Musicians Born on May 30

Benny Goodman (1909-1986)

American clarinetist and bandleader (King of Swing), born in Chicago, Illinois

1913 Cedric Thorpe Davie, British composer of film scores and pedagogue (The Green Man; St. Andrews University), born in Lewisham, London (d. 1983)
1914 Bobby Sherwood, American jazz and session guitarist (Bing Crosby, 1933-40), big band bandleader, and disc jockey, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1981)
1920 George London, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1985)
1920 John Heawood, Canadian actor, singer and choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), born in Canada (d. 1995)
1924 Armando Peraza, Cuban jazz, Latin jazz, and rock percussionist (George Shearing; Cal Tjader; Santana, 1972-90), born in Lawton Batista, Havana, Cuba (d. 2014) [birth year disputed]
1925 Claude Prey, French composer, born in Fleury sur Andelle (d. 1998)
1926 Edouard Van Remoortel, Belgian conductor (St Louis Symphony, 1958-62), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1977)
1928 Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor, born in 's-Graveland, Netherlands (d. 2012)
1930 David Evatt Tunley, Australian composer, born in Australia
1932 Pauline Oliveros, composer (Sound Patterns), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
1932 Seppo Nummi, Finnish composer and music critic, born in Oulu, Finland (d. 1981)
1938 Lone Koppel, Danish operatic soprano (Danish Royal Theatre, 1962-93) and avant garde rock singer (Savage Garden), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1944 John Casado, American graphic artist (MacIntosh; New Line Cinema), album cover designer (Doobie Brothers, Aaron Neville, Barry White, and photographer, born in East Los Angeles, California
1944 Lenny Davidson, British rock guitarist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), born in London, England
1945 Gladys Horton, American pop singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"; "Too Many Fish In The Sea"), born in Gainesville, Florida (d. 2011) [or 1944]
1945 Steve Smith, American singer (Lawrence Welk Show), born in San Francisco, California
1947 Krishna Das [Jeffrey Kagel], American new age and kirtan vocalist, and record producer (All One), born in Long Island, New York
1951 Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer, born in Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
1952 Alexander Toradze, Soviet Georgian-American concert pianist and music professor (University of Indiana, 1991-2017), born in Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR (d. 2022)
1952 Zoltán Kocsis, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer, born in Budapest (d. 2016)
1955 Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer (Clash. 1977-82 - "London CAlling", "Rock the Casbah"), born in Bromley, England
1958 Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer (Roxette - Must Have Been Love), born in Össjö, Sweden (d. 2019)
1960 Stephen Duffy, English rock singer, songwriter, and musician (The Lilac Time - "Paradise Circus"; solo - "Sugar High"; Duran Duran 1978-79), born in Alum Rock, England

Tom Morello (59 years old)

1964 American guitarist (Audioslave; Rage Against the Machine), born in New York City

Wynonna Judd (59 years old)

1964 American country singer (The Judds), born in Ashland, Kentucky

1966 Stephen Malkmus, American songwriter, singer and guitarist (Pavement), born in Santa Monica, California
1967 Martin Blunt, British rock singer (The Charlatans - "The Only One I Know"), born in West Midlands, England
1968 Tim Burgess, English rock vocalist (Charlatans - "Only One I Know"), born in Salford, Lancashire, England

Idina Menzel (52 years old)

1971 American actress and singer, born in Queens, New York

1974 Big L [Lamont Coleman], American rapper (Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1999)
1975 CeeLo Green [Thomas Callaway], American Grammy winning singer-songwriter (Crazy; F*** You), reality TV judge (The Voice, 2011-13), record producer, and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1981 Devendra Banhart, Venezulan-American singer-songwriter (Cripple Crow), born in Houston, Texas
1989 Kevin Covais, American singer (American Idol) and actor, born in Levittown, New York