Musicians Born on October 20

October 20 Calendar

American composer (Holiday Quick Step), born in Danbury, Connecticut

1877 Josephine McGill, American composer and folksong collector, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1919)
1884 Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), born in New York City (d. 1966)
1890 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton [LeMothe], American jazz pioneer pianist and composer (King Porter Stomp), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1941)
1900 Rodolfo Halffter, Spanish composer, and music critic, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1987)
1901 Adelaide Hall, American-English musical theatre, cabaret, and jazz singer (Cotton Club; "Creole Love Call" with Duke Ellington), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1993) [1]
1901 Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, born in Linden, Germany (d. 1977)
1908 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), born in Kellyville, Texas (d. 1989)
1913 (Louis) "Grandpa" Jones, American country music singer and banjo wizard (Hee-Haw), born in Niagra, Kentucky (d. 1998)
1913 Angelo Ephrikian, Armenian-Italian composer, born in Treviso, Italy (d. 1982)
1913 Johnny Best, American big band jazz and session trumpeter (Artie Shaw; Glenn Miller), born in Shelby, North Carolina (d. 2003)
1914 Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers and actor (The Five Heartbeats), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2006)
1915 Giora Schuster, German-Israeli composer, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 2006)
1923 Robert Craft, American conductor, writer and friend of Stravinsky, born in Kingston, New York (d. 2015)
1925 Herman Roelstraete, Belgium composer, born in Lauwe, Belgium (d. 1985)
1925 Tom Dowd, American recording engineer and producer (innovator of multitrack recording), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2002)
1931 Jules Eskin, American cellist (Boston Symphony, 1964-2016), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
1934 Eddie Harris, American jazz saxophonist and composer ("Freedom Jazz Dance"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
1936 Joanna Simon, American mezzo-soprano (1962-86), and Emmy Award-winning arts journalist (PBS, 1986-92), born in New York City (d. 2022) [1]
1937 Wanda Jackson, American country singer ("Let's Have a Party"), born in Maud, Oklahoma
1939 Jay Siegel, American rock bassist (Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), born in Brooklyn, New York
1939 Raymond Jones, British keyboardist and songwriter, born in Oldham, England
1940 Kathy Kirby, English singer ("Secret Love"), born in Ilford, England (d. 2011)
1942 Joe Bourne, American jazz and gospel singer ("Upbeat and Sweet"), and visual artist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1943 Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano, born in Zagreb, Croatia
1944 William Hugh Albright, American composer and musician, born in Gary, Indiana (d. 1998)
1945 Ric Lee, British blues-rock drummer (Ten Years After - "Love Like a Man"), born in Mansfield, England
1945 Thomas Pasatieri, American opera composer (Frau Margot), born in New York City
1950 Elodie Lauten [Genevieve Schecroun], French-American composer (The Death of Don Juan), born in Paris (d. 2014)

American classic rock singer and songwriter (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "American Girl"; Traveling Wilburys - "Last Night"; solo -"I Won't Back Down"), born in Gainesville, Florida

1951 Al Greenwood, American keyboardist (Foreigner - "Feels Like the First Time"), born in New York City
1954 Günter Müller, German sound artist, improvisor and percussionist, born in Munich, West Germany
1954 Steve Orich, American orchestrator and composer (Jersey Boys), born in New York City
1955 Thomas Newman, American film score composer (The Shawshank Redemption; Finding Nemo; Six Feet Under; WALL-E), born in Los Angeles, California
1957 Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress and singer, born in Helsinki, Finland
1958 Ivo Pogorelić, Croatian pianist (1978 Casagrande winner), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1958 Mark King, English rock bassist and vocalist (Level 42 - "Standing in the Light"; "Love Games"), born in Cowes, England
1958 Ricky Byrd, American rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts), born in The Bronx, New York
1959 Vasti Jackson, American electric blues guitarist, music director, and record producer, born in McComb, Mississippi
1960 Lepa Brena 'Yugoslavia’s Madonna', Yugoslav singer, born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia
1962 Stuart Bruce, English recording engineer (Band Aid -"Do They Know It's Christmas?": Loreena McKennitt), born in Northolt, Middlesex, England
1964 Zap Mama [Marie Daulne], Belgian-Congolese Afro-pop and world music singer-songwriter, born in Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1965 Norman Blake, Scottish musician (Teenage Fanclub), born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
1966 Fred Coury, American glam rock drummer (Cinderella -"Heartbreak Station"; "Nobody's Fool"), born in Johnston, New York
1967 Luck Mervil, Haitian-Québécois actor and singer-songwriter, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1971 Dannii Minogue, Australian singer, sister of Kylie Minogue, born in Melbourne, Victoria

1971 American rapper ("What's My Name"; "Drop It Like It's Hot"), born in Long Beach, California

1974 SubtractiveLAD [Stephen Hummel] Canadian electronic music composer and performer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1976 Tom Wisniewski, American Christian-punk guitarist (MxPx), born in Dunoon, Scotland
1977 Leila Josefowicz, Canadian-American classical violinist, born in Mississauga, Ontario
1978 Paul Wilson, Scottish bass player (Snow Patrol), born in Kinlochleven, Scotland
1980 Gary Jarman, English musician (The Cribs), born in Wakefield, England
1988 Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer (Morning Musume), born in Yokohama, Japan

1999 American rapper ("Bandit"; Tyler the Creator -"WusYaName"), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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