) – The Knack. Rudy Gatlin (1952) – The Gatlin Brothers. John Hiatt (1952) – singer/songwriter/guitarist. "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (1966) – guitarist for Pantera and Damageplan. Fred Durst (1970) – vocalist for Limp Bizkit.
August 20 R.I.P. – Leon McAuliffe (1988) – Age 71. Western swing steel guitarist with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. Bobby Sheehan (1999) – drug overdose. Age 31. Bassist for Blues Traveler. Carol Young (2006) – Age 76. The Kaye Sisters. Larry Knechtel (2009) – heart attack. Age 69. Session keyboardist with the Wrecking Crew, Bread. Ross Barbour (2011) – cancer. Age 82. The Four Freshmen. August 20 album releases – Thin Lizzy – New Day (1971) Bob Dylan – Slow Train Coming (1979) Heart – Passionworks (1983) Prince – Graffiti Bridge (1990) August 20 events – 1920 – Detroit radio station 8MK (today known as WWJ 950) goes on the air and becomes the first station to broadcast regularly scheduled news, religious programs, and play-by-play sports. 1939 – Bonnie Baker records “Oh Johnny, Oh!” with the Orrin Tucker Orchestra. 1947 – Eddy Arnold records “Anytime” for RCA. 1955 – Bo Diddley makes his debut at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. 1955 – Elvis Presley releases his single, "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" b/w "Mystery Train." 1960 – Connie Francis begins filming her first movie, Where The Boys Are. 1964 – The Beatles play two shows at the Convention Center in Las Vegas. 1964 – Shirley Bassey records “Goldfinger,” with George Martin producing, and session guitarist Jimmy Page. 1964 – Capitol Records releases The Beatles single, “I’ll Cry Instead” b/w “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You.” 1965 – Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham and his partner Tony Calder launch Immediate Records. 1965 – The Beatles play two shows at Comiskey Park in Chicago. 1966 – The Supremes, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder all appear at the Forest Hills Music Festival in Queens, New York. 1966 – Record producer Phil Spector takes out an ad in Billboard magazine to honor his late friend, comedian Lenny Bruce. 1966 – The Beatles cancel their set at Crosley Field in Cincinnati due to heavy rain, which began after all the opening acts had performed. The concert is re-scheduled for the following day at noon. 1967 – The New York Times reports on a new method of noise reduction developed by Ray Dolby of Dolby Labs, a modified version of the original "Dolby" process already at use in studios, called "Dolby B." 1968 – Dr. David Lipscomb of the University of Tennessee reports that guinea pigs suffer damage to the cells in their inner ear when exposed to 120 decibels of rock music over an 88 hour span. Lipscomb later recants his findings after noticing that very few rock musicians seem to suffer similar damage. 1968 – Bobby Darin sells his music publishing and production company, TM Music, for $1 million. 1969 – All four Beatles are in attendance at Abbey Road for the mixing and editing of “I Want You (She’s So Heavy).” This will be the last time all four are together in a studio. 1969 – After completing an eight day tour of Canada, Frank Zappa disbands The Mothers of Invention. 1973 – Bruce Springsteen plays the first of seven nights at Oliver’s in Boston, performing two one-hour sets each night. 1973 – The Rolling Stones release their single, “Angie” b/w “Silver Train.” 1981 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band perform at a Vietnam Veterans benefit at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. 1987 – Lindsey Buckingham quits Fleetwood Mac. 1987 – Alabama dedicates a 50 mile section of Interstate 65 as the Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway, beginning near his hometown of Georgiana and running north to Montgomery, where he is buried. 1988 – Castle Donnington hosts the Monsters of Rock concert, featuring Guns ‘N Roses, Megadeth, David Lee Roth, Iron Maiden, KISS and others. 1990 – Aerosmith plays the Marquee Club in London. Jimmy Page joins them on stage for a blues jam. 1993 – Bob Dylan and Carlos Santana begin their joint tour together in Portland, Oregon. 1996 – Carlos Santana receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1997 – The documentary, Oasis: Right Here, Right Now, airs on BBC TV. 2000 – Bon Jovi plays Wembley Stadium, and becomes the last act to ever perform at the original stadium. 2003 – Olivia Newton-John cancels her U.S. tour to attend to her ailing mother. 2007 – The funeral for record label and nightclub owner, Tony Wilson, takes place in Manchester. 2008 – Roseanne Cash addresses claims by Republican John Rich that the late Johnny Cash would vote for John McCain, calling the statement “appalling” and “presumptuous.” 2010 – The state of Tennessee renames a section of Highway 40 as the Isaac Hayes Memorial Highway. ____________________ Events correction -- John Lennon and Yoko Ono began recording Double Fantasy on August 4, 1980.
