Celebrating 30 April
Birthdays
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1948 – Wayne Kramer, guitarist, MC5
1951 – Des Tong, bassist, Sad Café
1953 – Merrill Osmond, bassist, The Osmonds
1957 – Wonder Mike (Michael Anthony Wright), rapper
1962 – Robert Reynolds, bassist, The Mavericks
1967 – Turbo B (Durron Maurice Butler), rapper, frontman of Snap!
1968 – Ben Ayres, guitarist, Cornershop
1969 – Paulo Jr. (Paulo Xisto Pinto Júnior) , bassist, Sepultura
1971 – Darren Emerson, DJ/keyboardist, Underworld
1971 – Chris Henderson, guitarist, 3 Doors Down
1981 – David Zowie, DJ/producer
1981 – Justin Vernon, guitarist, Bon Iver
1982 – Lloyd Banks, rapper
1982 – Cleo Higgins, singer, Cleopatra
1983 – Stevie Aiello, bassist, Thirty Seconds To Mars
1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian singer
1989 – Baauer (Harry Bauer Rodrigues), record producer
1991 – Travis Scott, rapper
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Died on this day
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1983 – Muddy Waters, blues legend (born 1913)
1999 – Darrell Sweet, drummer, Nazareth (born 1947)
2005 – Norma-Jean Wofford, Bo Diddley (born c1942)
2015 – Ben E. King, The Drifters (born 1938)
2019 – Boon Gould, guitarist, Level 42 (born 1955)
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And on this day in...
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1957 –Elvis recorded Jailhouse Rock
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