December 30

Events

 * 1731 - The first U.S. music concert is held (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston)

Births

 * 1678 - William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
 * 1853 - André Messager, French composer (d. 1929)
 * 1904 - Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
 * 1928 - Bo Diddley, American singer and musician (d. 2008)
 * 1931 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. 2004)
 * 1934 - Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
 * 1937 - John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
 * 1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
 * 1945 - Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
 * 1947 - Jeff Lynne, English musician (ELO)
 * 1956 - Suzy Bogguss, American singer
 * 1964 - Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)
 * 1969 - Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai)
 * 1978 - Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer