April 20 Born –
Lionel Hampton (1908) – Jazz vibraphonist.
Tito Puente (1923) – Latin percussionist.
Bob Braun (1929) – DJ, TV show host, one hit wonder (“Till Death Do Us
Part”).
Johnny Tillotson (1938) – American singer ("Poetry In Motion").
Jimmy Winston (1945) – original keyboardist for The Small Faces.
Craig Frost (1948) – keyboardist for Grand Funk Railroad and Bob
Seger.
Luther Vandross (1951) – Soul/R&B singer.
Mike Portnoy (1967) – drummer for Dream Theater and Avenged Sevenfold.
Mikey Welsh (1971) – former bassist for Weezer.
Carmen Electra (aka Tara Patrick, 1972) – The Pussycat Dolls.
Stephen "Raggamuffin" Marley (1972) – Ziggy Marley and The Melody
Makers.
April 20 R.I.P. –
William "Benny" Benjamin (1969) – stroke. Age 43. Drummer with the
Funk Brothers.
Mabel Mercer (1984) – Age 84. Renowned cabaret singer.
John Banks (1988) – liver cancer. Age 44. Drummer for The Merseybeats.
Steve Marriott (1991) – fire. Age 44. Humble Pie.
Johnny Shines (1992) – Age 77. Blues singer/guitarist.
Alan Dale (2002) – Age 76. Singer ("Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom
White").
Teddy Edwards (2003) – Age 78. Bebop jazz saxophonist.
Bert Weedon (2012) – Age 91. British guitarist ("Guitar Boogie
Shuffle").
April 20 album releases –
Jethro Tull – Benefit (1970) U.S.
Paul McCartney – McCartney (1970) U.S.
Dr. John – Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Rick James and The Stone City Band – Come Get It! (1978)
Ron Wood – Gimme Some Neck (1979)
The Charlie Daniels Band – Million Mile Reflections (1979)
Amy Grant – My Father’s Eyes (1979)
Dave Edmunds – Twangin’ (1981)
Pavement – Slanted And Enchanted (1992)
Aerosmith – Get A Grip (1993)
Dave Edmunds – The Anthology (1968-1990) (1993)
10,000 Maniacs – The Earth Pressed Flat (1999)
Buckethead – Monsters And Robots (1999)
Prince – Musicology (2004)
Little Feat – High Wire Act: Live In St. Louis 2003 (2004)
Jimmy Buffett – Encores (2010)
April 20 events –
1931 – Louis Armstrong records "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" in
Chicago.
1935 – Your Hit Parade debuts on NBC Radio, beginning its 18 year run
on air.
1939 – Billie Holiday records two songs for her next single, "Strange
Fruit" and “Fine And Mellow.”
1949 – Phil Spector's father, Ben, commits suicide on his way to work
over mounting debts.
1958 – Buddy Holly releases his single "Rave On" b/w "Take Your Time"
in the U.S.
1958 – Chuck Berry records “Beautiful Delilah” at Chess in Chicago.
1958 – The Champs perform “Tequila” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Other
guests include Freddie Bell and The Bell Boys, Kathy Linden, David
Wayne, and The Annapolis Glee Club.
1959 – 13-year old Dolly Parton releases her first single, "Puppy
Love" b/w “Girl Left Alone” on Goldband Records.
1960 – Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood for the first time since
being discharged from the Army to begin filming G.I. Blues.
1963 – Ricky Nelson, 22, marries Kris Harmon, 17, in what Nelson
describes as a "shotgun wedding," since Kris is already three months
pregnant.
1964 – Elvis Presley's 15th movie, Viva Las Vegas, premieres in New
York.
1966 – The Beatles spend 12 hours recording “And Your Bird Can Sing”
and "Taxman," but are unhappy with the results and will re-record both
songs at a later date.
1967 – Pink Floyd appears at the Queen's Hall in Barnstable.
1968 – Deep Purple makes their stage debut at Vestpoppen in Kastrup,
Denmark.
1968 – The Rolling Stones record "Jumping Jack Flash" at Olympic
Studios in London.
1970 – The New York Times reports that Catholic and Protestant youth
groups are adopting The Beatles' yellow submarine image from the movie
as a symbol of their faith.
1970 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “The Wonder Of You” b/w
“Mama Liked The Roses.”
1976 – At Monty Python's show in New York City, George Harrison joins
the group on stage in Canadian Mountie gear for "The Lumberjack Song."
1979 – Lighting director for Kate Bush, Billy Duffy falls 20 feet to
his death through a stage trap door during Bush’s concert in
Southampton.
1980 – At 84 years old, George Burns becomes the oldest person to have
a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "I Wish I Was 18 Again."
1981 – Papa John Phillips is sentenced to five years in prison for
drug possession and for aiding a pharmacist in selling fake
prescriptions. He serves only a month, agreeing to community service
in the form of anti drug lectures.
1986 – Pianist Vladimir Horowitz returns to Russia for the first time
in 60 years.
1987 – Rhode Island police arrest a teen who bites the head off a
gerbil in tribute to his hero, Ozzy Osbourne.
1987 – A record store in Callaway, Florida is forced to close down and
a part-time clerk is arrested for selling a copy of the album 2 Live
Is What We Are, by 2 Live Crew, to a 14-year old boy, after officials
had deemed the recording "obscene" because of its pornographic lyrics.
1990 – Janet Jackson receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1991 – John Fogerty marries his second wife, Julie Lebiedzinksi, in
Indiana. They’re still married.
1992 – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness is held
at London's Wembley Stadium, featuring Queen, Metallica, Guns 'N
Roses, Def Leppard, Spinal Tap, Bob Geldof, Tony Iommi, Roger Daltrey,
David Bowie, Robert Plant, Elton John and others.
1992 – Madonna signs a $60 million, 7-year deal with Time-Warner to
start her own multi-media entertainment company, called Maverick.
1994 – Barbara Streisand begins her first tour in 28 years at Wembley
Arena in London.
1999 – At a concert at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, Billy Joel
announces that he is retiring from touring and recording. This is the
first of many such announcements from Joel.
2000 – Robert Plant leaves his handprints in cement outside the
Theatre of the Stars at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
2001 – A memorial concert for Steve Marriott is held at the London
Astoria, featuring The Zak Starkey House Band, Humble Pie, Paul
Weller, Noel Gallagher, Ian McLagan Kenney Jones, Tony Rivers, Deborah
Bonham and others.
2002 – In a dispute over Nirvana's recordings, Dave Grohl and Krist
Novoselic ask a Seattle judge to have Courtney Love submit to a
psychiatric evaluation, claiming that she is "irrational, mercurial,
self-centered, unmanageable, inconsistent and unpredictable."
2006 – After being sentenced in court to an 18 month rehabilitation
program in the morning, Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty is arrested
again later in the afternoon for drug possession.
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