This Day in Music History: October 20
October 20, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: October 20.
1960: Roy Orbison had his first UK No.1 single with 'Only The Lonely' and his first of 33 hits. The song was turned down by The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley, so Roy Orbison decided to record the song himself.
1973: The Rolling Stones topped the US singles chart with 'Angie', the band's 7th US chart topper, and also a No.5 hit in the UK.
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1976: The Led Zeppelin film 'The Song Remains The Same', premiered in New York City. The charity night raised $25,000 for the save the children fund.
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1977: Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines from Lynyrd Skynyrd were all killed along with manager Dean Kilpatrick, when their rented plane ran out of fuel and crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of a swamp in Gillsburg, Mississippi. This plane crash seriously injured the rest of the band and crew who were due to play at Louisiana University that evening.
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1978: The Police made their US debut at C.B.G.B.S, New York. The band members had flown on low cost tickets with Laker Airtrain from the UK, carrying their instruments as hand luggage.
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1979: The Eagles started a nine week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Long Run', the band's fourth US No.1.
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1984: Wham! started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Freedom', their second No.1 hit. The song was also used in a Japanese commercial for Maxell audio cassettes, with altered lyrics.
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