What happened on October 30
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194482 yrs ago
Copland's Appalachian Spring premieres with Martha Graham
Graham choreographed the ballet and danced the Bride. Copland's score, which features the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts", won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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198739 yrs ago
George Michael releases his solo debut album Faith
It produced four US No. 1 singles and won the Grammy for Album of the Year. It has sold over 25 million copies.
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199927 yrs ago
Santana's Supernatural sits atop the Billboard 200
The comeback album was No. 1 that week, selling about 169,500 copies.
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200125 yrs ago
Michael Jackson releases Invincible, his final studio album
It cost about $30 million to make and debuted at No. 1. It was the last studio album released in his lifetime.
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200323 yrs ago
Wicked opens on Broadway
Stephen Schwartz's musical opened at the Gershwin Theatre and later passed $1 billion in Broadway grosses.
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1897129 yrs ago
Mexican songwriter Agustín Lara is born
He wrote "Granada" and "Solamente una vez", songs later recorded by singers from Mario Lanza to José Carreras.
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193096 yrs ago
Trumpeter Clifford Brown is born
In a career of only about four years he wrote standards like "Joy Spring". After his death at 25, Benny Golson wrote "I Remember Clifford" in tribute.
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194185 yrs ago
Temptations founder Otis Williams is born
He is the last surviving original member of the Temptations, and his memoir became an NBC miniseries.
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200224 yrs ago
Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay is shot dead in Queens
The DJ behind Run-DMC's sound was killed in his recording studio. The case went unsolved for nearly two decades before charges were finally brought in 2020.
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200719 yrs ago
Robert Goulet, Camelot's Lancelot, dies at 73
"If Ever I Would Leave You" became his signature song. He won the Grammy for Best New Artist and later a Tony.
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