February 20th

2004: Brian Wilson performed the Beach Boys’ famous lost album Smile in its entirety for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

1991: Bob Dylan & John Lennon received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at the 33rd Grammy Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Aerosmith won the Best Rock Performance for Janie’s Got A Gun & performed Come Together as part of the tribute to Lennon.

1982: Pat Benatar married her guitarist Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It was Benatar’s second marriage & they’re still married to this day.

1981: Rush kicked off their tour in support of Moving Pictures at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI.

1976: Kiss placed their booted footprints outside of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

1969: Goodbye Cream, the documentary film of Cream’s farewell concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall premiered in Baltimore.

1960: Jimi Hendrix made his first stage appearance with his band The Rocking Kings at the National Guard Armory in Seattle.

Birthdays:
J. Geils-guitarist for The J. Geils Band born in 1946
Walter Becker-bassist & guitarist for Steely Dan born in 1950
Jon Brant-bassist for Cheap Trick born in 1954
Kurt Cobain-singer & guitarist for Nirvana born in 1967