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Born on April 20
1858
Birth
Auguste Chapuis
Auguste Chapuis, composer was born
1705
Birth
Balthasar Schmid
Balthasar Schmid, composer was born
1947
Birth
Björn Skifs
Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede) was born
1929
Birth
Bob Braun
Bob Braun, Ludlow Ky, singer (Dotty Mack Show) was born
1963
Birth
Brett Edward Garsed
Brett Edward Garsed, Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson) was born
1948
Birth
Craig Frost
Craig Frost, keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) was born
1895
Birth
Emile Christian
Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973) was born
1900
Birth
Fred Raymond
Fred Raymond, composer was born
1748
Birth
Georg Michael Telemann
Georg Michael Telemann, composer was born
1924
Birth
Gerhard Samuel
Gerhard Samuel, composer was born
1748
Birth
Guillaume Albert Teniers
Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer was born
1980
Birth
Jasmin Wagner
Jasmin Wagner, German singer was born
1945
Birth
Jimmy Winston
Jimmy Winston, London, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park) was born
1725
Birth
Johann Friedrich Kloffler
Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer was born
1761
Birth
Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier
Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer was born
1943
Birth
John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor was born
1938
Birth
Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson, Jacksonville Fla, singer (Gidget, Poetry in Motion) was born
1963
Birth
Kal Swan
Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker was born
1908
Birth
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below) was born
1951
Birth
Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross, NYC, rock vocalist (Dance with my Father), (d. 2005) was born
1594
Birth
Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern
Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born
1949
Birth
Michal
Michal, rocker was born
1967
Birth
Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater) was born
1881
Birth
Nikolai Miaskovsky
Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) was born
1925
Birth
Richard Hoffmann
Richard Hoffmann, composer was born
1957
Birth
Richenel
Richenel, [Hubertus R Baars], singer/performer (Turn My Page) was born
1881
Birth
Sem Dresden
Sem Dresden, composer/conductor was born
1870
Birth
Simeon Roncal
Simeon Roncal, composer was born
1972
Birth
Stephen Marley
Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician was born
1971
Birth
Tina Cousins
Tina Cousins, English singer was born
1923
Birth
Tito Puente
Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania) was born
1902
Birth
Vesselin Stoyanov
Vesselin Stoyanov, composer was born
1866
Birth
Victor Hollaender
Victor Hollaender, composer was born
1907
Birth
William Dollar
William Dollar, St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer was born
Died on April 20
2002
Death
Alan Dale
Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
2026
Death
Alan Osmond
Alan Osmond died
2024
Death
Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis died
2007
Death
Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)
1987
Death
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78
1962
Death
Arthur Harmat
Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76
1643
Death
Christoph Demantius
Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
2025
Death
Cristina Buarque
Cristina Buarque died
1695
Death
Georg Caspar Weckler
Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63
1839
Death
Gioachino Rossini
Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies
2001
Death
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
2022
Death
Guitar Shorty
Guitar Shorty died
2020
Death
Horacio Fontova
Horacio Fontova died
1956
Death
Jaap Vranken
Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies
1869
Death
Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe
Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72
1992
Death
Johnny Shines
Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76
2024
Death
Kaj Chydenius
Kaj Chydenius died
2021
Death
Les McKeown
Les McKeown died
1956
Death
Lieven Duvosel
Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78
1984
Death
Mabel Mercer
Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84
1968
Death
Marion Weeks
Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81
1900
Death
Mebel Mercer
Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies
2024
Death
Michael Cuscuna
Michael Cuscuna died
1869
Death
Piotr Studzinski
Piotr Studzinski, composer, dies at 42
2022
Death
Robert Morse
Robert Morse died
2026
Death
Sergei Stadler
Sergei Stadler died
1991
Death
Steve Marriott
Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44
2008
Death
VL Mike
VL Mike, American Rapper (b. 1976)
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