On This Day in Music: September 20

1846 Birth

Agnes Tyrrell

Agnes Tyrrell, composer was born

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1877 Birth

Armand Louis Joseph Marsick

Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer was born

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1653 Birth

Benedict Schultheiss

Benedict Schultheiss, composer was born

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1925 Birth

Bobby Nunn

Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1986) was born

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1795 Birth

Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner

Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer was born

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1886 Birth

Charles Walter Stansby Williams

Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter was born

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1947 Birth

Chuck Panozzo [John]

Chuck Panozzo [John], Chicago, rocker (Styx) was born

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1985 Birth

David Allen

David Allen, American composer and writer was born

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1906 Birth

David Sheinfeld

David Sheinfeld, composer was born

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1897 Birth

Efim Golishev

Efim Golishev, composer was born

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1938 Birth

Eric Gale

Eric Gale, US funk guitarist (Blue Horizon) was born

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1922 Birth

Frank Comstock

Frank Comstock, SD California, orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) was born

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1911 Birth

Frank Devol

Frank Devol, Moundsville WV, orchestra leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster) was born

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1706 Birth

Franz Habermann

Franz Habermann, composer was born

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1924 Birth

Gogi Grant

Gogi Grant, [Audrey Brown], rock vocalist was born

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1593 Birth

Gottfried Scheidt

Gottfried Scheidt, composer was born

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1967 Birth

Gunnar Nelson

Gunnar Nelson, rock vocalist (Nelsons-Love & Affection) was born

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1866 Birth

Gustave Doret

Gustave Doret, composer was born

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1880 Birth

Ildebrando Pizzetti

Ildebrando Pizzetti, composer was born

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1987 Birth

Jack Lawless

Jack Lawless, American drummer for the Jonas Brothers was born

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1879 Birth

Jacobo Conrad

Jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Curacaos composer was born

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1949 Birth

Jan Hendriks

Jan Hendriks, guitarist (Doe Maar) was born

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1911 Birth

Jan Mul

Jan Mul, composer was born

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1938 Birth

Jane Manning

Jane Manning, soprano was born

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1953 Birth

Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones, Red Rider, rock bassist/vocalist (Red Rider) was born

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1832 Birth

Johann Joseph Abert

Johann Joseph Abert, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Johnny Dankworth

Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer was born

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1767 Birth

Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia

Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer was born

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1945 Birth

Laurie Spiegel

Laurie Spiegel, composer was born

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1901 Birth

Leo Justinus Kauffmann

Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer was born

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1950 Birth

Loredana Berte

Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg was born

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1935 Birth

Lubos Fiser

Lubos Fiser, composer was born

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1990 Birth

Marilou

Marilou, Quebec pop singer was born

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1971 Birth

Masashi Hamauzu

Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer was born

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1967 Birth

Matthew Nelson

Matthew Nelson, rock vocalist (Nelsons-Love & Affection) was born

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1947 Birth

Mia Martini

Mia Martini, Italian singer (d. 1995) was born

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1937 Birth

Monica Zetterlund

Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005) was born

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1977 Birth

Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro, Japanese pop singer was born

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1966 Birth

Nuno Bettencourt

Nuno Bettencourt, Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words) was born

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1978 Birth

Patrizio Buanne

Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer was born

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1884 Birth

Piotr Rytel

Piotr Rytel, composer was born

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1663 Birth

Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli

Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer was born

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1777 Birth

Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba

Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Roek Williams

Roek Williams, [Willemze], Dutch singer was born

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1978 Birth

Sarit Hadad

Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer was born

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1968 Birth

Tim Rogers

Tim Rogers, Australian singer / songwriter was born

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1900 Birth

Uuno Kalervo Klami

Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer was born

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1900 Birth

Wilhelm Weismann

Wilhelm Weismann, composer was born

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1922 Birth

William Kapell

William Kapell, American pianist (d. 1953) was born

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1976 Birth

Yo Hitoto

Yo Hitoto, Japanese pop singer was born

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1983 Birth

Yuna Ito

Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress was born

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2006 Death

Armin Jordan

Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)

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1973 Death

Ben Webster

Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies

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2021 Death

Claude Lombard

Claude Lombard died

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1630 Death

Claudio Saracini

Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)

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1823 Death

Daniel Steibelt

Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57

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1997 Death

Edmund Falkiner

Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59

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1968 Death

Frank Pelleg

Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57

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1460 Death

Gilles Binchois

Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer

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1647 Death

Giovanni Del Turco

Giovanni Del Turco, composer, dies at 70

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1896 Death

Gottfried Conradi

Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76

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1967 Death

Henri Mulet

Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88

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1957 Death

Jean Julius Christian Sibelius

Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91

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1973 Death

Jim Croce

Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30

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1994 Death

Jimmy Hamilton

Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist, dies at 77

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1976 Death

Johan Boskamp

Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83

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1886 Death

John Liptrot Hatton

John Liptrot Hatton, composer, dies at 77

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2006 Death

John W. Peterson

John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)

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1994 Death

Jule Styne

Jule Styne, Broadway composer (Gypsy, Funny Girl), dies at 88

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1897 Death

Karel Bendl

Karel Bendl, composer, dies at 59

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2024 Death

Kathryn Crosby

Kathryn Crosby died

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2010 Death

Leonard Skinner

Leonard Skinner, American high school gym teacher; namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (b. 1933)

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1590 Death

Lodovico Agostini

Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)

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1648 Death

Marco Ivan Lukacic

Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer, dies at 61

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1960 Death

Michel Brusselmans

Michel Brusselmans, composer, dies at 74

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1949 Death

Nikolaos Skalkottas

Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45

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1908 Death

Pablo Martin Melitou de Sarasate y Navascuez

Pablo Martin Melitou de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer, dies at 64

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1996 Death

Paul Draper

Paul Draper, dancer, dies at 87

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1996 Death

Paul Weston

Paul Weston, bandleader, dies at 84

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1706 Death

Pierre Verdier

Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79

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1974 Death

Robert Herberigs

Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d'Eve), dies at 88

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2021 Death

Sarah Dash

Sarah Dash died

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2024 Death

Sayuri

Sayuri died

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1984 Death

Steve Goodman

Steve Goodman, folk singer/guitarist, dies at 36

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1922 Event

Al Goodman

Goodman & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC

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1989 Event

Claude-Michel Schonberg

Musical "Miss Saigon," premieres in London

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1922 Event

Franco Ventriglia

Franco Ventriglia, Fairfield, Connecticut,opera singer, (d. 2012)

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2024 Event

Katy Perry

Katy Perry released the album '143'

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2024 Event

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado released the album '7'

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2024 Event

Nightwish

Nightwish released the album 'Yesterwynde'

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1976 Event

The Beatles

Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion

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1938 Event

Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович

Dmitri Shostakovitch's Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres

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