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Today In Rock: May 20

1911

Milt Gabler was born.

1946

Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, featuring Charles Brown hit #2 on the R&B chart with "Drifting Blues".

1948

The Ravens hit #8 on the R&B chart with "Bye Bye Baby Blues."

1960

Etta and Harvey hit #6 on the R&B charts with the Chess release of "If I Can't Have You."

1973

Frankenstein (The Edgar Winter Group) was a hit.

1978

The Michael Zager Band hits #36 with "Let's All Chant".

1984

Let's Hear It for the Boy (Deniece Williams) was a hit.

1997

Hourglass, James Taylor's first studio album in eight years, is released to glowing notices.