1930 in music

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Births

• January 12 - Glenn Yarborough, The Limelighters
• January 13 - Bobby Lester, The Moonglows
• January 27 - Bobby Blue Bland
• February 13 - Dorothy McGuire, The McGuire Sisters
• February 26 - Chic Hetti, The Playmates
• March 6 - Lorin Maazel, conductor
• March 13 - Jan Howard, singer
• March 16 - Harald Banter, jazz composer
• March 22 - Stephen Sondheim
• March 28 - Robert Ashley, composer
• March 29 - Donny Conn, The Playmates
• April 16 - Herbie Mann
• May 1 - Little Walter
• May 28 - Julian Slade
• June 9 - Monique Serf
• July 16 - Guy Béart
• July 20 - Sally Ann Howes, English actress and singer
• August 1 - Lionel Bart, English composer and lyricist
• September 23 - Ray Charles
• October 8 - Toru Takemitsu, composer
• October 24 - Big Bopper
• December 31 - Odetta