On This Day in Music: December 30

1864-12-30 Birth

Alessandro Longo

Alessandro Longo, composer was born

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1566-12-30 Birth

Alessandro Piccinini

Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born

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1880-12-30 Birth

Alfred Einstein

Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein was born

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1853-12-30 Birth

Andre Messager

Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer was born

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1741-12-30 Birth

Bartolomeo Giacometti

Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer was born

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1935-12-30 Birth

Bruno Canino

Bruno Canino, composer was born

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1907-12-30 Birth

Christina E "Christine" Auwen

Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers) was born

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1919-12-30 Birth

David Valentine Willcocks

David Valentine Willcocks, composer was born

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1945-12-30 Birth

Davy Jones

Davy Jones, Manchester England, singer (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), (d. 2012) was born

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1939-12-30 Birth

Del Shannon

Del Shannon, [Charles Westover], Coopersville Mich, rocker (Runaway) was born

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1955-12-30 Birth

Dindo Yogo

Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. 2000) was born

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1904-12-30 Birth

Dmitri B Kabalevsky

Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [NS] was born

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1964-12-30 Birth

Duglas T. Stewart

Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits) was born

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1569-12-30 Birth

Georg Quitschreiber

Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born

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1775-12-30 Birth

Heinrich Carl Ebell

Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer was born

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1887-12-30 Birth

Henry George Ley

Henry George Ley, composer was born

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1892-12-30 Birth

Jaromir Fiala

Jaromir Fiala, composer was born

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1969-12-30 Birth

Jay Kay

Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai) was born

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1947-12-30 Birth

Jeff Lynne

Jeff Lynne, rocker (ELO-Telephone Line, Travelling Wilburys) was born

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1937-12-30 Birth

John Hartford

John Hartford, NYC, country singer (Gentle on My Mind) was born

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1859-12-30 Birth

Josef Bohuslav Foerster

Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer was born

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1952-12-30 Birth

June Anderson

June Anderson, American soprano was born

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1884-12-30 Birth

Karl Heinrich David

Karl Heinrich David, composer was born

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1980-12-30 Birth

Kenny Kwan

Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer was born

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1988-12-30 Birth

Leon Jackson

Leon Jackson, Scottish singer was born

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1848-12-30 Birth

Mary Frances Allitsen

Mary Frances Allitsen, composer was born

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1942-12-30 Birth

Michael Nesmith

Michael Nesmith, Houston, rocker (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville) was born

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1951-12-30 Birth

Nancy LaMott

Nancy LaMott, singer was born

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1946-12-30 Birth

Patti Smith

Patti Smith, Chicago Il, rock vocalist (Radio Ethiopia) was born

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1962-12-30 Birth

Paul Crowder

Paul Crowder, rocker (The Adventures-Sea of Love) was born

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1910-12-30 Birth

Paul Frederic Bowles

Paul Frederic Bowles, US composer/writer (Shelting Sky) was born

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1937-12-30 Birth

Paul Stookey

Paul Stookey, singer/musician (Peter, Paul, & Mary) was born

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1756-12-30 Birth

Pavel Vranicky

Pavel Vranicky, composer was born

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1945-12-30 Birth

Preston Andrew Trombly

Preston Andrew Trombly, composer was born

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1942-12-30 Birth

Robert Quine

Robert Quine, rocker was born

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1943-12-30 Birth

Rolf Gehlhaar

Rolf Gehlhaar, composer was born

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1931-12-30 Birth

Skeeter Davis

Skeeter Davis, [Mary Penick], Dry Ridge Ky, singer (End of World) was born

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1926-12-30 Birth

Stanley Tracey

Stanley Tracey, composer was born

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1956-12-30 Birth

Suzy Bogguss

Suzy Bogguss, Aledo Ill, singer (I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart) was born

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1913-12-30 Birth

Svend Simon Schultz

Svend Simon Schultz, composer was born

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1959-12-30 Birth

Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman, Slough England, singer/actress (Tracey Ullman Show) was born

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1978-12-30 Birth

Tyrese

Tyrese, American singer and actor was born

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1898-12-30 Birth

Vincent Lopez

Vincent Lopez, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard) was born

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1678-12-30 Birth

William Croft

William Croft, composer was born

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1978-12-30 Birth

Zbigniew Robert Promiński

Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer was born

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1821-12-30 Death

Angelo Maria Benincori

Angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42

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2003-12-30 Death

Anita Mui

Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)

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2004-12-30 Death

Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, dies at 94

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1967-12-30 Death

Bert Berns

Bert Berns, US songwriter/producer (Twist & Shout), dies at about 38

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2010-12-30 Death

Bobby Farrell

Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer (Boney M) (b. 1949)

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1946-12-30 Death

Charles Wakefield Cadman

Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer, dies at 65

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1940-12-30 Death

Fritz Volbach

Fritz Volbach, composer, dies at 79

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1973-12-30 Death

Henri-Paul Busser

Henri-Paul Busser, composer, dies at 101

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1971-12-30 Death

Jan Mul

Jan Mul, composer, dies at 60

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1796-12-30 Death

Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne

Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer, dies at 45

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1986-12-30 Death

Jiri Jaroch

Jiri Jaroch, composer, dies at 66

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1998-12-30 Death

Johnny Moore

Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)

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1993-12-30 Death

Mack David

Mack David, US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81

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1946-12-30 Death

Patty Smith Hill

Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78

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1825-12-30 Death

Peter Gronland

Peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64

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1979-12-30 Death

Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77

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2009-12-30 Death

Rowland S. Howard

Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party) (b. 1959)

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1828-12-30 Death

Waldemar Thrane

Waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38

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1844-12-30 Event

Abraham Louis Niedermeyer

Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)

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1929-12-30 Event

Cole Porter

Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up & Dream," premieres in NYC

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1954-12-30 Event

Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in NYC

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1689-12-30 Event

Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell & Tates opera "Dido & Aeneas," premieres in Chesea

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1974-12-30 Event

The Beatles

Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)

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