1930 in Music - Births

Births

• January 12 - Glenn Yarbrough (The Limelighters)
• January 13 - Bobby Lester (The Moonglows)
• January 27 - Bobby Blue Bland, blues and soul singer
• February 22 - Marni Nixon, soprano, best known for film voice-overs
• February 26 - Chic Hetti (The Playmates)
• March 6 - Lorin Maazel, conductor
• March 13 - Jan Howard, country singer
• March 17 - Paul Horn (musician), jazz and new age flautist
• March 22 - Stephen Sondheim, composer and songwriter
• March 28 - Robert Ashley, composer
• March 29 - Donny Conn (The Playmates)
• April 8 - Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue
• April 16 - Herbie Mann, jazz musician (d. 2003)
• May 1 - Little Walter, blues musician (d. 1968)
• May 16 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• May 28 - Julian Slade, musical theatre writer (d. 2006)
• June 3 - Dakota Staton, jazz vocalist (d. 2007)
• June 9 - Monique Serf, singer ("Barbara") (d. 1997)
• July 10 - Josephine Veasey, operatic mezzo-soprano
• July 16 - Guy Béart, singer and songwriter
• July 20 - Sally Ann Howes, English actress and singer
• August 1
  • Lionel Bart, English composer and lyricist (d. 1999)
  • Walter Jagiello, polka musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
• August 7 - Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer
• September 7 - Sonny Rollins, jazz saxophonist
• September 23 - Ray Charles, soul musician (d. 2004)
• October 5 - John Carmichael, pianist, composer and music therapist
• October 8 - Tōru Takemitsu, composer (d. 1996)
• October 24 - The Big Bopper, DJ and singer (d. 1957)
• October 30 - Clifford Brown, jazz trumpeter (d. 1956)
• December 31 - Odetta, singer, songwriter and civil rights activist (d. 2008)