Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Chilly Gonzales

Jason Charles Beck, professionally known as Chilly Gonzales or just Gonzales, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and producer. Currently based in London, England, he previously lived for several years in Paris, Berlin, and Cologne. Gonzales' career spans numerous genres. He is known for his rap albums, his collaborations with singer and musician Feist and rapper Drake, his albums of classical piano compositions, and for his collaborations with electronic musicians Daft Punk and Boys Noize, the latter of whom he also produces under the moniker Octave Minds.

Born

1972

March 20

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1972 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1206 Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1600 The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
1602 The Dutch East India Company is established.
1616 Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.

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The world in 1972

When Chilly arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Amalie Sara Colquhoun 1894–1974 Australian landscape and portrait painter (born 1894) Edoardo Ballerini 1970– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Elisabeth Geleerd 1909–1969 Dutch-American psychoanalyst (died 1969) Ivan Mazepa 1639–1709 Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1709) James P. Gordon 1928–2013 American physicist and academic (born 1928) Jenni Vartiainen 1983– Finnish singer John Joubert 1927– South African-English composer and academic (died 2019) Lee "Scratch" Perry 1936–2021 Jamaican reggae producer (born 1936) Ovid -43– Roman poet (died 17)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1972

Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor Dave Roberts 1972– American baseball player and coach

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