Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/March 20

• Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist, turns 77.
• Carl Palmer, English drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), turns 76.
• Jimmie Vaughan, American guitarist of The Fabulous Thunderbirds fame, turns 75.

• Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer and songwriter from Taisha, Shimane, now the city of Izumo, turns 71.

• Alphonso Martin, Brit percussionist with Steel Pulse, turns 70.
• Richard Drummie, Brit vocalist of Go West fame, turns 67.
• Slim Jim Phantom, American drummer for Stray Cats, turns 65.
• Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer, turns 62.
• David Shuttleworth, Brit drummer with Terrorvision, turns 59.
• Frederick Schönfeldt, Swedish guitarist with The Wannadies, turns 58.
• Shelly Poole, Brit singer-songwriter of Alisha's Attic fame and daughter to Brian Poole, turns 54.
• Alex Kapranos, Brit guitarist with Franz Ferdinand, turns 54.

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• Chester Bennington (March 20, 1976–July 20, 2017), American vocalist of Linkin Park fame, would have turned 50 this year.
• Jerry Reed (March 20, 1937 –September 1, 2008), American actor, songwriter, and guitarist, would have turned 89 this year.
• Lee "Scratch" Perry (March 20, 1936–August 29, 2021), Jamaican Reggae artist, would have turned 90 this year.
• Larry Elgart (March 20, 1922 –August 29, 2017), American saxophonist and bandleader, would have turned 104 this year.
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1921–October 09, 1973), American gospel singer, would have turned 105 this year.
• Marian McPartland (March 20, 1918 –August 20, 2013), British jazz pianist, would have turned 108 this year.
• Sviatoslav Richter (March 20, 1915 –August 01, 1997), Soviet and Russian classical pianist, would have turned 111 this year.