On This Day in Rock: February 20
14 moments in rock history on February 20.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on February 20, 2022 (3 posts)
This Day In Rock History: February 20th 1955 Rock bassist Jon Brant (of Cheap Trick) is born in Chicago, Illinois. 1967 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is born in Aberdeen, Washington. He gets his first guitar on his 14th birthday and works on mastering Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven." 1982 Pat Benatar...
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1958
Buddy Holly released Buddy Holly
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1974
Steely Dan released Pretzel Logic
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- 1979 The Cars released the single "Good Times Roll" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1984
The Smiths released The Smiths
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- 1995 Elton John released the single "Believe" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1998
Yann Tiersen released Le Phare
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1941
Buffy Sainte-Marie was born
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Photo: sidrguelph from Guelph, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
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1944
Lew Soloff of Blood, Sweat & Tears was born
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Photo: Feihua from the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1946
J. Geils of The J. Geils Band was born
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Photo: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1950
Walter Becker of Steely Dan was born
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Photo: Arielinson, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1960
Kee Marcello of Europe was born
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Photo: Louise O'Gorman / Sound Pollution, CC BY 3.0
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1963
Ian Brown was born
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Photo: Madchester at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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1967
Paweł Mąciwoda of Scorpions was born
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Photo: Tilly antoine, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1973
Giorgia Gueglio of Mastercastle was born
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Photo: giorgia gueglio, FAL
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