Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Dec20,1944 | Bobby Colomby | #BTD Dec20,1944 #BobbyColomby drums, original member of #BloodSweatTears; Blood, Sweat & Tears 1969 US #12 & UK #35 single "You've Made Me So Very Happy" | |
| BTD Dec20,1947 | Peter Criss | #BTD Dec20,1947 #PeterCriss (George Peter John Criscuola) co-founder, original drummer #Kiss known as the #Catman character & left the band May18,1980; @KISSOnline 1974 US #5 "On And On", 1975 US #12 "Rock and Roll All Nite", 1976 US #7 "Beth", +6 other Top40s | |
| BTD Dec20,1948 | Alan Parsons | #BTD Dec20,1948 #AlanParsons audio engineer, singer, songwriter, involved with the production of LPs such as The #Beatles "Let It Be" & #PinkFloyd "Dark Side of the Moon" +solo LPs and 1982 US #3 "Eye in the Sky", +7 US Top40 singles #HBday @alanparsons | |
| BTD Dec20,1948 | Stevie Wright | #BTD Dec20,1948 #StevieWright RIP #Australia's 1st international pop star 1974 AUS #1 "Evie (Parts 1, 2 & 3)" (the only 11-minute song at #1 anywhere in the world), 1974 AUS #13 "Guitar Band"; lead singer of The #Easybeats 1966 UK #6 & 1967 US #16 single "Friday On My Mind" | |
| BTD Dec20,1956 | Guy Babylon | #BTD Dec20,1956 #GuyBabylon RIP keyboards #EltonJohn Band. Won @RecordingAcad Award for his contributions on the musical #Aida | |
| BTD Dec20,1957 | Anita Ward | #BTD Dec20,1957 #AnitaWard singer 1979 US, UK & US R&B #1 single "Ring My Bell" A million selling chart topper | |
| OTD Dec20,1941 | Glenn Miller | #OTD Dec20,1941 #GlennMiller and His Orchestra are at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Elmer's Tune" vocal refrain by #RayEberle & The Modernaires; written by #ElmerAlbrecht, #DickJurgens and #SammyGallop | |
| OTD Dec20,1946 | It's A Wonderful Life | #OTD Dec20,1946 #FrankCapra's movie "It's A Wonderful Life" is released, starring #JamesStewart, #DonnaReed, #LionelBarrymore | |
| OTD Dec20,1954 | Jackie Gleason, Buick | #OTD Dec20,1954 #Buick signs #JackieGleason to a 2yr contract to produce 78 shows for $6.1M worth about $71 Million in today's money @Buick | |
| OTD Dec20,1958 | Japage, QuarryMen, Beatles | #OTD Dec20,1958 The #Japage 1st gig (formally #QuarryMen then #Beatles) #PaulMcCartney, #JohnLennon & #GeorgeHarrison try new name at the Childwall Abbey Hotel for the wedding reception of George's oldest brother Harry & bride Irene McCann. They play in the front bar smoking room | |
| OTD Dec20,1959 | Guy Mitchell | #OTD Dec20,1959 #GuyMitchell starts a 2wk run at #1 for the week ending Dec20 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Heartaches by the Number" written by #HarlanHoward | |
| OTD Dec20,1962 | Osmonds | #OTD Dec20,1962 The #Osmonds appear on the #NBC TV networks the #AndyWilliams Show for the 1st time | |
| OTD Dec20,1963 | New Musical Express magazine | #OTD Dec20,1963 #NME New Musical Express magazine poll winners supplement. Winners such as World Male Singer Cliff Richard, World Vocal Group The Beatles, World Musical Personality Elvis Presley, World Female Singer Brenda Lee | |
| OTD Dec20,1965 | Beach Boys | #OTD Dec20,1965 The #BeachBoys release "Barbara Ann" written by #FredFassert of the #Regents. @TheBeachBoys will enter the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart on Jan1,1966 at #81 & peak at #2 for 2wks on Jan29,1966. The Regents original Barbara-Ann peaked at #13 for 2wks Jun18,1961 | |
| OTD Dec20,1966 | Beatles | #OTD Dec20,1966 The #Beatles arrive separately for a recording session and are interviewed by #ITN TV outside #EMI's Abbey Road Studios. After John, Paul and George overdub the background harmonies for "When I'm Sixty Four" and Ringo adds the large bell percussion @emimusic | |
| OTD Dec20,1968 | Beatles | #OTD Dec20,1968 "The Beatles' 1968 Christmas Record" is sent to fan club members in the UK & the US. The #Beatles include on the disc a special version of "Nowhere Man" sung by #TinyTim introduced by #GeorgeHarrison Listen==> youtu.be/RAQyDJms-xk | |
| OTD Dec20,1969 | Peter, Paul and Mary | #OTD Dec20,1969 Peter, Paul and Mary are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Leaving on a Jet Plane" The single was written by #JohnDenver in 1966. The original title of the song was "Babe, I Hate to Go" | |
| OTD Dec20,1969 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Dec20,1969 The #RollingStones are at #1 on the UK album chart with their 10th US and 8th UK album release "Let It Bleed" @RollingStones | |
| OTD Dec20,1973 | Bobby Darin | #OTD Dec20,1973 #BobbyDarin (Walden Robert Cassotto) dies at the age of 37. One of the 1st teen idols, 20 Top40 hit singles during 1950s & 1960s with a 1958 US R&B #1 "Splish Splash", 1959 UK #1 "Dream Lover", 1959 UK & US #1 "Mack the Knife" | |
| OTD Dec20,1975 | Eric Carmen | #OTD Dec20,1975 #EricCarmen enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #85 with "All By Myself" Written by @RealEricCarmen, #SergeiRachmaninoff The song will peak at #2 for 3wks on Mar6,1976. The single sold over 1M copies in the US & certified gold @RIAA in April 1976 | |
| OTD Dec20,1975 | K.C. and the Sunshine Band | #OTD Dec20,1975 K.C. and the Sunshine Band are back at #1 for 1wk on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "That's The Way (I Like It)" @kcandsunshineb spent a 1wk at #1 during the week ending Nov22, for a total of 2wks at #1 | |
| OTD Dec20,1980 | John Lennon | #OTD Dec20,1980 #JohnLennon is posthumously at #1 on the UK singles chart with "(Just Like) Starting Over" Lennon was killed on Dec8,1980, this is @johnlennon 1st UK solo #1 | |
| OTD Dec20,1980 | Kenny Rogers | #OTD Dec20,1980 #KennyRogers is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Lady" Rogers last week of a 6 week run at #1 | |
| OTD Dec20,1986 | Bangles | #OTD Dec20,1986 The #Bangles start a 4wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Walk Like An Egyptian" written by #LiamSternberg | |
| OTD Dec20,1999 | Hank Snow | #OTD Dec20,1999 #HankSnow (Clarence Snow) #Canadian singer dies at the age of 85. Called "The Singing Ranger" and recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the @billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980 | |
| OTD Dec20,2020 | Chad Stuart | #OTD Dec20,2020 #ChadStuart (David Stuart Chadwick) RIP dies at the age of 79. Singer, guitarist Chad & Jeremy; #ChadandJeremy 7 US & 6 US Adult Contemporary with a #1. In #Batman Episode "The Cats Meow" #Catwoman steals their voices |