On This Day in Music: May 30

1909 Birth

Benny Goodman

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

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1974 Birth

Big L

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

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1914 Birth

Bobby Sherwood

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

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1913 Birth

Cedric Thorpe Davie

Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer was born

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1974 Birth

Cee-Lo

Cee-Lo, American musician was born

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1957 Birth

Chris Van Jaarsveld

Chris Van Jaarsveld, guitarist (Sleeze Beez) was born

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1925 Birth

Claude Prey

Claude Prey, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter was born

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1926 Birth

Edouard Van Remoortel

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

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1936 Birth

Galina Shostakovitch

Galina Shostakovitch, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri was born

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1887 Birth

Gino Tagliapietra

Gino Tagliapietra, composer was born

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1928 Birth

Gustav Leonhardt

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

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1971 Birth

Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel, American actress and singer was born

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1808 Birth

Joaquim Casimiro Jr

Joaquim Casimiro Jr, composer was born

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1797 Birth

Johann Christian Lobe

Johann Christian Lobe, composer was born

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1920 Birth

John Heawood

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

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1853 Birth

Karl Fritjof Valentin

Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer was born

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1989 Birth

Kevin Covais

Kevin Covais, American singer was born

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1944 Birth

Larry Davidson

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

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1942 Birth

Lenny Davidson

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

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1844 Birth

Louis Varney

Louis Varney, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Marie Fredriksson

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

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1955 Birth

Nicky "Topper" Headon

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

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1932 Birth

Pauline Oliveros

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

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1883 Birth

Riccardo Zandonai

Riccardo Zandonai, composer was born

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1932 Birth

Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi

Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer was born

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1858 Birth

Siegfried Alkan

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

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1960 Birth

Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy

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

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1966 Birth

Stephen Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement) was born

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1945 Birth

Steve Smith

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

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1968 Birth

Tim Burgess

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

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1964 Birth

Tom Morello

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

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1961 Birth

Trey Parker

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

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1578 Birth

Valentin Dretzel

Valentin Dretzel, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Wynonna

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

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1951 Birth

Zdravko Čolić

Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer was born

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1952 Birth

Zoltan Kocsis

Zoltan Kocsis, composer was born

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2021 Death

Asei Kobayashi

Asei Kobayashi died

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1996 Death

Bob Stroup

Bob Stroup, trombonist, dies at 57

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1923 Death

Camille Chevillard

Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63

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1797 Death

Carl Ludwig Junker

Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48

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1980 Death

Carl Radle

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

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2020 Death

Don Weller

Don Weller died

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1953 Death

Dooley Wilson

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

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2026 Death

Foster Sylvers

Foster Sylvers died

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1969 Death

Gaston Brenta

Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66

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1746 Death

Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo

Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69

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1870 Death

Gustave Vogt

Gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89

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1973 Death

Hal Hastings

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

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1986 Death

Hank Mobley

Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55

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1993 Death

Herman S Blount

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

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1791 Death

Ildephons Haas

Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56

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1969 Death

John Cipollini

John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45

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1996 Death

John Kahn

John Kahn, bassist, dies at 47

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1833 Death

Josef Slavik

Josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27

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1992 Death

Leen 't Hart

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

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1935 Death

Lothar Windsperger

Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49

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1971 Death

Marcel Dupré

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

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1972 Death

Margaret Ruthven Lang

Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104

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2025 Death

Masaru Imada

Masaru Imada died

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1977 Death

Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52

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2022 Death

Paul Vance

Paul Vance died

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2023 Death

Peter Simonischek

Peter Simonischek died

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2025 Death

Renée Victor

Renée Victor died

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1947 Death

Sidney Hugo Nicholson

Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72

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1993 Death

Sun Ra

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

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2000 Death

Tex Beneke

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

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1959 Death

Thomas Carl Whitmer

Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85

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1987 Death

Turk Murphy

Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71

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1906 Death

William Yeates Hurlstone

William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30

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1989 Death

Zinka Milanov

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

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1866 Event

Bedřich Smetana

Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague)

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1971 Event

Grateful Dead

36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice

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2025 Event

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus released the album 'Something Beautiful'

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2025 Event

Swans

Swans released the album 'Birthing'

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1968 Event

The Beatles

Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles"

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