1971-10-30
Birth
Ahn Jae Wook
Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor and singer was born
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1904-10-30
Birth
Alfred Gradstein
Alfred Gradstein, composer was born
1896-10-30
Birth
Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov
Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer was born
1902-10-30
Birth
Armin Kaufmann
Armin Kaufmann, composer was born
1900-10-30
Birth
Augustin Lara
Augustin Lara, composer was born
1840-10-30
Birth
Carlotta Patti
Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano was born
1821-10-30
Birth
Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques
Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer was born
1947-10-30
Birth
Chris Komar
Chris Komar, dancer was born
1946-10-30
Birth
Chris Slade
Chris Slade, rocker (AC/DC) was born
1905-10-30
Birth
Christian Darnton
Christian Darnton, composer was born
1930-10-30
Birth
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown, [Brownie], US jazz trumpeter/composer was born
1949-10-30
Birth
David Green
David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (Air Supply) was born
1939-10-30
Birth
Eddie Holland
Eddie Holland, US singer/songwriter (Jamie, Leaving Here) was born
1735-10-30
Birth
Edward Miller
Edward Miller, composer was born
1864-10-30
Birth
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer was born
1908-10-30
Birth
Franco Margola
Franco Margola, composer was born
1934-10-30
Birth
Frans Brüggen
Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician was born
1965-10-30
Birth
Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale, Kilburn, London, English heavy metal vocalist and actor (Bush) was born
1939-10-30
Birth
Grace Slick
Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit) was born
1845-10-30
Birth
Gustav Weber
Gustav Weber, composer was born
1975-10-30
Birth
Ian D'Sa
Ian D'Sa, Guitarist/Vocalist for Canadian rock band Billy Talent was born
1919-10-30
Birth
Jane Randolph
Jane Randolph, actress (Railroaded!) was born
1922-10-30
Birth
Jane White
Jane White, American actress and singer was born
1963-10-30
Birth
Jerry de Borg
Jerry de Borg, English pop guitarist (Jesus Jones-Real, Real, Real) was born
1787-10-30
Birth
Karl Guhr
Karl Guhr, composer was born
1790-10-30
Birth
Karol Joseph Lipinski
Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer was born
1903-10-30
Birth
Konrad Friedrich Noetel
Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer was born
1970-10-30
Birth
Maja Tatic
Maja Tatic, Bosnia singer was born
1914-10-30
Birth
Marius Hendrikus Flothuis
Marius Hendrikus Flothuis, Dutch composer/author (Mozart biography) was born
1969-10-30
Birth
Masanori Hikichi
Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer was born
1620-10-30
Birth
Michael de Ronghe
Michael de Ronghe, composer was born
1939-10-30
Birth
Norman West
Norman West, US singer (Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love) was born
1949-10-30
Birth
Otis Williams
Otis Williams, [Otis Miles], TX, rock vocalist (Temptations) was born
1914-10-30
Birth
Patsy Montana Ruby Blevins
Patsy Montana Ruby Blevins, singer was born
1894-10-30
Birth
Peter Warlock
Peter Warlock, composer was born
1915-10-30
Birth
Pierre Wissmer
Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer (Capitaine Bruno) was born
1914-10-30
Birth
Richard E Holz
Richard E Holz, American composer was born
1884-10-30
Birth
Rudolf Forster
Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor (Threepenny Opera) was born
1908-10-30
Birth
Stuart Hamblen
Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer (This Old House) was born
1942-10-30
Birth
Sven-David Sandstrom
Sven-David Sandstrom, composer was born
1954-10-30
Birth
T Graham Brown
T Graham Brown, Arabi Ga, country singer (Come as you Were) was born
1925-10-30
Birth
Teo Macero
Teo Macero, composer was born
1947-10-30
Birth
Timothy B Schmidt
Timothy B Schmidt, Oakland CA, rocker (Eagles) was born
1893-10-30
Birth
Willi Apel
Willi Apel, German/US musicologist (Harvard dictionary of music) was born
1972-10-30
Death
Alan Roth
Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
1960-10-30
Death
Alfred Hill
Alfred Hill, composer, dies at 89
1986-10-30
Death
Andrzej Markowski
Andrzej Markowski, composer, dies at 62
1995-10-30
Death
Brian Easdale
Brian Easdale, composer, dies at 86
1973-10-30
Death
Ernst-Lothar von Knorr
Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer, dies at 77
1885-10-30
Death
Gustav Adolf Merkel
Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer, dies at 57
2002-10-30
Death
Jam Master Jay
Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)
1912-10-30
Death
Jan Karol Gali
Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56
1522-10-30
Death
Jean Mouton
Jean Mouton, French composer
1667-10-30
Death
Johann Jakob Wolleb
Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer, dies at 54
1883-10-30
Death
Johann Vesque von Puttlingen
Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer, dies at 80
1985-10-30
Death
Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
2007-10-30
Death
Linda Stein
Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker (b. 1945)
1928-10-30
Death
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer, dies at 55
1971-10-30
Death
Osvald Chlubna
Osvald Chlubna, composer, dies at 78
1944-10-30
Death
Paul Emile Ladmirault
Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66
1853-10-30
Death
Pietro Raimondi
Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (Potifar, Giacobbe), dies at 66
1969-10-30
Death
Pops Foster
Pops Foster, American musician (b. 1892)
1916-10-30
Death
Silas Gamaliel Pratt
Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70
2000-10-30
Death
Steve Allen
Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer (b. 1921)
1940-10-30
Event
Cole Porter
Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie" premieres in NYC
1949-10-30
Event
Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in NYC
1949-10-30
Event
Maxwell Anderson
"Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs
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