On This Day in Music: October 30

On October 30 in music history, 44 artists were born, 24 died and 8 other milestones happened, among them Ariana Grande (2020), Grace Slick (1939) and Jam Master Jay (2002).

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Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande released the album 'Positions'

Grace Slick

Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit) was born

Jam Master Jay

Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)

Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown, [Brownie], US jazz trumpeter/composer was born

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Born on October 30

Ahn Jae Wook

Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor and singer was born

Alfred Gradstein

Alfred Gradstein, composer was born

Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov

Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer was born

Armin Kaufmann

Armin Kaufmann, composer was born

Augustin Lara

Augustin Lara, composer was born

Carlotta Patti

Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano was born

Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques

Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer was born

Chris Komar

Chris Komar, dancer was born

Chris Slade

Chris Slade, rocker (AC/DC) was born

Christian Darnton

Christian Darnton, composer was born

Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown, [Brownie], US jazz trumpeter/composer was born

David Green

David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (Air Supply) was born

Eddie Holland

Eddie Holland, US singer/songwriter (Jamie, Leaving Here) was born

Edward Miller

Edward Miller, composer was born

Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer was born

Franco Margola

Franco Margola, composer was born

Frans Brüggen

Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician was born

Gavin Rossdale

Gavin Rossdale, Kilburn, London, English heavy metal vocalist and actor (Bush) was born

Grace Slick

Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit) was born

Gustav Weber

Gustav Weber, composer was born

Ian D'Sa

Ian D'Sa, Guitarist/Vocalist for Canadian rock band Billy Talent was born

Jane Randolph

Jane Randolph, actress (Railroaded!) was born

Jane White

Jane White, American actress and singer was born

Jerry de Borg

Jerry de Borg, English pop guitarist (Jesus Jones-Real, Real, Real) was born

Karl Guhr

Karl Guhr, composer was born

Karol Joseph Lipinski

Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer was born

Konrad Friedrich Noetel

Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer was born

Maja Tatic

Maja Tatic, Bosnia singer was born

Marius Hendrikus Flothuis

Marius Hendrikus Flothuis, Dutch composer/author (Mozart biography) was born

Masanori Hikichi

Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer was born

Michael de Ronghe

Michael de Ronghe, composer was born

Norman West

Norman West, US singer (Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love) was born

Otis Williams

Otis Williams, [Otis Miles], TX, rock vocalist (Temptations) was born

Patsy Montana Ruby Blevins

Patsy Montana Ruby Blevins, singer was born

Peter Warlock

Peter Warlock, composer was born

Pierre Wissmer

Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer (Capitaine Bruno) was born

Richard E Holz

Richard E Holz, American composer was born

Rudolf Forster

Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor (Threepenny Opera) was born

Stuart Hamblen

Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer (This Old House) was born

Sven-David Sandstrom

Sven-David Sandstrom, composer was born

T Graham Brown

T Graham Brown, Arabi Ga, country singer (Come as you Were) was born

Teo Macero

Teo Macero, composer was born

Timothy B Schmidt

Timothy B Schmidt, Oakland CA, rocker (Eagles) was born

Willi Apel

Willi Apel, German/US musicologist (Harvard dictionary of music) was born

Died on October 30

Alan Roth

Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68

Alfred Hill

Alfred Hill, composer, dies at 89

Andrzej Markowski

Andrzej Markowski, composer, dies at 62

Anthony Ortega

Anthony Ortega died

Arthur Moreira Lima

Arthur Moreira Lima died

Brian Easdale

Brian Easdale, composer, dies at 86

Christine Görner

Christine Görner died

Erik Marchand

Erik Marchand died

Ernst-Lothar von Knorr

Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer, dies at 77

Gustav Adolf Merkel

Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer, dies at 57

Jam Master Jay

Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)

Jan Karol Gali

Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56

Jean Mouton

Jean Mouton, French composer

Johann Jakob Wolleb

Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer, dies at 54

Johann Vesque von Puttlingen

Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer, dies at 80

Kirby Grant

Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74

Linda Stein

Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker (b. 1945)

Oscar George Theodore Sonneck

Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer, dies at 55

Osvald Chlubna

Osvald Chlubna, composer, dies at 78

Paul Emile Ladmirault

Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66

Pietro Raimondi

Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (Potifar, Giacobbe), dies at 66

Pops Foster

Pops Foster, American musician (b. 1892)

Silas Gamaliel Pratt

Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70

Steve Allen

Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer (b. 1921)

Releases & milestones on October 30

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande released the album 'Positions'

Bring Me the Horizon

Bring Me the Horizon released the album 'Post Human: Survival Horror'

Cole Porter

Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie" premieres in NYC

Kurt Weill

Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in NYC

Maxwell Anderson

"Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs

Meghan Trainor

Meghan Trainor released the album 'A Very Trainor Christmas'

Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle released the album 'The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo'

Sam Smith

Sam Smith released the album 'Love Goes'

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