Editing 1920 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 1]]
**[[José Antonio Bottiroli]], Argentine composer and poet (d. [[1990 in music|1990]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Otero|first=Ana María|title=Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana|year=1999|publisher=Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE)|location=Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina|pages=661|url=http://www.jovenmusico.mendoza.edu.ar/docu/AnaOtero-Dicc.pdf|access-date=2011-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425155819/http://www.jovenmusico.mendoza.edu.ar/docu/AnaOtero-Dicc.pdf|archive-date=2012-04-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**[[Virgilio Savona]], Italian singer and songwriter ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) (d. 2009)
**[[Mahmoud Zoufonoun]], Iranian-American violinist (d. 2013)
*[[January 3]] – [[Renato Carosone]], Italian musician and singer (d. [[2001 in music|2001]])
*[[January 5]] – [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]], pianist (d. [[1995 in music|1995]])<ref>{{Cite Grove |author=Bryce Morrison|title=Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18592|date=20 January 2001}}</ref>
*[[January 8]] &ndash; [[Josef Josephi]], Polish-born singer and actor (b. [[1852 in music|1852]])
*[[January 14]]
** [[Cris Alexander]], American actor, singer, dancer, designer, and photographer (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])
** [[Salvador Flores Rivera]], Mexican composer and singer (d. [[1987 in music|1987]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/chava-floress-97th-birthday/|title=Chava Flores's 97th Birthday|website=Google|date=14 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[January 16]] – [[Claude Abadie]], French jazz clarinetist (died 2020)
*[[January 18]] – [[Jan Van Halen]], musician, father of Eddie and Alex Van Halen (d. 1986)
*[[January 24]] – [[Hilario González]], Cuban composer, pianist, musicologist, music educator, and music critic (d. 1999)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Victoria Eli Rodríguez|date=2001|entry=González, Hilario|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46050}}</ref>
*[[February 2]]
** [[Heikki Suolahti]], Finnish composer (d. [[1936 in music|1936]])
** [[Yuriko (dancer)|Yuriko Amemiya]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2022)
*[[February 7]] – [[Oscar Brand]], Canadian-born American folk singer, songwriter and author (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[February 12]] – [[Yoshiko Yamaguchi]], Chinese-Japanese actress and singer (d. [[2014 in music|2014]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Yoshiko Yamaguchi|author2=Sakuya Fujiwara|title=Fragrant Orchid: The Story of My Early Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VDAEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|date=28 February 2015|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-5404-1|pages=1}} - Wikipedia article on book: ''[[Fragrant Orchid: The Story of My Early Life]]''</ref>
*[[February 13]]
**<!--February 13-->[[Boudleaux Bryant]], American songwriter (d. 1987)
**<!--February 13-->[[Eileen Farrell]], American soprano (d. 2002)
*[[February 14]] – [[Albert J. McNeil]], American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author (d. 2022)
*[[February 18]] – [[Rolande Falcinelli]], organist, pianist and composer (d. 2006)
*[[February 23]] – [[Hall Overton]], composer, jazz pianist and music teacher (d. 1972)
*[[February 26]] – [[Henri Crolla]], jazz guitarist and film composer (d. 1960)
*[[February 28]] – [[Albert Elms]], light music composer (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/albert-elms-light-music-composer-7ml2nndf03d|title=Albert Elms: light music composer|date=11 November 2009|newspaper=[[The Times]]|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[March 10]] – [[Boris Vian]], French writer, poet, singer and musician (d. [[1959 in music|1959]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alfred Cismaru|title=Boris Vian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvFcAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-2951-1|page=11}}</ref>
*[[March 16]] – [[John Addison]], British film composer (d. [[1998 in music|1998]])<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Randel|editor-first=Don Michael|title=The Harvard biographical dictionary of music|year=1996|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press|location=Cambridge, Mass.|isbn=0-674-37299-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/5 5]|chapter=Addison, John|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/5}}</ref>
*[[March 17]] – [[John La Montaine]], American composer (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[March 22]] – [[Fanny Waterman]], pianist and music educator (d. 2020)
*[[March 23]] – [[Geoffrey Bush]], British composer, writer and broadcaster (d. [[1998 in music|1998]])
*[[April 7]] – [[Ravi Shankar]], Indian sitarist (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ram Avtar|title=History of Indian Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0XaAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Pankaj Publications|isbn=978-81-87155-64-5|page=92}}</ref>
*[[April 12]] 
**[[The Cox Twins]], music hall entertainers (Frank, d. 2007; Fred, d. 2013)
**[[Anita Ellis (singer)|Anita Ellis]], Canadian-American singer and actress (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Roger D. Kinkle|title=Leading Musical Performers (popular Music and Jazz) 1900-1950: 2150 Biographies Updated to 1996 with Additions and Corrections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4o4AQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Windmill Publications|page=100}}</ref>
*[[April 21]] – [[Bruno Maderna]], conductor and composer (d. 1973)
*[[April 23]] – [[Bebe and Louis Barron|Louis Barron]], film composer (d. [[1989 in music|1989]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Louis Barron; Made Music Electronically |work=The New York Times |date=November 17, 1989}}</ref>
*[[April 27]] &ndash; [[Guido Cantelli]], Italian conductor (d. [[1956 in music|1956]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Walter Legge|title=Walter Legge: Words and Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zX6icuyyVJoC&pg=PA227|year=1998|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-92108-4|pages=227}}</ref>
*[[April 29]] – [[Harold Shapero]], composer (d. 2013)
*[[May 2]] – [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
*[[May 4]] – [[Ronald Chesney]], harmonica player and comedy scriptwriter (d. 2018)
*[[May 13]] – [[Gareth Morris]], flautist (d. [[2007 in music|2007]])<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/03/10/db1002.xml | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Gareth Morris | date=10 March 2007}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*[[May 18]] – [[Lucia Mannucci]], Italian singer ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) (d. 2012)
*[[May 20]] – [[Betty Driver]], British singer and actress (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Betty Driver|author2=Daran Little|title=Betty: The Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rexNAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Granada Media|isbn=978-0-233-99780-3|page=8}}</ref>
*[[May 21]] – [[Bill Barber (musician)|Bill Barber]], jazz musician (d. 2007)
*[[May 23]] – [[Helen O'Connell]], American big band singer (d. [[1993 in music|1993]])<ref>The Annual Obituary - Louise Mooney Collins, Roland Turner - 1993 Page 693  "HELEN O'CONNELL American Singer Born Lima, Ohio, 23 May 1920 Died San Diego, California, 9 September 1993 A ... O'Connell was also the affable host of the Miss Universe Pageant for nine years, and was the longtime television ... "</ref>
*[[May 26]] – [[Peggy Lee]], singer and songwriter (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Strom|title=Miss Peggy Lee: A Career Chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDsIAQAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1936-4|page=5}}</ref>
*[[June 6]]
**[[Dino Asciolla]], violinist (d. 1994)
**[[Jan Rubeš]], Czech-Canadian bass opera singer, actor (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John A. Willis|title=John Willis' Theatre World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V99kAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Crown Publishers.|isbn=978-1-55783-250-4|page=222}}</ref>
**[[Robert Turner (composer)|Robert Turner]], composer (d. 2012)
*[[June 10]] – [[Bonnie Davis]], R&B singer (d. 1976)
*[[June 11]] – [[Hazel Scott]], jazz/classical pianist and singer (d. 1981)
*[[June 19]] – [[Johnny Douglas (conductor)|Johnny Douglas]], film composer and conductor (d. 2003)
*[[June 20]] – [[Danny Cedrone]], American guitarist and bandleader (d. [[1954 in music|1954]])
*[[June 25]] – [[Ozan Marsh]], American concert pianist (d. 1992)
*[[June 26]] – [[Leonid Hambro]], pianist (d. 2006)
*[[July 1]] – [[Amália Rodrigues]], Portuguese singer and actress (d. 1999)
*[[July 13]]
** [[Anna Halprin]], American dancer (d. 2021)
** [[Don Ralke]], American music arranger (d. [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[July 14]] – [[Marijohn Wilkin]], American country and gospel songwriter (d. 2006)
*[[July 19]] – [[Robert Mann]], American violinist (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite book|author=New York Philharmonic|title=Programs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1tkEAAAAMAAJ|year=1956|publisher=Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York.}}</ref>
*[[July 20]] 
**[[Carmen Carrozza]], Italian-born American accordionist (d. 2013)
**[[Thanga Darlong]], Indian folk musician (d. [[2023 in music|2023]])
*[[July 21]] 
**[[Isaac Stern]], Ukrainian-born violinist (d. [[2001 in music|2001]])<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Bradley|last=Bambarger|title=Isaac Stern: Artist And Leader|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8|date=6 October 2001|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=8}}</ref>
**[[Manuel Valls (composer)|Manuel Valls]], Spanish composer (d. 1984)
* [[July 23]] – [[Amália Rodrigues]], Portuguese [[fado]] singer and actress (d. [[1999 in music|1999]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7gHAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0748-4|page=185}}</ref>
* [[July 31]] – [[Walter Arlen]], Austrian-born American composer (d. [[2023 in music|2023]])
*[[August 7]] – [[Françoise Adret]], French ballet dancer, choreographer (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[August 8]]
**<!--August 8-->[[Leo Chiosso]], Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
**<!--August 8-->[[Jimmy Witherspoon]], [[blues]] singer (d. [[1997 in music#Deaths|1997]])
*[[August 26]] – [[Emil Cadkin]], film composer (d. [[2020]])
*[[August 29]] – [[Charlie Parker]], jazz musician (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite book|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Ebony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA132|date=January 1989|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|pages=132}}</ref>
*[[September 3]] – [[Chabuca Granda]], Peruvian singer and composer (d. [[1983 in music|1983]])
*[[September 7]] – [[Al Caiola]], American guitarist, composer, arranger (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Norm N. Nite|author2=Wolfman Jack|title=Rock on: The solid gold years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4404AQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-06-181642-0|page=84}}</ref>
*[[September 14]] – [[Cascarita]] [''a.k.a. Orlando Guerra''], Cuban music singer (d. [[1975 in music|1975]])
*[[September 17]] – [[Jean Perrin (composer)|Jean Perrin]], composer (d. 1989)
*[[September 23]] 
**[[Alexander Arutiunian]], Armenian composer (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Overture: The Magazine of the Baltimore Symphony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0uZLAAAAYAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Association|page=8}}</ref>
**[[Mickey Rooney]], actor and entertainer (d. 2014)
*[[September 25]] &ndash; [[Anne Triola]], American actress, singer and musician (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[September 28]] – [[Irma Baltuttis]], singer and entertainer (d. 1958)
*[[October 5]] – [[Vincent DeRosa]], American musician (d. [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[October 9]] – [[Yusef Lateef]], American jazz musician and composer (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jack Salzman|author2=David L. Smith|author3=Cornel West|title=Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Macmillan Library Reference|isbn=978-0-02-897365-4|page=1579}}</ref>
*[[October 13]] – [[Albert Hague]], songwriter (d. 2001)
*[[October 24]] – [[Steve Conway (singer)|Steve Conway]], British singer (d. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Conway Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-conway-mn0000032317/biography|access-date=2021-09-23|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
*[[October 27]] – [[Nanette Fabray]], actress and singer (d. 2018)
*[[October 31]] – [[Joseph Gelineau]], French composer (d. [[2008 in music|2008]])
*[[November 23]] – [[Enrico De Angelis]], Italian singer and entrepreneur (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[December 6]] – [[Dave Brubeck]], jazz pianist (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Book of Golden Discs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxRAAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Barrie & Jenkins|isbn=978-0-214-20480-7|page=132}}</ref>
*[[December 13]] – [[Teo Usuelli]], Italian film composer (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])
*[[December 14]] – [[Clark Terry]], American jazz musician and composer (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/clark-terry-dead-grammywinning-trumpet-player-dies-aged-94-10062719.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/clark-terry-dead-grammywinning-trumpet-player-dies-aged-94-10062719.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |author=Neela Debnath |title=Clark Terry dead: Grammy-winning trumpet player dies aged 94 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=February 22, 2015 |access-date=February 23, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[December 19]] – [[Little Jimmy Dickens]], American country music singer-songwriter (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kurt Wolff|title=Country Music: The Rough Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Jorozp1yp4C&pg=PA110|year=2000|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-534-4|pages=110}}</ref>
*[[December 31]] &ndash; [[Rex Allen]], American actor, singer and songwriter (d. [[1999 in music|1999]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael McCall|author2=John Rumble|author3=Paul Kingsbury|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLZz02EzmBYC&pg=PA10|date=1 February 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-992083-9|pages=10}}</ref>