APRIL 20
TODAY IN 1968 A BRITISH ROCK BAND BILLED AS “ROUNDABOUT” DEBUTS IN DENMARK; BUT AFTER A BRIEF TOUR OF SCANDINAVIA, GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE SUGGESTED A NEW NAME — “DEEP PURPLE” — NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDMOTHER’S FAVORITE SONG.
IN 1981 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS RELEASE THE LEAD SINGLE “THE WAITING” FROM THEIR FOURTH ALBUM ‘HARD PROMISES’.
AEROSMITH RELEASED ‘GET A GRIP’ THEIR 11TH STUDIO ALBUM TODAY IN 1993, WHICH BECAME THEIR BEST-SELLING ALBUM TO DATE. THE LP FEATURES THE HITS: “LIVIN’ ON THE EDGE” AND “CRAZY” AND ALSO FEATURES GUESTS DON HENLEY AND LENNY KRAVITZ.