On This Day February 20
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1959 – The Platters are perched on top of the singles chart with “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.”
1963 – The Rooftop Singers mark their second and final week as chart toppers with “Walk Right In.”
2002 – Usher is in the middle of a five-week run atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “U Got It Bad.”
2008 – “Low,” by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, is the No. 1 single.
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1934 – Game show host Wink Martindale (“Tic Tac Dough,” “Gambit,” “Dedt”)
1964 – Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei (“My Cousin Vinny,” “In the Bedroom,” “The Wrestler”)
1966 – Comedian Fred Armisen (“Saturday Night Live,” “Portlandia”)
1969 – Grammy-winning rapper-record producer Jay Z, born Shawn Corey Carter
1954 – The Chordettes settle in at No. 1 on the singles chart for seven weeks with “Mr. Sandman.”
1965 – The Byrds kick off three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
1993 – Cancer claims the life of rock composer-guitarist Frank Zappa at the age of 52.
2004 – The Usher-Alicia Keys duet, “My Boo,” enters its sixth and final week as a No. 1 single.
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1926 – Iconic actress, model, singer and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean Baker (d. 1962)
1934 – Pop singer and TV personality Pat Boone, whose popularity peaked throughout the 1950s and 60s
1947 – Rolling Stones guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ron Wood
1973 – Supermodel, reality TV star and “America’s Got Talent” judge Heidi Klum