Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 20
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- Nicky Wire, (born Nicholas Allen Jones) Brit vocalist with Manic Street Preachers, turns 39.
- Heather Small, Brit soul music vocalist with M People, turns 43.
- Jeff Andrews, American bassist, turns 48.
- Slim Whitman, American country music singer, turns 84.
- Paul Stanley, American guitarist and vocalist with Kiss, turns 56.
- Jimmy Chambers, Brit vocalist with Londonbeat, turns 62.
- Rick Evans, American vocalist of Zager and Evans fame, turns 65.
- John Michael Montgomery, American country music singer and brother to Eddie Montgomery, turns 43.
- George Grantham, American drummer of Poco fame, turns 61.
- Ian Hill, Brit bassist for Judas Priest, turns 50.
- Eric Stewart, Brit guitarist and keyboardist with 10cc, Hotlegs, and The Mindbenders, turns 63.
- Chuck Domanico (January 20, 1944–Oct 17, 2002), American bass player, would have turned 64 this year.
- Greg Kriesel, American bassist with The Offspring, turns 43.
- Derrick Green, American singer with heavy metal act, Sepultura, turns 37.
- Jorge Navarro, Argentinian pianist, turns 68.
- Valery Ponomarev, Russian trumpeter, turns 65.
- Rob Bourdon, American drummer of Linkin Park fame, turns 29.
- James Genus, American bassist with Dave Douglas Sextet and Elysian Fields, turns 42.
- Will Young, Brit singer, turns 29.
- Andy Sheppard, Brit flautist and tenor saxophonist, turns 51.
- Riccardo Del Fra, Italian session musician (bassist), turns 52.
- Jeff 'Tain' Watts, American drummer, turns 48.
- Ray Anthony, American bandleader and trumpeter, turns 86.
- Giovanni Tommaso, Italian arranger and contrabassoonist with Perigeo, turns 67.
- Jimmy Cobb, American drummer, turns 79.
- Johnny Hawksworth, Brit composer and double bassist with Ted Heath, turns 84.
- Antoine Herve, French composer and pianist, turns 49.
- Edwin McCain, American pop rock singer, turns 38.
- Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer and Eurovision Song Contest 1960 contestant, turns 85.
- Connie Haines, (born Yvonne Marie Jamais) American traditional pop vocalist with Tommy Dorsey, turns 86.
- ?uestlove, (born Ahmir Thompson) American Soulquarian and drummer with The Roots, turns 37.
- Gary Barlow, Brit boy band vocalist, pianist, and songwriter of Take That fame, turns 37.
- Tina O'Neill, Brit drummer, We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It, turns 39.
- Scott Thunes, American guitarist with Frank Zappa, Steve Vai and The Waterboys, turns 1812.
- Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, Somali-American R&B singer, turns 40.
- Jimmy Johnson, American drummer, turns 78.
- David Tudor (January 20, 1926 – August 13, 1996), American pianist and composer of experimental music, would have turned 82 this year.
- Mischa Elman (January 20, 1891 – April 05, 1967), Ukrainian violinist, would have turned 117 this year.
- Mel Pritchard (January 20, 1948 – January 28, 2004), Brit drummer with Barclay James Harvest, would have turned 60 this year.
- Yvette Guilbert (January 20, 1867 – February 04, 1944), French music-hall singer and actress, would have turned 141 this year.
- Juan García Esquivel (January 20, 1918 – January 03, 2002), Mexican composer of film scores, would have turned 90 this year.
- Johann Schein (January 20, 1586 – November 19, 1630), German Baroque music composer, would have turned 422 this year.
- Bill LeSage (January 20, 1927 – October 31, 2001), Brit pianist and vibraphonist, would have turned 81 this year.
- Ron Townson (January 20, 1933 – August 02, 2001), American drummer with The Fifth Dimension, would have turned 75 this year.
- Józef Hofmann (January 20, 1876 – February 16, 1967), Polish-American pianist and composer of classical music, would have turned 132 this year.
- Ernest Chausson (January 20, 1855 – June 10, 1899), French composer, would have turned 153 this year.
- Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer (January 20, 1783 – March 06, 1860), German cellist and composer, would have turned 225 this year.
- Ruth St. Denis (January 20, 1877 – July 21, 1968), (born Ruth Dennis) American vaudeville-era choreographer and dancer, would have turned 131 this year.
- Walter Piston (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), American composer and music theorist, would have turned 114 this year.
- Lead Belly (January 20, 1889 – December 06, 1949), (born Huddie Ledbetter) American blues-singing twelve string guitarist, would have turned 119 this year.
