October 20 Born –
Jelly Roll Morton (aka Ferdinand LaMothe, 1885) – Ragtime pianist/composer.
Stuart Hamblen (1908) – Country and Christian music artist.
Charlie Fuqua (1910) – singer/guitarist for The Ink Spots.
Tom Dowd (1925) – engineer and producer.
Eddie Harris (1934) – Jazz saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist with Les
McCann.
Bill Chase (1934) – trumpeter for Chase (“Get It On”).
Wanda Jackson (1937) – Rockabilly singer/songwriter.
Kathy Kirby (1938) – British singer ("Secret Love").
Jay Siegel (1939) – The Tokens (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”).
Ray Jones (1939) – bassist for Billy K. Kramer and The Dakotas.
John Carter (aka John Shakespeare, 1942) – singer/songwriter/producer, The
Ivey League.
Ric Lee (1945) – drummer for Ten Years After.
Larry Gronsky (1949) – keyboardist for Looking Glass (“Brandy”).
Tom Petty (1950) – singer/songwriter, Mudcrutch, The Heartbreakers, The
Traveling Wilburys.
Al Greenwood (1951) – keyboardist for Foreigner.
Ricky Byrd (1958) – guitarist for Joan Jett and The Blackhearts.
Mark King (1958) – vocalist/bassist for Level 42.
David Ryan (1964) – drummer for The Lemonheads.
Jim “Soni” Sonefeld (1964) – drummer for Hootie & The Blowfish.
Norman Blake (1965) – Teenage Fanclub.
Snoop Dogg (aka Calvin Broadus Jr., 1971) – rapper.
Nick Hodgson (1977) – drummer for Kaiser Chiefs.
Paul Wilson (1978) – bassist for Snow Patrol.
Mitch Lucker (1984) – singer for Suicide Silence.
October 20 R.I.P. –
Ronnie Van Zant (1977) – plane crash. Age 29. Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Steve Gaines (1977) – plane crash. Age 28. Guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Cassie Gaines (1977) – plane crash. Age 32. Backing singer with Lynyrd
Skynyrd.
Dean Kilpatrick (1977) – plane crash. Age 32. Road manager for Lynyrd
Skynyrd.
Merle Travis (1983) – heart attack. Age 65. Country singer/songwriter
(“Sixteen Tons”).
Henry Vestine (1997) – heart/respiratory failure. Age 52. Guitarist for
Canned Heat.
Shirley Horn (2005) – stroke. Age 71. Jazz singer/pianist with Miles Davis.
Paul Raven (2007) – heart attack. Age 46. Bassist for Killing Joke.
October 20 album releases –
Elvis Presley – Roustabout (1964)
John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Wedding Album (1969)
Elvis Presley – Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971)
Frampton’s Camel – Frampton’s Camel (1973)
Frank Zappa – Zoot Allures (1976)
U2 – Boy (1980)
The Human League – Dare! (1981)
Quarterflash – Quarterflash (1981)
The Oak Ridge Boys – Deliver (1983)
John Farnham – Whispering Jack (1986)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Liverpool (1986)
Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
Kenny G – Breathless (1992)
Madonna – Erotica (1992)
Gary Numan – Exile (1997) UK
Aerosmith – A Little South Of Sanity (1998)
Crucial Conflict – Good Side, Bad Side (1998) U.S.
George Martin – In My Life (1998)
Black Sabbath – Reunion (1998)
October 20 events –
1936 – Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseeans hold their first session,
recording “Singing My Way To Glory,” “Charmin’ Betsy,” “Great Speckled
Bird,” “My Mountain Home Sweet Home” and “Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight” at
the Furniture Mart building in Chicago.
1939 – Artie Shaw and his band records “Everything Is Jumping” in New York
City.
1939 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, along with Jack Leonard on vocals,
records “All The Things You Are” in Chicago for the Victor label.
1951 – Hank Williams signs a movie deal with MGM. No movies with Williams
are ever made.
1954 – LaVern Baker records “Tweedle Dee” with Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry
Wexler producing at Atlantic Studios in New York City.
1955 – Brooklyn High School in Cleveland, Ohio, is host to an afternoon
rock and roll concert featuring Bill Haley and His Comets, LaVern Baker,
Roy Hamilton, Johnnie Ray, Pat Boone, The Four Lads, and up-and-coming
artist Elvis Presley. The concert is filmed for a documentary about local
DJ Bill Randle entitled The Pied Piper Of Cleveland: A Day In The Life Of A
Famous Disc Jockey, but the film - which includes the very first known live
footage of Elvis - is never released. In the evening, the same acts perform
at Cleveland’s St. Michael’s Hall, and the scene is pandemonium, with
Presley breaking the strings on his guitar and smashing it on the stage.
Police are called in to manage the hysteria. This date is the only time
Elvis and Pat Boone will appear in concert together.
1955 – Harry Belafonte records “Day-O,” whose title is changed to “The Banana
Boat Song” a year later when the song becomes popular.
1957 – Joe Bennett and The Sparkletones sing "Black Slacks" on The Ed
Sullivan Show. Other musical guests include The Mills Brothers, Georgia
Gibbs, Carol Lawrence, Hildegarde, and Sammy Kaye and his band.
1961 – Eddie Holland releases his single, “Jamie” b/w “Take A Chance On Me”
on Motown.
1961 – Teen idol Bobby Rydell hosts the Miss Teenage America Pageant in
Dallas, Texas.
1962 – The Four Seasons release their single, “Big Girls Don’t Cry” b/w
“Connie-O.” With their previous single “Sherry” still atop the charts, “Big
Girls” is released at #66 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1962 – Leroy Van Dyke becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
1964 – A riot breaks out at the Olympia Theatre in Paris during a Rolling
Stones gig, leading to the arrest of 150 concertgoers.
1965 – The Beatles begin recording “We Can Work It Out” at EMI’s Abbey Road
studios.
1966 – In New York, The Yardbirds - with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck on
guitars - record a version of their hit "Over Under Sideways Down" as a
jingle for General Foods' Great Shakes beverages.
1966 – Del Reeves joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1967 – Monkee Davy Jones opens his Zilch boutique at 217 Thompson Street in
Greenwich
Village <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village>, selling "hip"
clothing and accessories.
1968 – Cream plays at the International Sports Arena in San Diego, with
opening act Deep Purple.
1968 – The 5th Dimension appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Sweet
Blindness.” Also performing on the show are Lana Cantrell and Sandler &
Young.
1969 – The Who plays the first of seven nights at Fillmore East, performing
Tommy in its entirety every night.
1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono, as the Plastic Ono Band, release their
single, “Cold Turkey” b/w “Don’t Worry, Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her
Hand In The Snow)” in the U.S.
1973 – Steve Miller’s "The Joker" enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #86.
1974 – Former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon becomes a father for the
first time when his wife Rose gives birth to their daughter, Mirage. The
couple will later think better of it and re-name her Alexandria.
1976 – The Led Zeppelin concert movie, The Song Remains The Same, filmed
during their 1973 American tour at Madison Square Garden, premieres in New
York City.
1977 – A small Convair airplane carrying the Lynyrd Skynyrd band to a
concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, runs out of gas and crashes near
Gillsburg, Mississippi, killing three band members, the group’s road
manager and the airplane’s two pilots. The surviving band members are all
severely injured.
1977 – Siouxsie Sioux and Kenny Morris from The Banshees are arrested and
held overnight at Holloway police station in London for obstruction of
justice after a London gig.
1978 – The Police make their U.S. stage debut at CBGB’s in New York City.
1979 – Bob Dylan appears on Saturday Night Live and performs Christian
songs from his new album.
1980 – In east suburban Nashville, legendary Bradley's Barn recording
studio burns to the ground. Owner and producer Owen Bradley will rebuild.
1991 – Country singer Clint Black marries actress Lisa Hartman. They’re
still married.
1994 – Bob Dylan appears at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, and is
joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young who perform "Rainy Day
Women #12 & 35" and "Highway 61 Revisited" with Dylan.
1996 – Carly Simon cancels a planned show aboard the famous cruise liner
Queen Elizabeth II, docked in New York, citing severe stage fright as the
reason.
1996 – Country songwriters Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison are married. They
are still married.
1996 – British R&B singer Mark Morrison is arrested and accused of
conspiracy to rob a West London store. He is later released on bail.
1999 – Johnny Cash is admitted to Baptist Hospital in Nashville in serious
condition, battling pneumonia.
2001 – The Concert For New York City takes place at Madison Square Garden
to benefit the families and victims of the 9/11 attacks. Performers at the
concert include The Who, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and Keith
Richards, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Melissa Etheridge and many others.
2003 – Jimmy Cliff is awarded Jamaica's prestigious Order of Merit for his
contributions to the world of music and movies.
2003 – A jury finds Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy guilty of assaulting
toilet attendant Sophie Amogbokpa at The Drink nightclub in Guildford,
Surrey, with Tweedy claiming she only punched her in self defense.
2004 – Just months after being acquitted of child molestation charges, Michael
Jackson is tapped for jury duty.
2005 – Rapper Sticky Fingaz (aka Kirk Jones) is arrested after leaving an
unlicensed gun in his Manhattan hotel room.
2006 – George Michael openly smokes a joint during an interview on a TV
show in Madrid, Spain, where the drug is legal.
2007 – Rock music photographer Barry Feinstein, who has shot some 500 album
covers, passes away at age 80. Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’,
George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, and Janis Joplin’s Pearl are just
three of his iconic album cover photos.
2008 – Elton John appears at the Amsterdam Theatre in New York City and
performs a benefit concert to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road album, performing the double album in its entirety.
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