This Day in Music

1805-03-30 Artist spotlight

Adrien de La Fage

Adrien de La Fage, composer was born

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1904-03-30 Artist spotlight

Akarova

Akarova, [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches) was born

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1811-03-30 Artist spotlight

Angelo Catelani

Angelo Catelani, Italian composer/conductor was born

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1984-03-30 Artist spotlight

Anna Nalick

Anna Nalick, American singer and songwriter. was born

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1940-03-30 Artist spotlight

Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema) was born

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1830-03-30 Artist spotlight

Auguste Tolbecque

Auguste Tolbecque, composer was born

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1986-03-30 Artist spotlight

Beni Arashiro

Beni Arashiro, Japanese singer was born

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1835-03-30 Artist spotlight

Bernhard Scholz

Bernhard Scholz, composer was born

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1908-03-30 Artist spotlight

Camille Schmit

Camille Schmit, composer was born

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1968-03-30 Artist spotlight

Celine Dion

Celine Dion, Quebec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman) was born

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1948-03-30 Artist spotlight

Dave Ball

Dave Ball, rocker (Procul Harum) was born

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1911-03-30 Artist spotlight

Dennis Gomm

Dennis Gomm, musician was born

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1928-03-30 Artist spotlight

Diether de la Motte

Diether de la Motte, composer was born

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1963-03-30 Artist spotlight

Eli-Eri Moura

Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor was born

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1917-03-30 Artist spotlight

Els Aarne

Els Aarne, composer was born

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1945-03-30 Artist spotlight

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton, Ripley England, singer/guitarist (Tears in Heaven) was born

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1950-03-30 Artist spotlight

Eugene Bowen

Eugene Bowen, composer (Wonder's Edge) was born

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1922-03-30 Artist spotlight

German Germanovich Galinin

German Germanovich Galinin, composer was born

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1935-03-30 Artist spotlight

Gordon Mumma

Gordon Mumma, composer was born

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1942-03-30 Artist spotlight

Graeme Edge

Graeme Edge, England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams) was born

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1931-03-30 Artist spotlight

Harold Burrage

Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver) was born

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1967-03-30 Artist spotlight

Hayashibara Megumi

Hayashibara Megumi, Japanese voice actress and singer was born

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1983-03-30 Artist spotlight

Hebe Tian

Hebe Tian, Taiwanese singer (S.H.E) was born

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1925-03-30 Artist spotlight

Ivo Malek

Ivo Malek, composer was born

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1948-03-30 Artist spotlight

Jim Dandy Mangrum

Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy) was born

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1966-03-30 Artist spotlight

Joey Castillo

Joey Castillo, American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age) was born

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1687-03-30 Artist spotlight

Johann Balthasar Freisslich

Johann Balthasar Freisslich, composer was born

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1772-03-30 Artist spotlight

Johann Wilhelm Wilms

Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born

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1935-03-30 Artist spotlight

John Charles Eaton

John Charles Eaton, composer was born

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1719-03-30 Artist spotlight

John Hawkins

John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music was born

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1926-03-30 Artist spotlight

John Heddle Nash

John Heddle Nash, singer was born

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1750-03-30 Artist spotlight

John Stafford Smith

John Stafford Smith, composer was born

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1921-03-30 Artist spotlight

Kan Ishii

Kan Ishii, composer was born

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1935-03-30 Artist spotlight

Karl Berger

Karl Berger, German musicologist and musician was born

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1943-03-30 Artist spotlight

Ken Forssi

Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (d. 1998) was born

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1908-03-30 Artist spotlight

Kurt Bruggemann

Kurt Bruggemann, composer was born

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1962-03-30 Artist spotlight

MC Hammer

M C Hammer, [Stanley Kirk Burrell], Oakland Ca, rapper (Hammer Time) was born

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1969-03-30 Artist spotlight

Marco Foddis

Marco Foddis, pop drummer (Pestilence) was born

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1976-03-30 Artist spotlight

Mark McClelland

Mark McClelland, Northern Irish musician (Degrassi) was born

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1924-03-30 Artist spotlight

Milko Kelemen

Milko Kelemen, composer was born

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1979-03-30 Artist spotlight

Norah Jones

Norah Jones, American singer and pianist was born

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1921-03-30 Artist spotlight

Oto Ferenczy

Oto Ferenczy, composer was born

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1922-03-30 Artist spotlight

Peter Jona Korn

Peter Jona Korn, composer was born

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1955-03-30 Artist spotlight

Randy Wanwarmer

Randy Wanwarmer, Denver, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most) was born

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1917-03-30 Artist spotlight

Rudolf Bruci

Rudolf Bruci, composer was born

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1950-03-30 Artist spotlight

Rupert Greenall

Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (Fixx) was born

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1959-03-30 Artist spotlight

Sabine Meyer

Sabine Meyer, German clarinetist was born

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1804-03-30 Artist spotlight

Salomon Sulzer

Salomon Sulzer, composer was born

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1931-03-30 Artist spotlight

Sandor Szokolay

Sandor Szokolay, composer was born

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1983-03-30 Artist spotlight

Scott Moffatt

Scott Moffatt, Canadian singer and songwriter was born

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1872-03-30 Artist spotlight

Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko

Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer was born

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1979-03-30 Artist spotlight

Simon Webbe

Simon Webbe, English singer was born

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1914-03-30 Artist spotlight

Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues musician (Down & Out Blues) was born

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1902-03-30 Artist spotlight

Ted Heath

Ted Heath, British musician and band leader (d. 1969) was born

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1727-03-30 Artist spotlight

Tommaso Traetta

Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace) was born

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1964-03-30 Artist spotlight

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman, US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car) was born

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1926-03-30 Artist spotlight

Werner Torkanowsky

Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph) was born

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1815-03-30 Artist spotlight

Wincenty Studzinski

Wincenty Studzinski, composer was born

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1980-03-30 Artist spotlight

Yalin

Yalin, Turkish singer and songwriter was born

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1977-03-30 Artist spotlight

Abdel Halim Hafez

Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)

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1963-03-30 Artist spotlight

Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk

Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69

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1936-03-30 Artist spotlight

Conchita Supervía

Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (b. 1895)

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2005-03-30 Artist spotlight

Derrick Plourde

Derrick Plourde, American drummer (b. 1971)

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2005-03-30 Artist spotlight

Emil Dimitrov

Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)

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1884-03-30 Artist spotlight

Hans Hampel

Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61

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1960-03-30 Artist spotlight

Joseph Haas

Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81

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1945-03-30 Artist spotlight

Karel Moor

Karel Moor, composer, dies at 71

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1977-03-30 Artist spotlight

Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky

Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88

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1864-03-30 Artist spotlight

Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser

Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52

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1875-03-30 Artist spotlight

Marie Moke Pleyel

Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63

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1872-03-30 Artist spotlight

Nicolaos Mantzaros

Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76

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1764-03-30 Artist spotlight

Pietro Antonio Locatelli

Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68

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1953-03-30 Artist spotlight

Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar

Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75

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1935-03-30 Artist spotlight

Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan

Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51

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1995-03-30 Artist spotlight

Rozelle Claxton

Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82

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1994-03-30 Artist spotlight

Sid Weiss

Sid Weiss, bassist, dies at 79

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2004-03-30 Artist spotlight

Timi Yuro

Timi Yuro, American singer (b. 1940)

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1964-03-30 Artist spotlight

Willem CN Andriessen

Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76

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1970-03-30 Artist spotlight

Betty Comdem

Strouse, Adams, Comden & Green's musical "Applause," premieres in NYC

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1970-03-30 Artist spotlight

Miles Davis

Miles Davis Bitches Brew released

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1967-03-30 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed

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