Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Oct20,1882 | Bela Lugosi | #BTD Oct20,1882 #BelaLugosi (Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó) RIP actor RIP roles in horror films; 1927 as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel #Dracula. Best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 film "Dracula" | |
| BTD Oct20,1890 | Jelly Roll Morton | #BTD Oct20,1890 #JellyRollMorton (Ferdinand LaMothe) RIP pianist, arranger, bandleader, the first great composer in #jazz | |
| BTD Oct20,1931 | Mickey Mantle | #BTD Oct20,1931 #MickeyMantle RIP played his entire Major League Baseball @MLB career with the New York @Yankees center fielder & 1st baseman 1951-1968. One of the best players all time, regarded as the greatest switch hitter ever. Ave .298 Hits 2,415 HR 536 RBI 1,509 | |
| BTD Oct20,1932 | William Christopher | #BTD Oct20,1932 #WilliamChristopher RIP actor guest-starred in many TV series such as The Andy Griffith Show, Death Valley Days, The Patty Duke Show and Hogan's Heroes. His best known role playing Father Mulcahy on the 1970s TV series M*A*S*H #MASH | |
| BTD Oct20,1937 | Wanda Jackson | #BTD Oct20,1937 #WandaJackson singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist 1956 US Country #15 "I Gotta Know", 1961 US #29 & US Country #15 "Right or Wrong", +16 US Country and 2 US Top40 singles. 2009 inducted @rockhall of Fame in the category Early Influence #HBday @wandajofficial | |
| BTD Oct20,1939 | Jay Siegel | #BTD Oct20,1939 #JaySiegel lead singer The #Tokens 1961 US #1 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", +4 other Top40 US singles. Known for his soaring falsetto on the song | |
| BTD Oct20,1940 | Kathy Kirby | #BTD Oct20,1940 #KathyKirby RIP singer 1963 UK #4 "Secret Love" A cover of the song by #DorisDay, +4 UK Top40 singles. One of the highest-paid female singers of 1960s. She had her own TV program called The Kathy Kirby Show which aired 19 episodes | |
| BTD Oct20,1942 | John Carter | #BTD Oct20,1942 #JohnCarter (John Shakespeare) singer, songwriter #IvyLeague Three 1965 hits UK #3 "Tossing and Turning", UK #8 "Funny How Love Can Be", UK #22 "That's Why I'm Crying" | |
| BTD Oct20,1945 | Ric Lee | #BTD Oct20,1945 #RicLee drummer 1960s to 1970s, then back in 1988 to present in the blues rock band #TenYearsAfter 1970 UK #10 "Love Like A Man", + 4 Top10 UK Albums @TenYearsAfterUK toured US 28x's in 7yrs more than any UK band | |
| BTD Oct20,1950 | Tom Petty | #BTD Oct20,1950 #TomPetty RIP singer, songwriter, guitarist. Frontman of Tom Petty & The #Heartbreakers 1981 US Rock #1 & US #19 "The Waiting", +15 US and 38 US Rock Top40 singles with 10 #1s and member of The #TravelingWilburys 1988 US MAIN #2 "Handle with Care", +4 Top40s | |
| BTD Oct20,1951 | Al Greenwood | #BTD Oct20,1951 #AlGreenwood founding member, keyboardist #Foreigner 1976 to 1980. 1977 US #4 "Feels Like the First Time" & #6 "Cold as Ice", 1978 US #3 "Hot Blooded" & #2 "Double Vision", +4 US Top40 singles and performed on the albums Foreigner, 1978 Double Vision, Head Games | |
| OTD Oct20,1955 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Oct20,1955 #ElvisPresley & #BillHaley & his #Comets both appear at Brooklyn High School auditorium, Cleveland | |
| OTD Oct20,1960 | Roy Orbison | #OTD Oct20,1960 #RoyOrbison starts a 2wk run at #1 in the UK with "Only The Lonely", his 1st UK #1 single & @ROYORBISON's first of 30 Top40 hit singles in UK with 2 more #1s | |
| OTD Oct20,1961 | Beatles | #OTD Oct20,1961 The #Beatles play a lunchtime show at The #CavernClub @cavernliverpool & at night at The Village Hall in Knotty Ash | |
| OTD Oct20,1962 | Boris Pickett | #OTD Oct20,1962 Bobby #BorisPickett and the Crypt-Kickers start a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Monster Mash" American Bandstand Oct13,1964 | |
| OTD Oct20,1967 | Davy Jones | #OTD Oct20,1967 #DavyJones of The #Monkees opens his own "Zilch" boutique in Greenwich Village, New York City | |
| OTD Oct20,1969 | Who | #OTD Oct20,1969 The #Who plays their 1st of 6 nights at New York's Filmore East performing a 2hr show featuring songs from the "Tommy" album | |
| OTD Oct20,1973 | Cheech and Chong | #OTD Oct20,1973 #CheechandChong peak at #15 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces" on the song #GeorgeHarrison, #KlausVoorman, #CaroleKing, #NickyHopkins, #BillyPreston, #DarleneLove, #MichellePhillips, #RonnieSpector & more | |
| OTD Oct20,1973 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Oct20,1973 The #RollingStones went to #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singes Chart with "Angie" the group's 7th US chart topper @RollingStones | |
| OTD Oct20,1976 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Oct20,1976 The #LedZeppelin film "The Song Remains The Same" premieres in New York City @ledzeppelin filming took place during the summer of 1973, during 3 nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with additional footage shot at Shepperton Studios | |
| OTD Oct20,1977 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | #OTD Oct20,1977 A Convair CV-240 aircraft chartered by #LynyrdSkynyrd ran out of fuel & crashed near Gillsburg, Mississippi. Killing #RonnieVanZant, Steve and #CassieGaines, assistant road manager #DeanKilpatrick, the pilot #WalterMcCreary, co-pilot #WilliamGray, 20 survived | |
| OTD Oct20,1979 | Herb Alpert | #OTD Oct20,1979 #HerbAlpert starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Rise" Herb Alpert the founder of A&M records, has his 2nd US #1 @HerbAlpert | |
| OTD Oct20,1979 | Eagles | #OTD Oct20,1979 The #Eagles start a 9wk run at #1 on the US album chart with "The Long Run" the bands fourth US #1 LP | |
| OTD Oct20,1984 | Stevie Wonder | #OTD Oct20,1984 #StevieWonder is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "I Just Called To Say I Love You" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run #1. Really nice song. @StevieWonder | |
| OTD Oct20,2015 | Cory Wells | #OTD Oct20,2015 #CoryWells singer dies at the age of 74 RIP. One of the three lead vocalists in the band #ThreeDogNight @threedognight |