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On This Day in Eagle Classic Hitstory...

August 20

1942
Isaac Hayes is born in Covington, Texas.
Isaac Hayes "Shaft"

1947
Chicago's James Pankow is born.
James Pankow Interview 1992

1948
Robert Plant, vocalist for Led Zeppelin, is born.
Robert Plant "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" Live

1951
The late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy is born in Dublin, Ireland.
Phil Lynott's Last TV Interview 1985

1952
John Hiatt, solo artist, is born.
John Hiatt "Perfectly Good Guitar"

1952
Doug Fieger of The Knack is born.

1960
Connie Francis begins working on her acting debut, as filming for MGM's Where the Boys Are starts in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

1966
The Temptations' "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is released.
The Temptations "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"

1967
The New York Times reports about a new noise reduction system for album and tape recording developed by technicians R. and D.W. Dolby. Elektra Record's new subsidiary, Checkmate Records, will be the first label to use the new Dolby process in its recordings.

1968
The director of the University of Tennessee's audio lab, Dr. David M. Lipscomb, reports a guinea pig subjected over a three month period to 88 hours of rock music recorded at a Knoxville disco at 120 decibels suffered acute damage to the inner ears. The New York Times was told by Steve Paul, owner of the New York disco, The Scene, "Should a major increase in guinea pig attendance occur at the Scene, we'll certainly bear their comfort in mind."

1969
Frank Zappa disbands the Mothers of Invention right after an eight day tour in Canada. Zappa says he's "tired of playing for people who clap for all the wrong reasons."

1973
The Rolling Stones release "Angie."
The Rolling Stones "Angie"

1981
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band perform a benefit concert for Vietnam veterans at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band "This Land Is Your Land" Live 1981

1985
No. 1 Hit: "Power of Love," Huey Lewis & the News. The million-selling single, which is featured in the hit film Back to the Future, is the band's first No. 1 song.
Huey Lewis & The News "Power of Love"

1996
Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg settles out of court with the Woldemariam family in a wrongful Deaths suit which the family brought against the rapper three years earlier. Twenty-year-old Phillip Woldemariam was shot and killed by Snoop Doggy Dogg’s bodyguard from the back of a moving car, which the rapper himself drove. The pair claims the shooting occurred in self-defense.

1996
Rock 'n' roll singer Rio Reiser dies.

1997
Alabama Governor Bob James joins the mayors of Montgomery and Georgina, Ala., in the Alabama State Capitol to dedicate a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 65 to the memory of country great Hank Williams. The section of roadway is renamed the "Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway."
Hank Williams "Lost Highway"

1998
Rape charges against rapper DMX (Earl Simmons) are dropped after test results reveal that the DNA from his blood does not match that of the semen found at the crime scene. Upon announcing the findings, the judge dismisses all seven counts of felony sexual assault filed June 18 against the rapper.

1999
Blues Traveler bassist Bobby Sheehan is found dead in his New Orleans apartment. He was 31.
Blues Traveler "Run-Around" Live 1998

2000
Bon Jovi brings down the curtain on the 28-year career of London's Wembley Stadium as a live music venue. The show is the group's fifth at the 80,000-seat venue.

2001
Foo Fighters cancel the remaining three dates of their U.K. and European tour after drummer Taylor Hawkins is hospitalized. Hawkins "apparently overindulged during festivities" following the Foo’s performance at the V2001 Festival in Chelmsford, England, according to a statement.

2003
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines Great White and Station club owners Michael and Jeffrey Derderian a total of nearly $100,000 for workplace violations related to the fire that killed 100 people during a February concert in Providence, R.I. The brothers were fined $85,200 for seven violations; the band, under the auspices of Jack Russell Touring Inc., was fined $7,000 for failing to protect employees from fire hazards.
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Actual footage of the fire that killed 100 people taken by one of the concert-goers.