20 SEPTEMBER
In Music History
1967 Identical twins Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (of Nelson) are born to teen idol Ricky Nelson and actress Kristin Harmon in Santa Monica, California.
1967 Arlo Guthrie releases Alice's Restaurant.
1966 Nuno Bettencourt (lead guitarist for Extreme) is born in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal. He would be raised in Hudson, Massachusetts.
1965 The Animals record "It's My Life."
1957 Alannah Currie (of Thompson Twins) is born in Auckland, New Zealand.
1957 Finnish composer Jean Sibelius dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 91.
1951 Frank Capra's musical comedy Here Comes the Groom, starring Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, debuts in theaters. It features the comedic number "In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening," which goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
1948 The fraternal twin brothers Chuck and John Panozzo are born in Chicago. Along with James Young, Dennis DeYoung and John Curulewski, they form the band Styx, where they are the rhythm section, Chuck on bass and John on drums.
1946 Sylvia Peterson (of The Chiffons) is born in the Bronx, New York.
1924 Pop singer Gogi Grant is born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for her 1956 hit cover of "The Wayward Wind."
A Smashing Cover For London Calling
1979The Clash bass player Paul Simonon, frustrated because the crowd at The Palladium in New York City isn't standing, smashes his instrument on stage. The photo is later used as the cover of their London Calling album.
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2014 Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" hits #1 for the first of eight weeks, replacing "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift (a Size 2!).
1973 Jim Croce is killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana, at age 30. More
1973 The body of The Byrds guitarist Gram Parsons is stolen and taken to Joshua Tree National Park, where it is set on fire.More
1969 The cartoon group The Archies claim the top spot in America with "Sugar, Sugar," which spends four weeks at #1.
1969 John Lennon leaves The Beatles but agrees to not make an official announcement. The recording of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" marks the last time all four Beatles were together in the same studio.
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