17 February 20

I'm wearing a nice "musical instruments" tie, celebrating what I designated last year as "Lesser Known Musicians Day." Here are 45 musicians born on this day; how many of them do you recognize?

1444 Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist/composer (Concerto Grossi), born in Fusignano, Italy (d. 1713)
1667 Georg Bronner, German composer and organist, born in Hamburg (d. 1720) baptismal date
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer
1696 Ernst Gottlieb Baron, composer, born in Breslau Silesia
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer
1747 Narciso Casanovas, composer
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, Czech composer and organist, born in Cítoliby, Czech Republic (d. 1792)
1796 Giovanni Pacini, composer
1816 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer
1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
1831 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
1850 Anton Urspruch, composer
1850 Ludwig Bonvin, composer
1858 Ernest Ford, English composer, born in Warminster, Wiltshire (d. 1919)
1862 Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
1882 Kurt Schindler, composer
1887 Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
1906 Ramon Tapales, composer
1907 Alec Wilder, composer (1973 ASCAP award), born in Rochester, New York
1913 Oskar Danon, Yugoslav composer, born in Sarajevo (d. 2009)
1913 Rene Leibowitz, composer
1915 Homer Keller, American composer (d. 1996)
1920 Paul Fetler, American composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1925 Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1926 Friedrich Cerha, composer
1926 Lee Hoiby, composer (1957 Arts & Letters), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1930 Usko Merilainen, composer
1932 Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw)
1933 Bobby Lewis, singer (Tossin' & Turnin'), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1935 Johnny Bush, country singer
1939 John Leyton, British singer
1941 Gene Pitney, vocalist/songwriter (Town Without Pity), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1944 Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer
1948 José José, Mexican singer and actor
1957 Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician
1966 Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004)
1966 Michael Lepond, American musician
1967 Chanté Moore, American R&B singer, actress and author (Precious), born in San Francisco, California
1970 Tim Mahoney, American musician (311)
1971 Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005)
1972 Billie Joe Armstrong, singer/musician (Green Day), born in Oakland, California
1972 Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
1974 Kaoru, Japanese musician
1991 Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter (Shape of You, Thinking Out Loud), born in Halifax, England