This Day in Music

1909-05-30 Artist spotlight

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) was born

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1974-05-30 Artist spotlight

Big L

Big L, American rapper (d. 1999) was born

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1914-05-30 Artist spotlight

Bobby Sherwood

Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show) was born

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1913-05-30 Artist spotlight

Cedric Thorpe Davie

Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer was born

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1974-05-30 Artist spotlight

Cee-Lo

Cee-Lo, American musician was born

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1957-05-30 Artist spotlight

Chris Van Jaarsveld

Chris Van Jaarsveld, guitarist (Sleeze Beez) was born

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1925-05-30 Artist spotlight

Claude Prey

Claude Prey, composer was born

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1981-05-30 Artist spotlight

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter was born

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1926-05-30 Artist spotlight

Edouard Van Remoortel

Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symph) was born

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1936-05-30 Artist spotlight

Galina Shostakovitch

Galina Shostakovitch, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri was born

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1887-05-30 Artist spotlight

Gino Tagliapietra

Gino Tagliapietra, composer was born

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1928-05-30 Artist spotlight

Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt, Master Dutch Harpsichordist, organist and conductor was born

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1971-05-30 Artist spotlight

Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel, American actress and singer was born

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1808-05-30 Artist spotlight

Joaquim Casimiro Jr

Joaquim Casimiro Jr, composer was born

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1797-05-30 Artist spotlight

Johann Christian Lobe

Johann Christian Lobe, composer was born

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1920-05-30 Artist spotlight

John Heawood

John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) was born

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1853-05-30 Artist spotlight

Karl Fritjof Valentin

Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer was born

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1989-05-30 Artist spotlight

Kevin Covais

Kevin Covais, American singer was born

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1944-05-30 Artist spotlight

Larry Davidson

Larry Davidson, rocker (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over) was born

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1942-05-30 Artist spotlight

Lenny Davidson

Lenny Davidson, London, rock guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over) was born

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1844-05-30 Artist spotlight

Louis Varney

Louis Varney, composer was born

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1958-05-30 Artist spotlight

Marie Fredriksson

Marie Fredriksson, Ostra-Lj Swed, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love) was born

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1955-05-30 Artist spotlight

Nicky "Topper" Headon

Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer (Clash-Complete Control) was born

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1932-05-30 Artist spotlight

Pauline Oliveros

Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer (Sound Patterns) was born

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1883-05-30 Artist spotlight

Riccardo Zandonai

Riccardo Zandonai, composer was born

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1932-05-30 Artist spotlight

Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi

Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer was born

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1858-05-30 Artist spotlight

Siegfried Alkan

Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941) was born

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1960-05-30 Artist spotlight

Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy

Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy, rocker (Lilac Time-Paradise Song) was born

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1966-05-30 Artist spotlight

Stephen Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement) was born

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1945-05-30 Artist spotlight

Steve Smith

Steve Smith, San Francisco, California, American singer (Lawrence Welk Show) was born

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1968-05-30 Artist spotlight

Tim Burgess

Tim Burgess, English rock vocalist (Charlatans-Only One I Know) was born

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1964-05-30 Artist spotlight

Tom Morello

Tom Morello, American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine) was born

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1961-05-30 Artist spotlight

Trey Parker

Trey Parker, rapper/actor (Newsies, Hull High) was born

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1578-05-30 Artist spotlight

Valentin Dretzel

Valentin Dretzel, composer was born

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1964-05-30 Artist spotlight

Wynonna

Wynonna, [Christina Judd], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me) was born

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1951-05-30 Artist spotlight

Zdravko Čolić

Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer was born

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1952-05-30 Artist spotlight

Zoltan Kocsis

Zoltan Kocsis, composer was born

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1996-05-30 Artist spotlight

Bob Stroup

Bob Stroup, trombonist, dies at 57

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1923-05-30 Artist spotlight

Camille Chevillard

Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63

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1797-05-30 Artist spotlight

Carl Ludwig Junker

Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48

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1980-05-30 Artist spotlight

Carl Radle

Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment

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1953-05-30 Artist spotlight

Dooley Wilson

Dooley Wilson, American musician and actor (b. 1886)

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1969-05-30 Artist spotlight

Gaston Brenta

Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66

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1746-05-30 Artist spotlight

Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo

Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69

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1870-05-30 Artist spotlight

Gustave Vogt

Gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89

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1973-05-30 Artist spotlight

Hal Hastings

Hal Hastings, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66

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1986-05-30 Artist spotlight

Hank Mobley

Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55

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1993-05-30 Artist spotlight

Herman S Blount

Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, US jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79

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1791-05-30 Artist spotlight

Ildephons Haas

Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56

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1969-05-30 Artist spotlight

John Cipollini

John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45

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1996-05-30 Artist spotlight

John Kahn

John Kahn, bassist, dies at 47

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1833-05-30 Artist spotlight

Josef Slavik

Josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27

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1992-05-30 Artist spotlight

Leen 't Hart

Leen 't Hart, organist/composer, dies at 72

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1935-05-30 Artist spotlight

Lothar Windsperger

Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49

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1971-05-30 Artist spotlight

Marcel Dupré

Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)

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1972-05-30 Artist spotlight

Margaret Ruthven Lang

Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104

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1977-05-30 Artist spotlight

Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52

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1947-05-30 Artist spotlight

Sidney Hugo Nicholson

Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72

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1993-05-30 Artist spotlight

Sun Ra

Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79

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2000-05-30 Artist spotlight

Tex Beneke

Tex Beneke, American bandleader and musician (b. 1914)

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1959-05-30 Artist spotlight

Thomas Carl Whitmer

Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85

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1987-05-30 Artist spotlight

Turk Murphy

Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71

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1906-05-30 Artist spotlight

William Yeates Hurlstone

William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30

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1989-05-30 Artist spotlight

Zinka Milanov

Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83

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1866-05-30 Artist spotlight

Bedřich Smetana

Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague)

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1971-05-30 Artist spotlight

Grateful Dead

36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice

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1968-05-30 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles"

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