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Songs for May 20

Songs for May 20

Syd Dale, Bruno Nicolai, Charles Blackwell, Janko Nilovic, Vangelis Papathanassiou, Sterling Magee, Shorty Long, Joe Cocker, Sonny & Cher, The Go-Go’s, The Cowsills, Chicago, and The B-52’s

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Good morning, pilgrims. It’s May 20, and it’s a big day for film and television music composers and arrangers — an unusual convergence.

Syd Dale was born this day in 1924. He worked mostly in television and advertising. If you are British and of a certain vintage, you certainly know this one.

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