This Day in Music

1763-02-20 Artist spotlight

Adalbert Gyrowetz

Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born

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1945-02-20 Artist spotlight

Alan Hull

Alan Hull, singer/composer was born

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1977-02-20 Artist spotlight

Amal Hijazi

Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model was born

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1900-02-20 Artist spotlight

Antonio Veretti

Antonio Veretti, composer was born

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1904-02-20 Artist spotlight

Armin Loos

Armin Loos, composer was born

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1920-02-20 Artist spotlight

Armin Schibler

Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace) was born

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1939-02-20 Artist spotlight

Barbara Ellis

Barbara Ellis, Olympia Wa, rocker (Fleetwoods) was born

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1940-02-20 Artist spotlight

Barbara Laine Ellis

Barbara Laine Ellis, singer was born

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1948-02-20 Artist spotlight

Barry Wordsworth

Barry Wordsworth, conductor was born

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1948-02-20 Artist spotlight

Billy Zoom

Billy Zoom, musician was born

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1975-02-20 Artist spotlight

Brian Littrell

Brian Littrell, singer (Backstreet Boys) was born

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1941-02-20 Artist spotlight

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone) was born

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1791-02-20 Artist spotlight

Carl Czerny

Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) was born

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1752-02-20 Artist spotlight

Charles Broche

Charles Broche, composer was born

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1802-02-20 Artist spotlight

Charles-Auguste de Beriot

Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer was born

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1981-02-20 Artist spotlight

Chris Thile

Chris Thile, American musician was born

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1940-02-20 Artist spotlight

Christoph Eschenbach

Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor was born

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1937-02-20 Artist spotlight

David Ackles

David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic) was born

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1887-02-20 Artist spotlight

David McKinley Williams

David McKinley Williams, composer was born

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1976-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ed Graham

Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness) was born

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1770-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ferdinando Carulli

Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born

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1734-02-20 Artist spotlight

Franz Ignaz Beck

Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born

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1803-02-20 Artist spotlight

Friedrich Theodor Frohlich

Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born

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1876-02-20 Artist spotlight

Fyodor Akimenko

Fyodor Akimenko, composer was born

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1963-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ian Brown

Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone) was born

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1946-02-20 Artist spotlight

J[erome] Geils

J[erome] Geils, NYC, rock guitarist (J Geils Band-Centerfold) was born

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1962-02-20 Artist spotlight

Joel Ellis

Joel Ellis, rocker was born

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1745-02-20 Artist spotlight

Johann Peter Salomon

Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born

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1656-02-20 Artist spotlight

Johannes Schenck

Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born

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1954-02-20 Artist spotlight

Jon Brant

Jon Brant, rock bassist (Cheap Trick) was born

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1816-02-20 Artist spotlight

Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski

Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer was born

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1913-02-20 Artist spotlight

Jozef Kresanek

Jozef Kresanek, composer was born

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1916-02-20 Artist spotlight

Julius Juzeliunas

Julius Juzeliunas, composer was born

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1972-02-20 Artist spotlight

K-OS

K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper was born

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1903-02-20 Artist spotlight

Karel Janacek

Karel Janacek, composer was born

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1951-02-20 Artist spotlight

Kathy Baillie

Kathy Baillie, Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart) was born

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1960-02-20 Artist spotlight

Kee Marcello

Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist was born

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1967-02-20 Artist spotlight

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist (Nirvana)/husband of Courtney Love was born

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1899-02-20 Artist spotlight

Leon Woizikowski

Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes) was born

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1889-02-20 Artist spotlight

Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky

Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer was born

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1944-02-20 Artist spotlight

Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff, Brooklyn New York, American rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) was born

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1854-02-20 Artist spotlight

Louis F M van Westerhoven

Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) was born

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1960-02-20 Artist spotlight

Mark Reilly

Mark Reilly, [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest) was born

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1874-02-20 Artist spotlight

Mary Garden

Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star was born

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1907-02-20 Artist spotlight

Nadine Conner

Nadine Conner, California, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute) was born

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1937-02-20 Artist spotlight

Nancy Wilson

Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love) was born

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1921-02-20 Artist spotlight

Nurv Shiner

Nurv Shiner, singer was born

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1953-02-20 Artist spotlight

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps) was born

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1951-02-20 Artist spotlight

Randy California

Randy California, [Wolfe], Cal, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You) was born

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1953-02-20 Artist spotlight

Riccardo Chailly

Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch) was born

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1988-02-20 Artist spotlight

Rihanna

Rihanna, Barbadian singer was born

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1911-02-20 Artist spotlight

Robert Guyn McBride

Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody) was born

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1939-02-20 Artist spotlight

Roy George Elroy Josephs

Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher was born

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1921-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ruth Gipps

Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer was born

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1964-02-20 Artist spotlight

Terry Ilous

Terry Ilous, rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket) [or Jun 28] was born

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1929-02-20 Artist spotlight

Toshiro Mayuzumi

Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme) was born

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1950-02-20 Artist spotlight

Walter Becker

Walter Becker, NYC, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg) was born

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1985-02-20 Artist spotlight

Yulia Volkova

Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.) was born

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1970-02-20 Artist spotlight

Albert Louis Wolff

Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86

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1911-02-20 Artist spotlight

Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov

Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56

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1974-02-20 Artist spotlight

David Monrad Johansen

David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at 85

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1975-02-20 Artist spotlight

Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild

Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76

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1969-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ernest Ansermet

Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85

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1963-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ferenc Fricsay

Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)

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1984-02-20 Artist spotlight

Fikret Dzhamil Amirov

Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, composer, dies at 61

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1986-02-20 Artist spotlight

Francisco Paolo Mignone

Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, dies at 88

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1731-02-20 Artist spotlight

Frederich Karl Erbach

Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50

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1628-02-20 Artist spotlight

Gregor Aichinger

Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63

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1942-02-20 Artist spotlight

Guido Gasperini

Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76

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1904-02-20 Artist spotlight

Gustav Adolf Heinze

Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83

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1972-02-20 Artist spotlight

Herbert Menges

Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69

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1951-02-20 Artist spotlight

Howard Brockway

Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80

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1946-02-20 Artist spotlight

Hugh Allen

Hugh Allen, musician, dies

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1987-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ivan Brkanovic

Ivan Brkanovic, composer, dies at 80

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1963-02-20 Artist spotlight

Jacob Gade

Jacob Gade, Danish composer(b. 1879)

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1810-02-20 Artist spotlight

Johann Friedrich Kranz

Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer, dies at 57

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1809-02-20 Artist spotlight

Johann Joseph Emmert

Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76

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1786-02-20 Artist spotlight

Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht

Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70

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1626-02-20 Artist spotlight

John Dowland

John Dowland, composer, dies

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1851-02-20 Artist spotlight

Josef Alois Ladurner

Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81

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1973-02-20 Artist spotlight

Joseph Szigeti

Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80

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1941-02-20 Artist spotlight

La Bolduc

La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)

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2009-02-20 Artist spotlight

Larry H. Miller

Larry H. Miller, American businessman and owner of the Utah Jazz (b. 1944)

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1817-02-20 Artist spotlight

Martin de Ron

Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27

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2005-02-20 Artist spotlight

Pam Bricker

Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954)

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1845-02-20 Artist spotlight

Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov

Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57

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1961-02-20 Artist spotlight

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78

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1911-02-20 Artist spotlight

Peter Nicolai von Wilm

Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, dies at 76

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1959-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ray McDonald

Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38

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1996-02-20 Artist spotlight

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu, composer, dies at 65

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2003-02-20 Artist spotlight

Ty Longley

Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White) (b. 1971)

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1997-02-20 Artist spotlight

Zachary Breaux

Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960)

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1724-02-20 Artist spotlight

George Frideric Handel

George F Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London

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1816-02-20 Artist spotlight

Gioachino Rossini

Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome

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1917-02-20 Artist spotlight

Jerome Kern

Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in NYC

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1960-02-20 Artist spotlight

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig.

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1940-02-20 Artist spotlight

Larry Clinton

Larry Clinton & his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues"

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1991-02-20 Artist spotlight

Mariah Carey

33rd Grammy Awards: Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey

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1965-02-20 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

Beatles record "That Means a Lot"

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1934-02-20 Artist spotlight

Virgil Thomson

Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in NYC

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