Classic Rock Features
The Rock History Report for
October 20th, 2009
1960 - The Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues premiered.
1961 - Bob Dylan recorded his eponymous debut album.
1969 - John Lennon’s second solo album, Cold Turkey, was released.
1973 - The Steve Miller Band released "The Joker."
1976 – The Led Zeppelin film The Song Remains the Same premiered in London.
1977 - Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed when their plane crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi.
1978 - The Police performed for the first time in the U.S., playing a concert in New York.
1997 - Henry "The Sunflower" Vesting of Canned Heat was found dead in a French hotel room.
Birthdays:
1945 Ric Lee of Ten Years After
1951 Alan Greenwood of Foreigner
1953 Tom Petty
1964 Jim "Soni" Sonefeld of Hootie and The Blowfish
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