On This Day in Music: April 20

On April 20 in music history, 34 artists were born, 28 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them Madonna (1992), Luther Vandross (1951) and Tito Puente (1923).

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Madonna

Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner

Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross, NYC, rock vocalist (Dance with my Father), (d. 2005) was born

Tito Puente

Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania) was born

Björn Skifs

Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede) was born

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Born on April 20

Auguste Chapuis

Auguste Chapuis, composer was born

Balthasar Schmid

Balthasar Schmid, composer was born

Björn Skifs

Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede) was born

Bob Braun

Bob Braun, Ludlow Ky, singer (Dotty Mack Show) was born

Brett Edward Garsed

Brett Edward Garsed, Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson) was born

Craig Frost

Craig Frost, keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) was born

Emile Christian

Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973) was born

Fred Raymond

Fred Raymond, composer was born

Georg Michael Telemann

Georg Michael Telemann, composer was born

Gerhard Samuel

Gerhard Samuel, composer was born

Guillaume Albert Teniers

Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer was born

Jasmin Wagner

Jasmin Wagner, German singer was born

Jimmy Winston

Jimmy Winston, London, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park) was born

Johann Friedrich Kloffler

Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer was born

Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier

Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer was born

John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor was born

Johnny Tillotson

Johnny Tillotson, Jacksonville Fla, singer (Gidget, Poetry in Motion) was born

Kal Swan

Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker was born

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below) was born

Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross, NYC, rock vocalist (Dance with my Father), (d. 2005) was born

Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern

Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born

Michal

Michal, rocker was born

Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater) was born

Nikolai Miaskovsky

Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) was born

Richard Hoffmann

Richard Hoffmann, composer was born

Richenel

Richenel, [Hubertus R Baars], singer/performer (Turn My Page) was born

Sem Dresden

Sem Dresden, composer/conductor was born

Simeon Roncal

Simeon Roncal, composer was born

Stephen Marley

Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician was born

Tina Cousins

Tina Cousins, English singer was born

Tito Puente

Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania) was born

Vesselin Stoyanov

Vesselin Stoyanov, composer was born

Victor Hollaender

Victor Hollaender, composer was born

William Dollar

William Dollar, St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer was born

Died on April 20

Alan Dale

Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)

Alan Osmond

Alan Osmond died

Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis died

Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)

Antony Tudor

Antony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78

Arthur Harmat

Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76

Christoph Demantius

Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75

Cristina Buarque

Cristina Buarque died

Georg Caspar Weckler

Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63

Gioachino Rossini

Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)

Guitar Shorty

Guitar Shorty died

Horacio Fontova

Horacio Fontova died

Jaap Vranken

Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies

Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe

Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72

Johnny Shines

Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76

Kaj Chydenius

Kaj Chydenius died

Les McKeown

Les McKeown died

Lieven Duvosel

Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78

Mabel Mercer

Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84

Marion Weeks

Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81

Mebel Mercer

Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies

Michael Cuscuna

Michael Cuscuna died

Piotr Studzinski

Piotr Studzinski, composer, dies at 42

Robert Morse

Robert Morse died

Sergei Stadler

Sergei Stadler died

Steve Marriott

Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44

VL Mike

VL Mike, American Rapper (b. 1976)

Releases & milestones on April 20

John Phillips

Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession

Madonna

Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner

NCT Wish

NCT Wish released the album 'Ode to Love'

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