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

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.