On This Day in Rock: May 20
19 moments in rock history on May 20.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on May 20, 2026 (8 posts)
This Day In Rock History: May 20th 1954 Jimmy Henderson (guitarist for Black Oak Arkansas) is born in Mississippi. 1955 Steve George (keyboardist for Mr. Mister) is born in Phoenix, Arizona. 1969 Chicago singer Peter Cetera is attacked at a Dodgers-Cubs game at Dodger Stadium. Explaining the incident, Cetera...
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1976
Steve Miller Band released Fly Like an Eagle
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1977
The Jam released In the City
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1980
Kiss released Unmasked
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1981
Elton John released The Fox
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- 1983 The Police released the single "Every Breath You Take" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1985 Robert Plant released Shaken 'n' Stirred Forum threads Wikipedia
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1985
Savatage released Power of the Night
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1997
Foo Fighters released The Colour and the Shape
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- 1997 Frank Zappa released Strictly Genteel Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1998 Malice Mizer released the single "Illuminati" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1998
B'z released B'z The Best "Pleasure"
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1944
Joe Cocker was born
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Photo: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1946
Cher was born
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Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1958
Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's was born
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Photo: Annette Wamser from Elk Grove, USA, CC BY 2.0
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1970
Ryuichi Kawamura of Luna Sea was born
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Photo: chinnian, CC BY-SA 2.0
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1974
Mikael Stanne of HammerFall was born
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Photo: Vassil, CC BY 3.0
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2001
Renato Carosone died
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Photo: Augusto De Luca, CC BY-SA 2.0
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2012
Robin Gibb of Bee Gees died
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2013
Ray Manzarek of The Doors died
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Photo: Elektra Records, Public domain
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