TODAY IN HISTORY - August 20th
1923 - Born this day, [James Travis] 'Gentleman' Jim Reeves, country singer, 1960 US No.2 single He'll Have To Go, 1966 UK No.1 single Distant Drums. Died in a plane crash 31 July 1964. Elected posthumously to the Country Hall of Fame in 1967.
1942 - Born this day, Isaac Hayes, Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter Theme from Shaft [1970], the score of Shaft, with David Porter, Soul Man, Hold on I'm Coming, and actor, Tough Guys, Truck Turner.
1948 - Born this day, Robert Plant, singer, Led Zeppelin, their 4th album released in 1971 has sold over 11 million copies and features Stairway To Heaven. 1969 US No.4 single Whole Lotta Love. Also solo single, Big Log, a UK No.11 in 1983.
With the Honeydrippers (with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck & Nile Rodgers), 1984 US No.3 single Sea Of Love, Rockin' at Midnight, also with, Led Zeppelin, Immigrant Song, D'yer Mak'er, Fool in the Rain, also solo, Little Sister.
1951 - Born this day, [Philip Parris] Phyl Lynott, musician, bassist, singer, Thin Lizzy, 1973 UK No.6 single Whiskey In The Jar, The Boys Are Back In Town, Dancin' In The Moonlight, Waiting For An Alibi, The Rocker, Little Girl in Bloom, Still in Love with You, Killer on the Loose. With Gary Moore, Parisienne Walkways, Out in the Fields. Solo, Sarah, Yellow Pearl, Nineteen. Died 4 January 1986.
1952 - Born this day, John Hiatt, singer, songwriter, musician.
1952 - Born this day, Doug Fieger, musician, guitarist, singer, The Knack, 1979 US No.1 and UK No.6 single My Sharona. Died 14th February 2010 from lung cancer. Had 2 tumours removed from his brain in 2006.
1965 - The Rolling Stones released Satisfaction, still heralded as one of the greatest rock songs ever. It was their first No.1 US hit.
1966 - You Can't Hurry Love recorded by The Supremes, entered Billboard's Top 40 on this date, and was No.1 for two weeks. The single became the seventh No.1 hit for the Motown group. It stayed on the charts for 11 weeks.
1966 - The Beatles, touring America for the last time, were forced to cancel and reschedule their performance in Cincinnati's open-air stadium, Crosley Field. Heavy rain (and no cover provided) made electrocution a virtual certainty if The Beatles had attempted to perform.
1971 - Born this day, Fred Durst, vocals, Limp Bizkit, 2001 UK No.1 single Rollin' and 2000 US and UK No.1 album Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water.
1977 - The Brotherhood Of Man had the No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Angelo', their second UK chart topper.
1979 - Born this day, Jamie Cullum, singer.
1980 - John Lennon began recording his final album, 'Double Fantasy'. It would be released on November 17th by the newly-formed Geffen Records and would win the 1982 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
1986 - Rick Allen drummer with Def Leppard made his first live appearance with the band at Donington after losing an arm in a car accident.
1987 - Lindsay Buckingham quit Fleetwood Mac, 1987 UK No.5 single Little Lies and 1977 world wide No.1 album Rumours.
1988 - Steve Winwood went to No.1 on the US album chart with Roll With It.
1988 - Iron Maiden, Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses and Helloween all appeared at this year's 'Monsters Of Rock' Festival, Castle Donington, England. Two rock fans died while 'slam dancing' as Guns N' Roses played.
1992 - A US Doctor filed a $35 million lawsuit against the Southwest Bell phone company alleging that his wife died because he could not reach 911 due to all lines being jammed by demand for Garth Brooks concert tickets.
1992 - Born on this day, Demi Lovato, American actress and singer-songwriter. (Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel Movie Camp Rock). 2009 US No.1 album 'Here We Go Again'.
2000 - Spiller went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Groovejet.
2003 - Madame Tussauds in London opened an interactive Pop Idol display with a speaking waxwork of judge Simon Cowell. The waxwork of Cowell made comments such as: 'That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad'. 'Do you really think that you could become a Pop Idol? Well, then, you're deaf'. 'Thank you. Goodbye and That was the worst performance I've ever seen'.
2004 - A man from Stoke-on-Trent, England, named Bryan Adams as the 'other man' in his divorce papers after years spent trying to cope with his wife's obsession with the singer. Rob Tinsley said he had to live with a 6ft cut-out of Adams which stood at the foot of the bed and posters on the bedroom walls.
2013 - as reported that Beyonce had spent almost £1,500 at an Essex branch of chicken chain Nando's following her performance at the V Festival in the UK. The headliner's receipt was posted on Twitter and Nando's Chelmsford manager confirmed a member of Beyonce's entourage called in with the order. The order included 48 whole chickens, 24 tubs of coleslaw, 58 chicken wing platters and 48 portions of chips. The receipt showed the meal was apparently paid for in cash.