1889-04-30
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Acario Cotapos
Acario Cotapos, composer was born
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1973-04-30
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Akon
Akon, American R&B Singer was born
1884-04-30
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Albert Israel Elkus
Albert Israel Elkus, composer was born
1837-04-30
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Alfred Gaul
Alfred Gaul, composer was born
1976-04-30
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Amanda Palmer
Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls) was born
1902-04-30
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Andre-Francois Marescotti
Andre-Francois Marescotti, composer was born
1982-04-30
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Andrew Seeley
Andrew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer was born
1932-04-30
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Anton Larrauri
Anton Larrauri, composer was born
1985-04-30
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Ashley Alexandra Dupré
Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl was born
1964-04-30
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Barrington Levy
Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician was born
1917-04-30
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Bea Wain
Bea Wain, US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade) was born
1982-04-30
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Cleo Higgins
Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress was born
1883-04-30
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David John de Lloyd
David John de Lloyd, composer was born
1939-04-30
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Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Miami Florida, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982) was born
1886-04-30
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Frank Merrik
Frank Merrik, composer was born
1870-04-30
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Franz Lehar
Franz Lehar, operetta composer (Naughty Marietta) was born
1896-04-30
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Gary Davis
Gary Davis, Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith) was born
1717-04-30
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Guillaume Gommaire Kennis
Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer was born
1903-04-30
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Gunther AR Raphael
Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve) was born
1911-04-30
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Hans Studer
Hans Studer, composer was born
1934-04-30
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Jerry Lordan
Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d.1995) was born
1969-04-30
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Joey Restivo
Joey Restivo, Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies) was born
1792-04-30
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Johann Friedrich Schwencke
Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer was born
1941-04-30
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Johnny Farina
Johnny Farina, rocker (Santo & Johnny) was born
1925-04-30
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Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960) was born
1920-04-30
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Leen 't Hart
Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist/composer was born
1982-04-30
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Lloyd Banks
Lloyd Banks, American rapper was born
1885-04-30
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Luigi Russolo
Luigi Russolo, composer was born
1953-04-30
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Merrill Osmond
Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) was born
1945-04-30
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Mike Beacon
Mike Beacon, rocker (Ox) was born
1945-04-30
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Mimi Farina
Mimi Farina, rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind) was born
1968-04-30
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Paulo Jr
Paulo Jr, Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions) was born
1944-04-30
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Richard Shoff
Richard Shoff, rocker (Sandpipers) was born
1916-04-30
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Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw, Red Bluff California, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale) was born
1902-04-30
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Rudolf Wittelsbach
Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer was born
1889-04-30
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Rudolph Hermann Simonsen
Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer was born
1924-04-30
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Sheldon Harnick
Sheldon Harnick, Chicago, lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof) was born
1914-04-30
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Sid Weiss
Sid Weiss, bassist was born
1969-04-30
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Warren Defever
Warren Defever, American musician, composer was born
1948-04-30
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Wayne Kramer
Wayne Kramer, guitarist (MC5, Dangerous Madness) was born
1941-04-30
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Wilfried Jentzsh
Wilfried Jentzsh, composer was born
1933-04-30
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Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again) was born
1983-04-30
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Yamini
Yamini, Tamil Singer was born
1896-04-30
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Antonio Cagnoni
Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68
1959-04-30
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Armand Louis Joseph Marsick
Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
1942-04-30
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Catherine Murphy Urner
Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
1952-04-30
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Charles Radoux-Rogier
Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies
1977-04-30
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Clive Martin Douglas
Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73
1995-04-30
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Donald Edwin White
Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59
1976-04-30
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Edvard Fliflet Braein
Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at 51
1630-04-30
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Ercole Porta
Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
1912-04-30
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František Kmoch
František Kmoch, Czech composer, dies at 63
1758-04-30
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François d'Agincourt
François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
1887-04-30
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Friedrich Wilhelm Markull
Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
1983-04-30
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George Balanchine
George Balanchine, Russian/US ballet composer/choreographer, dies from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease at 79
2007-04-30
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Grégory Lemarchal
Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
1893-04-30
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Gyula Beliczay
Gyula Beliczay, composer, dies at 57
1970-04-30
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Hall Johnson
Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
1792-04-30
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Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth
Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer, dies at 36
1855-04-30
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Henry Rowley Bishop
Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68
1982-04-30
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Lester Bangs
Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
1793-04-30
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Lorenzo Fago
Lorenzo Fago, composer, dies at 88
1957-04-30
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Ludwig Schiedermair
Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
1983-04-30
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 70
1966-04-30
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Richard Farina
Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
2007-04-30
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Zola Taylor
Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
1852-04-30
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Anton Rubinstein
Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St Petersburg
1981-04-30
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Barbara Mandrell
16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones
1902-04-30
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Claude Debussy
Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélissande," premieres in Paris
1995-04-30
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Willy Russell
"Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 839 perfs
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