April 20

Events


 * 1926 – Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
 * 1939 – Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit"

Births


 * 1895 – Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
 * 1908 – Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002)
 * 1923 – Tito Puente, American musician (d. 2000)
 * 1939 – Johnny Tillotson, American singer
 * 1947 – Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)
 * 1948 – Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk & Bob Seger)
 * 1951 – Luther Vandross, American singer (d. 2005)
 * 1965 – April March, American Musician
 * 1967 – Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater)
 * 1971 – Tina Cousins, English singer
 * 1972 – Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician