Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/October 20
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- Dannii Minogue, Australian pop music singer, turns 37.
- Snoop Dogg, (nee Calvin Broadus) American rapper, turns 37.
- Michael Johns, Australian-born American singer and former American Idol contestant, turns 30.
- Norman Blake, Scottish singer-songwriter for Teenage Fanclub, turns 43.
- David Ryan, American drummer with The Lemonheads, turns 44.
- Ray Jones, Brit bassist with The Dakotas, turns 69.
- Jim Sonefeld, American musician; Hootie & the Blowfish founding member, turns 44.
- Mark King, Brit bassist and vocalist for Level 42, turns 50.
- Tom Petty, American guitarist and vocalist for Traveling Wilburys, turns 55.
- Martin Taylor, Brit jazz guitarist and vocalist, turns 52.
- Al Greenwood, American keyboardist for Foreigner, turns 57.
- Ric Lee, Brit drummer of Ten Years After fame, turns 63.
- Wanda Jackson, American rockabilly singer, turns 71.
- Kathy Kirby, British singer and runner-up at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, turns 68.
- David Mancuso, American disc jockey, turns 64.
- Dann Gillen, American fourth-generation drummer; session musician with Annie Lennox, Nia Peeples, turns 41.
- Steve Orich, acclaimed composer and orchestrator, turns 54.
- Ivo Pogorelić, Croatian pianist, turns 50.
- Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer of Morning Musume fame, turns 20.
- Jay Siegel, American doo wop vocalist with The Tokens, turns 69.
- Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist with MxPx, turns 32.
- Alex Nackman, American singer and guitarist, turns 25.
- Wanda Jackson, American rock and roll singer and songwriter, turns 71.
- Jon Lloyd, Brit soprano saxophonist, turns 50.
- Russell Gunn, American trumpeter, turns 37.
- John Carter, Brit singer and music producer of The Ivy League fame, turns 66.
- Willie Jones (October 20, 1929 – April , 1991), American drummer, would have turned 79 this year.
- Johnny Best (October 20, 1913 – September 20, 2003), American trumpeter, would have turned 95 this year.
- Adelaide Hall (October 20, 1901 – November 07, 1993), American vocalist, would have turned 107 this year.
- Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 05, 1996), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 74 this year.
- Carl Kress (October 20, 1907 – June 10, 1965), American guitarist, would have turned 101 this year.
- Grandpa Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), (nee Louis Marshall Jones) American country music singer, would have turned 95 this year.
- Carl Mikuli (October 20, 1819 – May 21, 1897), Polish pianist, would have turned 189 this year.
- Charles Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954), American composer, would have turned 134 this year.
- Ray Linn (October 20, 1920 – November , 1996), American trumpeter, would have turned 88 this year.
- Jelly Roll Morton (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), American arranger, bandleader, composer, and pianist, would have turned 118 this year.
