On This Day in Music: November 30

On November 30 in music history, 54 artists were born, 34 died and 5 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1994), Billy Idol (1955) and Juice Wrld (2024).

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The Beatles

Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at BBC" is released in Britain

Billy Idol

Billy Idol, [William Broad], rocker (White Wedding) was born

Juice Wrld

Juice Wrld released the album 'The Party Never Ends'

Allan Sherman

Allan Sherman, parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Fardah) was born

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Born on November 30

Allan Sherman

Allan Sherman, parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Fardah) was born

Andreas Nezertis

Andreas Nezertis, composer was born

Andreas Werkmeister

Andreas Werkmeister, composer was born

Andres de Sola

Andres de Sola, composer was born

Andrew Calhoun

Andrew Calhoun, American musician was born

August Friedrich Martin Klughardt

August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer was born

Billy Idol

Billy Idol, [William Broad], rocker (White Wedding) was born

Cecil Forsyth

Cecil Forsyth, composer was born

Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan

Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer was born

Christoph Forster

Christoph Forster, composer was born

Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken, American singer was born

Des'ree [Desirée Annette Weeks]

Des'ree [Desirée Annette Weeks], English singer (Feel So High, You Gotta Be, Life) was born

Dougie Poynter

Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly) was born

Franz Xaver Gerl

Franz Xaver Gerl, composer was born

Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro

Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer was born

George McArdle

George McArdle, rock bassist (Little River Band Melbourne was born

Greg Gordon

Greg Gordon, rock vocalist (Boys Band) was born

Gunther Herbig

Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czech, conductor (East Berlin Orch) was born

Gyorgy Ranki

Gyorgy Ranki, composer was born

J[ames] J[ay] Barnes

J[ames] J[ay] Barnes, US gospel/singer (Please Let Me In) was born

Jerry Hunt

Jerry Hunt, composer was born

Jimmy Bowen

Jimmy Bowen, rocker was born

Johann Baptist Schenk

Johann Baptist Schenk, composer was born

Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe

Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer was born

Johann Dilliger

Johann Dilliger, composer was born

Johann Nepomuk David

Johann Nepomuk David, composer was born

John Ashton

John Ashton, English guitarist (Psychedelic Furs) was born

John Moyer

John Moyer, American bassist (Disturbed) was born

John Tasker Howard

John Tasker Howard, composer was born

Jorge Negrete

Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953) was born

June Pointer

June Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So excited) was born

Klaus Huber

Klaus Huber, composer was born

Leo Lyons

Leo Lyons, Standbridge Beds, rock bassist (Ten Years After) was born

Ludwig Thuille

Ludwig Thuille, composer was born

Luther T Ingram

Luther T Ingram, US singer/songwriter (I'll Be Your Shelter) was born

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin, Chicago Il, actor/singer (Yentl, Alien Nation) was born

Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas

Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician was born

Mindy McCready

Mindy McCready, country/western singer, (d. 2013) was born

Olivier Schoenfelder

Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer was born

Oscar Harris

Oscar Harris, Surinames/Dutch singer (Try a Little Love) was born

Paul Stookey

Paul Stookey, Balt, singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Wedding Song) was born

Quinto Maganini

Quinto Maganini, composer was born

Radu Lupu

Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist (Enesco 1st prize-1967) was born

Richard Barbieri

Richard Barbieri, British keyboardist (Porcupine Tree) was born

Rob Grill

Rob Grill, Los Angeles California, rock bassist/vocalist (Grass Roots) was born

Robert Evett

Robert Evett, composer was born

Robert Nighthawk

Robert Nighthawk, American musician (d. 1967) was born

Roger Glover

Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist (Episode Six-Deep Purple) was born

Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov

Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer was born

Shuggie Otis

Shuggie Otis, rocker was born

Stacey Q

Stacey Q, American singer was born

Thomas Molleson Mudie

Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer was born

Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee

Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, Knoxville Tennessee, American blues singer/guitarist was born

Yuuri Chinen

Yuuri Chinen, apanese singer was born

Died on November 30

Aldine Sillman Kieffer

Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer, dies at 64

Anne Sylvestre

Anne Sylvestre died

Charlie Byrd

Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)

Christine McVie

Christine McVie died

Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay

Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67

Dieudonne Raick

Dieudonne Raick, composer, dies at 61

Don Redman

Don Redman, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64

Elhadi Adam

Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)

Ernst William Wolf

Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57

Franco Vittadini

Franco Vittadini, composer, dies at 64

Friedrich August Baumbach

Friedrich August Baumbach, composer, dies at 60

Friedrich Fleischmann

Friedrich Fleischmann, composer, dies at 32

Fritz Volbach

Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78

Hans-Erich Apostel

Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71

Irwin Kostal

Irwin Kostal, US arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83

Jean-Marie Leclair

Jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74

Johann Georg Christoph Schetky

Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer, dies at 87

John Hyatt Brewer

John Hyatt Brewer, composer, dies at 75

Jorge Donn

Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45

Josip Slavenski

Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59

Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas

Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer, dies at 46

Munetaka Higuchi

Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)

Nicolas de Grigny

Nicolas de Grigny, composer, dies at 31

R. Subbalakshmi

R. Subbalakshmi died

Ramesh

Ramesh died

Randy Walker (AKA Stretch)

Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972)

Richard Farrant

Richard Farrant, English composer

Shane MacGowan

Shane MacGowan died

Stanislaw Kazuro

Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80

Steve Alaimo

Steve Alaimo died

Ted Sorel

Ted Sorel died

Thomas Weelkes

Thomas Weelkes, English composer

Valentin Ruiz Azner

Valentin Ruiz Azner, composer, dies at 70

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)

Releases & milestones on November 30

Arca

Arca released the album 'KICK ii'

Got7

Got7 released the album 'Breath of Love: Last Piece'

Juice Wrld

Juice Wrld released the album 'The Party Never Ends'

Jules Massenet

Opera "Le Cid" premieres (Paris)

The Beatles

Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at BBC" is released in Britain

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