Rock and Roll Recap May 20
Rock and Roll Recap for May 20 featuring Black Sabbath, Don Henley, The Beatles and more.
2013 - Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, died. He was 74.
1998 - Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee got six months in jail and three years probation for kicking his soon-to-be-wife Pamela Anderson while she was holding their infant son.
1998 - Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward was hospitalized in London and could not join the band for their first European tour since 1978.
1995 - Don Henley married Sharon Summerall.
1992 - Aerosmith donated 10 thousand dollars to support a controversial art exhibition at M.I.T. The National Endowment for the Arts denied funding for the exhibit the week before, claiming some of the graphic images were offensive.
1977 - The stage extravaganza "Beatlemania" opened on Broadway.
1970 - The final Beatles film, "Let It Be," premiered in London.
1968 - Pete Townshend and Karen Astley were married.
1967 - Jimi Hendrix signed his first American record contract with Reprise Records.