May 30th

Musical birthdays today include accordionist & electronic music pioneer Pauline Oliveros (86), former Dave Clark Five guitarist Lenny Davidson (74), Dead Kennedys bassist Geoffrey 'Klaus Flouride' Lyall (69), classical pianist Zoltan Kocsis (66), ex-Clash drummer Topper Headon (63), Wynona Judd (54), former Rage against the Machine frontman Tom Morello (54), ex-Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus (52), Charlatans lead singer Tim Burgess (51), stage musical singer Idina Menzel (47), rapper & producer Thomas 'CeeLo Green' Calloway (43), Shadows Fall lead singer Brian Fair (43), and Devendra Banhart (37).  


Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Benny Goodman, born on this day in 1909... for latin jazz percussionist Armondo Peraza, born in 1924... for rapper Lamont 'Big L' Coleman, who would have been 44... for song & dance man Dooley Wilson, who died on this date in 1953... for Derek & the Dominoes bassist Carl Radle, who died in 1980... for Sun Ra, who passed away in 1993... for big band singer & saxophonist Tex Beneke, who died in 2000... and for guitarist & Miles Davis sideman Pete Cosey, who left us today in 2012.

Also on May 30th: J.S. Bach makes his debut as cantor at Leipzig's Thomasschule with his first cantata performance in the city. He presents cantata № 75, Die Elenden soll essen, at the St. Nicolai Church, and will be formally inducted into his post tomorrow (1723)... London Records release The Rolling Stones' self-titled debut album in America, subtitled England's Newest Hitmakers (1964)... Dolly Parton marries Carl Thomas Dean, a road-paving contractor, in Ringgold, GA. The couple celebrate their golden anniversary today (1966)... At Abbey Road, The Beatles record 'Revolution', the first of the tracks that will make up the collection that will come to be known as The White Album (1968)... George Harrison's album Living in the Material World is released in the US (1973)...  A 14-year-old Australian David Cassidy fan named Bernadette Whelan dies of heart failure four days after attending her idol's concert in White City Park, Perth. Over 1,000 other fans had to be given medical attention during the show (1974)... David Bowie kicks off his 87-date Glass Spider world tour at the Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam (1987)... The Black Crowes go to № 1 on the US album chart with The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)... Alan Whitaker of Penzance appears on the UK TV quiz show Mastermind with The Sex Pistols as his specialist subject. He wins a place in the semi-final of the show, answering all but one of the 18 questions correctly (1996)... Scottish pop singer Finley Quaye is threatened with jail after his mobile phone rang when he is in the dock waiting to be sentenced on charges of assaulting his former girlfriend. After being found guilty, he is ordered to attend a six-month domestic violence programme (2003)... A leaked copy of the new White Stripes album Icky Thump is played entirely on the Chicago radio station Q101 [WKQX FM]. Jack White personally calls the US radio station from Spain, where he is on tour, to voice his displeasure (2007)..