Justin Nicholls is the composer that does all the music on one born every minute. You can listen to his music on his official website (related link below).
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The first song Amaryllis plays is source music: the incomplete first phrase of "Rustic Dance" by C.R. Howell. I have found vintage sheet music published in dates ranging from 1924 to 1944, plus it is in many standard piano lesson books (including the one I learned from as a kid in the 1970s.) I found a listing for undated vintage sheet music whose seller suggested it was circa 1890. C.R. Howell was born in 1850, so given shorter life spans of the time, it would be likely that the song was written before the 1912 setting of the show Music Man. The second song Amaryllis plays, the "cross-hand piece," was composed by Meredith Willson for the show, and was designed to be a partner song with "Goodnight My Someone."
Greg Phillinganes (born Gregory Arthur Phillinganes on May 12, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan)
He also played in the bands Ace, Mike and the Mechanics, and Roxy music.
William Byrd the 16th century composer was born in England. William Byrd I, the Virginian planter and slave owner was born in England, his son William Byrd II was born in Virginia, as was his grandson William Byrd III who fought in the French and Indian War. So take your pick.
They were born on December 12, 2008, one minute apart.