2020
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Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande released the album 'Positions'
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Born on October 30
1971
Birth
Ahn Jae Wook
Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor and singer was born
1904
Birth
Alfred Gradstein
Alfred Gradstein, composer was born
1896
Birth
Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov
Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer was born
1902
Birth
Armin Kaufmann
Armin Kaufmann, composer was born
1900
Birth
Augustin Lara
Augustin Lara, composer was born
1840
Birth
Carlotta Patti
Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano was born
1821
Birth
Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques
Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer was born
1947
Birth
Chris Komar
Chris Komar, dancer was born
1946
Birth
Chris Slade
Chris Slade, rocker (AC/DC) was born
1905
Birth
Christian Darnton
Christian Darnton, composer was born
1930
Birth
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown, [Brownie], US jazz trumpeter/composer was born
1949
Birth
David Green
David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (Air Supply) was born
1939
Birth
Eddie Holland
Eddie Holland, US singer/songwriter (Jamie, Leaving Here) was born
1735
Birth
Edward Miller
Edward Miller, composer was born
1864
Birth
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer was born
1908
Birth
Franco Margola
Franco Margola, composer was born
1934
Birth
Frans Brüggen
Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician was born
1965
Birth
Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale, Kilburn, London, English heavy metal vocalist and actor (Bush) was born
1939
Birth
Grace Slick
Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit) was born
1845
Birth
Gustav Weber
Gustav Weber, composer was born
1975
Birth
Ian D'Sa
Ian D'Sa, Guitarist/Vocalist for Canadian rock band Billy Talent was born
1919
Birth
Jane Randolph
Jane Randolph, actress (Railroaded!) was born
1922
Birth
Jane White
Jane White, American actress and singer was born
1963
Birth
Jerry de Borg
Jerry de Borg, English pop guitarist (Jesus Jones-Real, Real, Real) was born
1787
Birth
Karl Guhr
Karl Guhr, composer was born
1790
Birth
Karol Joseph Lipinski
Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer was born
1903
Birth
Konrad Friedrich Noetel
Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer was born
1970
Birth
Maja Tatic
Maja Tatic, Bosnia singer was born
1914
Birth
Marius Hendrikus Flothuis
Marius Hendrikus Flothuis, Dutch composer/author (Mozart biography) was born
1969
Birth
Masanori Hikichi
Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer was born
1620
Birth
Michael de Ronghe
Michael de Ronghe, composer was born
1939
Birth
Norman West
Norman West, US singer (Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love) was born
1949
Birth
Otis Williams
Otis Williams, [Otis Miles], TX, rock vocalist (Temptations) was born
1914
Birth
Patsy Montana Ruby Blevins
Patsy Montana Ruby Blevins, singer was born
1894
Birth
Peter Warlock
Peter Warlock, composer was born
1915
Birth
Pierre Wissmer
Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer (Capitaine Bruno) was born
1914
Birth
Richard E Holz
Richard E Holz, American composer was born
1884
Birth
Rudolf Forster
Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor (Threepenny Opera) was born
1908
Birth
Stuart Hamblen
Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer (This Old House) was born
1942
Birth
Sven-David Sandstrom
Sven-David Sandstrom, composer was born
1954
Birth
T Graham Brown
T Graham Brown, Arabi Ga, country singer (Come as you Were) was born
1925
Birth
Teo Macero
Teo Macero, composer was born
1947
Birth
Timothy B Schmidt
Timothy B Schmidt, Oakland CA, rocker (Eagles) was born
1893
Birth
Willi Apel
Willi Apel, German/US musicologist (Harvard dictionary of music) was born
Died on October 30
1972
Death
Alan Roth
Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
1960
Death
Alfred Hill
Alfred Hill, composer, dies at 89
1986
Death
Andrzej Markowski
Andrzej Markowski, composer, dies at 62
2022
Death
Anthony Ortega
Anthony Ortega died
2024
Death
Arthur Moreira Lima
Arthur Moreira Lima died
1995
Death
Brian Easdale
Brian Easdale, composer, dies at 86
2024
Death
Christine Görner
Christine Görner died
2025
Death
Erik Marchand
Erik Marchand died
1973
Death
Ernst-Lothar von Knorr
Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer, dies at 77
1885
Death
Gustav Adolf Merkel
Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer, dies at 57
2002
Death
Jam Master Jay
Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)
1912
Death
Jan Karol Gali
Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56
1522
Death
Jean Mouton
Jean Mouton, French composer
1667
Death
Johann Jakob Wolleb
Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer, dies at 54
1883
Death
Johann Vesque von Puttlingen
Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer, dies at 80
1985
Death
Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
2007
Death
Linda Stein
Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker (b. 1945)
1928
Death
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer, dies at 55
1971
Death
Osvald Chlubna
Osvald Chlubna, composer, dies at 78
1944
Death
Paul Emile Ladmirault
Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66
1853
Death
Pietro Raimondi
Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (Potifar, Giacobbe), dies at 66
1969
Death
Pops Foster
Pops Foster, American musician (b. 1892)
1916
Death
Silas Gamaliel Pratt
Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70
2000
Death
Steve Allen
Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer (b. 1921)
Releases & milestones on October 30
2020
Event
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande released the album 'Positions'
2020
Event
Bring Me the Horizon
Bring Me the Horizon released the album 'Post Human: Survival Horror'
1940
Event
Cole Porter
Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie" premieres in NYC
1949
Event
Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in NYC
1949
Event
Maxwell Anderson
"Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs
2020
Event
Meghan Trainor
Meghan Trainor released the album 'A Very Trainor Christmas'
2020
Event
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle released the album 'The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo'
2020
Event
Sam Smith
Sam Smith released the album 'Love Goes'
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