1943-05-20
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Al Bano
Al Bano, Italian singer was born
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1944-05-20
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Boudouin de Groot
Boudouin de Groot, Dutch singer (Good night mister president) was born
1981-05-20
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Calico Cooper
Calico Cooper, American actress and dancer was born
1946-05-20
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Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian]
Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian], El Centro, California, American singer and actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask) was born
1944-05-20
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Cipa Dichter
Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter was born
1927-05-20
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David Frederick Barlow
David Frederick Barlow, composer was born
1850-05-20
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Eaton Faning
Eaton Faning, composer was born
1973-05-20
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Elsa Lunghini
Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress was born
1917-05-20
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Enyss Djemil
Enyss Djemil, composer was born
1889-05-20
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Felix Arndt
Felix Arndt, composer was born
1812-05-20
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Gustav Adolf Mankell
Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer was born
1954-05-20
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Guy Hoffman
Guy Hoffman, American musician (Violent Femmes) was born
1754-05-20
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Hans Gram
Hans Gram, composer was born
1913-05-20
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Ion Dumitrescu
Ion Dumitrescu, composer was born
1959-05-20
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer (d. 1997) was born
1954-05-20
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James Henderson
James Henderson, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas) was born
1958-05-20
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Jane Wiedlin
Jane Wiedlin, Wisc, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour) was born
1903-05-20
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Jerzy Fitelberg
Jerzy Fitelberg, composer was born
1944-05-20
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Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Little Help From My Friends) was born
1876-05-20
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John Owen Jones
John Owen Jones, composer was born
1984-05-20
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Kenny Vasoli
Kenny Vasoli, American singer was born
1961-05-20
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Kit Clarke
Kit Clarke, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer) was born
1986-05-20
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LaLa Brown
LaLa Brown, American singer (d. 2007) was born
1938-05-20
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Marinella
Marinella, Greek singer and actress was born
1547-05-20
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Melchior Bischoff
Melchior Bischoff, composer was born
1942-05-20
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Paula
Paula, [Jill Jackson], Tx, singer (Hey Paula) was born
1554-05-20
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Paulo Bellasio
Paulo Bellasio, composer was born
1940-05-20
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Shorty Long
Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge) was born
1955-05-20
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Steve George
Steve George, rock keyboardist (Mr Mister) was born
1960-05-20
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Susan Cowsill
Susan Cowsill, Newport RI, rock vocalist (Cowsills-We Can Fly) was born
1937-05-20
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Teddy Randazzo
Teddy Randazzo, song writer (I'm on the Outside Looking In) was born
1943-05-20
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Tison Street
Tison Street, composer was born
1926-05-20
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Vic Ames
Vic Ames, rocker (Ames Brothers) was born
1927-05-20
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Walter Aschaffenburg
Walter Aschaffenburg, composer was born
1952-05-20
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Warren Cann
Warren Cann, Victoria Canada, rock drummer (Ultravox) was born
1955-05-20
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Zbigniew Preisner
Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer was born
1986-05-20
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Bernard Naylor
Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78
1782-05-20
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Carlo Giovanni Testori
Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68
1782-05-20
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Christoph Gottlieb Schroter
Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer, dies at 82
1896-05-20
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Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann
Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76
1751-05-20
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Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas
Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38
1909-05-20
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Ernest Hogan
Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
1650-05-20
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Francesco Sacrati
Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44
1900-05-20
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Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman
Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80
1996-05-20
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Jack Wyngaard
Jack Wyngaard, dancer, dies at 37
1975-05-20
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Jacques Stehman
Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62
2000-05-20
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Jean Pierre Rampal
Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist (b. 1922)
1910-05-20
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Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin
Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer, dies at 88
1991-05-20
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Julian Orbon De Soto
Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65
2001-05-20
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Renato Carosone
Renato Carosone, Italian musician (b. 1920)
2012-05-20
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Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb, British singer song-writer, dies from colon and liver cancer at 62
1979-05-20
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Elton John
1st western pop star to tour USSR-Elton John
1961-05-20
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Hans Werner Henze
Henzes opera "Elegy for Young Lovers," premieres in Schwetzingen
1980-05-20
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Kiss
Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
1970-05-20
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The Beatles
Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK
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