Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/February 20

• Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and social activist, turns 83.
• Anthony Davis, American opera and film score composer, turns 73.
• Uwe Kropinski, German session musician (guitar) with Volker Schlott, David Friesen, John Stowell, Cecil McBee, and Pheeroan Aklaff, turns 72.
• Jon Brant, 12-string bass player with Cheap Trick, turns 70.
• Mark Reilly, Brit vocalist with Matt Bianco, turns 64.
• Ian Brown, Brit vocalist with The Stone Roses, turns 61.
• Neil Primrose, Brit drummer with Travis, turns 52.
• Brian Littrell, American boy band vocalist of Backstreet Boys fame, turns 49.
• Edwin Graham, Australian drummer with The Darkness, turns 47.
• Yulia Volkova, Russian girl group vocalist of t.A.T.u. fame, turns 39.
• Rihanna, Barbadian singer and song writer, turns 36.
• Olivia Rodrigo, American singer and song writer, turns 21.

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• Kurt Cobain (February 20, 1967 –April 05, 1994), American guitarist and vocalist of Nirvana fame, would have turned 57 this year.
• Randy California (February 20, 1951 –January 02, 1997), (born Randy Craig Wolfe) American guitarist, singer, and songwriter with Spirit, would have turned 73 this year.
• Walter Becker (February 20, 1950–September 03, 2017), American composer and multi-instrumentalist of Steely Dan fame, would have turned 74 this year.
• J. Geils (born John Warren Geils Jr.) (February 20, 1946 –April 11, 2017), American guitarist with The J. Geils Band, would have turned 78 this year.
• Alan Hull (February 20, 1945 –November 17, 1995), Brit guitarist, singer, and songwriter of Lindisfarne fame, would have turned 79 this year.
• Lew Soloff (February 20, 1944–March 08, 2015), American trumpeter with Blood, Sweat & Tears, would have turned 80 this year.
• Nancy Wilson (February 20, 1937–December 13, 2018), American jazz singer and Jazz Profiles host, would have turned 87 this year.