On This Day in Rock: April 20
21 moments in rock history on April 20.
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CrazyConnie on April 20, 2026 (6 posts)
This Day In Rock History: April 20th 1945 Keyboardist Jimmy Winston (The Moments, The Small Faces) is born in Stratford, London, England. 1948 Craig Frost (keyboardist for Grand Funk Railroad) is born in Flint, Michigan. source: calendarsongfacts
Album releases
- 1958 Buddy Holly released the single "Rave On!" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1970 Elvis Presley released the single "The Wonder of You" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1970 The Beach Boys released the single "Cotton Fields" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1970
Jethro Tull released Benefit
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- 1976 The Rolling Stones released the single "Fool to Cry" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1979 Simple Minds released Life in a Day Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1981 Duran Duran released the single "Careless Memories" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1992 Metallica released the single "Nothing Else Matters" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1993 Paul McCartney released the single "Biker Like an Icon" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1993
Aerosmith released Get a Grip
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1993
The Cranberries released Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
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- 1993 Shania Twain released Shania Twain Forum threads Wikipedia
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1993
Primus released Pork Soda
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1995
Joey Tempest released A Place to Call Home
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1999
Alice Cooper released The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper
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Born on this day
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1945
Jimmy Winston of Small Faces was born
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1967
Mike Portnoy of Transatlantic was born
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Photo: Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1971
Mikey Welsh of Weezer was born
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Photo: Jonathan K. Slingluff, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1991
Steve Marriott of Humble Pie died
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Photo: Klaus Hiltscher, CC BY-SA 2.0
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2021
Les McKeown of Bay City Rollers died
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Photo: Roland Rosenbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0
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