1846-09-20
Birth
Agnes Tyrrell
Agnes Tyrrell, composer was born
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1877-09-20
Birth
Armand Louis Joseph Marsick
Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer was born
1653-09-20
Birth
Benedict Schultheiss
Benedict Schultheiss, composer was born
1925-09-20
Birth
Bobby Nunn
Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1986) was born
1795-09-20
Birth
Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner
Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer was born
1886-09-20
Birth
Charles Walter Stansby Williams
Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter was born
1947-09-20
Birth
Chuck Panozzo [John]
Chuck Panozzo [John], Chicago, rocker (Styx) was born
1985-09-20
Birth
David Allen
David Allen, American composer and writer was born
1906-09-20
Birth
David Sheinfeld
David Sheinfeld, composer was born
1897-09-20
Birth
Efim Golishev
Efim Golishev, composer was born
1938-09-20
Birth
Eric Gale
Eric Gale, US funk guitarist (Blue Horizon) was born
1922-09-20
Birth
Frank Comstock
Frank Comstock, SD California, orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) was born
1911-09-20
Birth
Frank Devol
Frank Devol, Moundsville WV, orchestra leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster) was born
1706-09-20
Birth
Franz Habermann
Franz Habermann, composer was born
1924-09-20
Birth
Gogi Grant
Gogi Grant, [Audrey Brown], rock vocalist was born
1593-09-20
Birth
Gottfried Scheidt
Gottfried Scheidt, composer was born
1967-09-20
Birth
Gunnar Nelson
Gunnar Nelson, rock vocalist (Nelsons-Love & Affection) was born
1866-09-20
Birth
Gustave Doret
Gustave Doret, composer was born
1880-09-20
Birth
Ildebrando Pizzetti
Ildebrando Pizzetti, composer was born
1987-09-20
Birth
Jack Lawless
Jack Lawless, American drummer for the Jonas Brothers was born
1879-09-20
Birth
Jacobo Conrad
Jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Curacaos composer was born
1949-09-20
Birth
Jan Hendriks
Jan Hendriks, guitarist (Doe Maar) was born
1911-09-20
Birth
Jan Mul
Jan Mul, composer was born
1938-09-20
Birth
Jane Manning
Jane Manning, soprano was born
1953-09-20
Birth
Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones, Red Rider, rock bassist/vocalist (Red Rider) was born
1832-09-20
Birth
Johann Joseph Abert
Johann Joseph Abert, composer was born
1927-09-20
Birth
Johnny Dankworth
Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer was born
1767-09-20
Birth
Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia
Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer was born
1945-09-20
Birth
Laurie Spiegel
Laurie Spiegel, composer was born
1901-09-20
Birth
Leo Justinus Kauffmann
Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer was born
1950-09-20
Birth
Loredana Berte
Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg was born
1935-09-20
Birth
Lubos Fiser
Lubos Fiser, composer was born
1990-09-20
Birth
Marilou
Marilou, Quebec pop singer was born
1971-09-20
Birth
Masashi Hamauzu
Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer was born
1967-09-20
Birth
Matthew Nelson
Matthew Nelson, rock vocalist (Nelsons-Love & Affection) was born
1947-09-20
Birth
Mia Martini
Mia Martini, Italian singer (d. 1995) was born
1937-09-20
Birth
Monica Zetterlund
Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005) was born
1977-09-20
Birth
Namie Amuro
Namie Amuro, Japanese pop singer was born
1966-09-20
Birth
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt, Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words) was born
1978-09-20
Birth
Patrizio Buanne
Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer was born
1884-09-20
Birth
Piotr Rytel
Piotr Rytel, composer was born
1663-09-20
Birth
Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli
Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer was born
1777-09-20
Birth
Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba
Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer was born
1943-09-20
Birth
Roek Williams
Roek Williams, [Willemze], Dutch singer was born
1978-09-20
Birth
Sarit Hadad
Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer was born
1968-09-20
Birth
Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers, Australian singer / songwriter was born
1900-09-20
Birth
Uuno Kalervo Klami
Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer was born
1900-09-20
Birth
Wilhelm Weismann
Wilhelm Weismann, composer was born
1922-09-20
Birth
William Kapell
William Kapell, American pianist (d. 1953) was born
1976-09-20
Birth
Yo Hitoto
Yo Hitoto, Japanese pop singer was born
1983-09-20
Birth
Yuna Ito
Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress was born
2006-09-20
Death
Armin Jordan
Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
1973-09-20
Death
Ben Webster
Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies
1630-09-20
Death
Claudio Saracini
Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
1823-09-20
Death
Daniel Steibelt
Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57
1997-09-20
Death
Edmund Falkiner
Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59
1968-09-20
Death
Frank Pelleg
Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57
1460-09-20
Death
Gilles Binchois
Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer
1647-09-20
Death
Giovanni Del Turco
Giovanni Del Turco, composer, dies at 70
1896-09-20
Death
Gottfried Conradi
Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76
1967-09-20
Death
Henri Mulet
Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88
1957-09-20
Death
Jean Julius Christian Sibelius
Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91
1973-09-20
Death
Jim Croce
Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30
1994-09-20
Death
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist, dies at 77
1976-09-20
Death
Johan Boskamp
Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83
1886-09-20
Death
John Liptrot Hatton
John Liptrot Hatton, composer, dies at 77
2006-09-20
Death
John W. Peterson
John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
1994-09-20
Death
Jule Styne
Jule Styne, Broadway composer (Gypsy, Funny Girl), dies at 88
1897-09-20
Death
Karel Bendl
Karel Bendl, composer, dies at 59
2010-09-20
Death
Leonard Skinner
Leonard Skinner, American high school gym teacher; namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (b. 1933)
1590-09-20
Death
Lodovico Agostini
Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)
1648-09-20
Death
Marco Ivan Lukacic
Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer, dies at 61
1960-09-20
Death
Michel Brusselmans
Michel Brusselmans, composer, dies at 74
1949-09-20
Death
Nikolaos Skalkottas
Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45
1908-09-20
Death
Pablo Martin Melitou de Sarasate y Navascuez
Pablo Martin Melitou de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer, dies at 64
1996-09-20
Death
Paul Draper
Paul Draper, dancer, dies at 87
1996-09-20
Death
Paul Weston
Paul Weston, bandleader, dies at 84
1706-09-20
Death
Pierre Verdier
Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79
1974-09-20
Death
Robert Herberigs
Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d'Eve), dies at 88
1984-09-20
Death
Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman, folk singer/guitarist, dies at 36
1922-09-20
Event
Al Goodman
Goodman & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
1989-09-20
Event
Claude-Michel Schonberg
Musical "Miss Saigon," premieres in London
1922-09-20
Event
Franco Ventriglia
Franco Ventriglia, Fairfield, Connecticut,opera singer, (d. 2012)
1976-09-20
Event
The Beatles
Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion
1938-09-20
Event
Дмитрий Дмитриевич ШоÑтакович
Dmitri Shostakovitch's Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres
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