On This Day in Music: January 20

1971-01-20 Birth

Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson

Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, American drummer (The Roots) was born

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1899-01-20 Birth

Alexander Tcherepnin

Alexander Tcherepnin, composer was born

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1855-01-20 Birth

Amedee-Ernest Chausson

Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born

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1900-01-20 Birth

Boris Semyonovich Shekhter

Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer was born

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1926-01-20 Birth

David Eugene Tudor

David Eugene Tudor, Phila Penn, composer was born

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1896-01-20 Birth

Elmer R Diktonius

Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik) was born

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1910-01-20 Birth

Ennio Porrino

Ennio Porrino, composer was born

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1945-01-20 Birth

Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10cc-I'm Not in Love) was born

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1895-01-20 Birth

Eva A Jessye

Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah) was born

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1943-01-20 Birth

Farhad Mehrad

Farhad Mehrad, Iranian musician was born

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1681-01-20 Birth

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer was born

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1971-01-20 Birth

Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That) was born

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1947-01-20 Birth

George Grantham

George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes) was born

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1761-01-20 Birth

Giovanni Domenico Perotti

Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born

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1965-01-20 Birth

Greg Kriesel

Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring) was born

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1870-01-20 Birth

Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu

Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer was born

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1931-01-20 Birth

Hachidai Nakamura

Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (d. 1992) was born

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1950-01-20 Birth

Henk Batenburgh

Henk Batenburgh, cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht) was born

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1955-01-20 Birth

Hiromi ÅŒta

Hiromi ÅŒta, Japanese singer was born

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1952-01-20 Birth

Ian Hill

Ian Hill, bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law) was born

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1951-01-20 Birth

Ivan Fischer

Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor was born

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1762-01-20 Birth

Jerome-Joseph de Momigny

Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer was born

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1967-01-20 Birth

Joe Pasquale

Joe Pasquale, rocker (Prey) was born

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1844-01-20 Birth

Johan Peter Selmer

Johan Peter Selmer, composer was born

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1586-01-20 Birth

Johann Hermann Schein

Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born

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1965-01-20 Birth

John Michael Montgomery

John Michael Montgomery, American singer was born

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1940-01-20 Birth

Jorge Peixinho

Jorge Peixinho, composer was born

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1703-01-20 Birth

Joseph-Hector Fiocco

Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer was born

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1783-01-20 Birth

Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer

Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born

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1876-01-20 Birth

Józef Hofmann

Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967) was born

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1888-01-20 Birth

Lead Belly

Lead Belly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line), (d. 1949) was born

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1983-01-20 Birth

Mari Yaguchi

Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born

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1980-01-20 Birth

Matthew Tuck

Matthew Tuck, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine) was born

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1948-01-20 Birth

Mel Pritchard

Mel Pritchard, English rocker (Barclay James Harvest) was born

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1977-01-20 Birth

Melody

Melody, Belgian singer was born

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1891-01-20 Birth

Mischa Elman

Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist was born

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1970-01-20 Birth

Mitch Benn

Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter, actor was born

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1969-01-20 Birth

Nicky Wire

Nicky Wire, British Musician (Manic Street Preachers) was born

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1910-01-20 Birth

Nina Verchinina

Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher was born

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1923-01-20 Birth

Nora Brockstedt

Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer was born

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1743-01-20 Birth

Pascal Boyer

Pascal Boyer, composer was born

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1952-01-20 Birth

Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley, [Eisen], rock guitarist (KISS-Beth) was born

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1941-01-20 Birth

Pierre Lalonde

Pierre Lalonde, Quebec singer and television host was born

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1922-01-20 Birth

Ray Anthony

Ray Anthony, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, American orchestra leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme) was born

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1979-01-20 Birth

Rob Bourdon

Rob Bourdon, American musician (Linkin Park) was born

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1933-01-20 Birth

Ron Townson

Ron Townson, St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away) was born

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1947-01-20 Birth

Ronald Townson

Ronald Townson, rock singer (5th Dimension-We Can Fly) was born

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1919-01-20 Birth

Royalton Kisch

Royalton Kisch, British(?) conductor was born

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1877-01-20 Birth

Ruth St Denis

Ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses) was born

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1809-01-20 Birth

Sebastian de Iradier

Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma) was born

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1942-01-20 Birth

Slim Whitman

Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range) was born

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1919-01-20 Birth

Stepan Lucky

Stepan Lucky, composer was born

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1984-01-20 Birth

Toni Gonzaga

Toni Gonzaga, Filipina Actress and Singer was born

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1966-01-20 Birth

Tracii Guns

Tracii Guns, rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now) was born

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1894-01-20 Birth

Walter Hamor Piston

Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis) was born

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1908-01-20 Birth

Wilfred Conwell Bain

Wilfred Conwell Bain, composer was born

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1979-01-20 Birth

Will Young

Will Young, British singer was born

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1867-01-20 Birth

Yvette Guilbert

Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944) was born

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1924-01-20 Birth

Yvonne Loriod

Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist was born

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1952-01-20 Death

Arthur Farwell

Arthur Farwell, composer, dies at 74

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1859-01-20 Death

Bettina Brentano

Bettina Brentano, composer, dies at 73

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1996-01-20 Death

Buster Benton

Buster Benton, singer/guitarist, dies at 63

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2002-01-20 Death

Carrie Hamilton

Carrie Hamilton, actress and singer (b. 1963)

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1798-01-20 Death

Christian Cannabich

Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66

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1691-01-20 Death

Christian de Placker

Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77

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2009-01-20 Death

David Newman

David Newman, American jazz musician, nicknamed "Fathead" (b. 1933)

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1857-01-20 Death

Edward Francis Fitzwilliam

Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32

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1914-01-20 Death

Emil Liebling

Emil Liebling, composer, dies at 62

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1975-01-20 Death

Franz Andre

Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81

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1890-01-20 Death

Franz Paul Lachner

Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86

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1996-01-20 Death

Gerald Joseph Mulligan

Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68

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1943-01-20 Death

Giacomo Benvenuti

Giacomo Benvenuti, composer, dies at 57

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1979-01-20 Death

Gustav Winckler

Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925)

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1990-01-20 Death

Hayedeh

Hayedeh, Persian singer (b. 1942)

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1914-01-20 Death

Henry Southwick Perkins

Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, dies at 80

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1964-01-20 Death

Jan Rychlik

Jan Rychlik, composer, dies at 47

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1985-01-20 Death

Jo Juda

Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75

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1789-01-20 Death

Johann Christoph Oley

Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50

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1830-01-20 Death

Michal Bogdanowicz

Michal Bogdanowicz, composer, dies at 50

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1990-01-20 Death

Miloslav Istvan

Miloslav Istvan, composer, dies at 61

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1996-01-20 Death

Peter Stadlen

Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85

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1838-01-20 Death

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64

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1905-01-20 Death

Stanislaw Pilinski

Stanislaw Pilinski, composer, dies at 65

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1950-01-20 Event

James Shelton

"Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances

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1991-01-20 Event

Paul Chihara

"Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 72 perfs

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1965-01-20 Event

The Beatles

Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)

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