Born: November 30, 1915

Died: February 16, 1996

Influential Piedmont-style electric blues guitarist, long-time collaborator with blind harpist Sonny Terry, "Robbie Doby Boogie" (1948), Broadway, film and TV actor, died of stomach cancer on 2/16/1996, age 80

Born: November 30, 1924

Died: November 20, 1973

Comedian, musical satirist, singer and songwriter, "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" (#2, 1963), died from emphysema on 11/20/1973, age 48

Born: November 30, 1929

Died: April 18, 2012

Formerly "America's oldest living teenager," clean-cut and venerable radio DJ/commentator, longtime TV host for American Bandstand, astute music impresario and executive producer for TV entertainment programs, died following a heart attack on 4/18/2012, age 82

Born: November 30, 1932

Died: 0000-00-00

Bass guitarist and member of the Nashville A-Team of top session musicians in the 50s and 60s, backed dozens of hits by Elvis Presley,Bob Dylan,Jerry Lee Lewis and many others, directed backing bands for country star Red Foley, Connie Francis and Brenda Lee, issued several country-pop albums in the 60s and scored the Top 10 hit "Mexico" (#7, 1961), largely disappeared from the music business after a mid-80s injury to his hand forced an early retirement, died from an unspecified cause on 9/22/2021, age 88.

Born: November 30, 1937

Died: May 18, 2024

London-born, Australia-raised country-pop and easy listening US one hit wonder singer with six UK Top 10 singles during Beatlemania, including "I Remember You" (#5, UK #1, 1962), kept recording and performing in the 70s and 80s until contracting pneumonia in 1986 and having a lung removed with resulting vocal cord damage, recovered his singing voice and issued a dance remake of an earlier hit, renamed “The Yodeling Song” (UK #40, 1991), his 16th and final charting single in the UK over a 30-year career, died from pneumonia on 5/18/2024, age 86.

Born: November 30, 1937

Died: 0000-00-00

One hit wonder teen-pop singer ("I'm Sticking With You," #14, 1957), pivoted to the other side of the microphone and enjoyed a long career as a songwriter and producer, co-wrote "Party Doll" with Buddy Knox (#1, 1957) and produced "Strangers In The Night" for Frank Sinatra (#1, 1966), worked with Glen Campbell, Garth Brooks and others, oversaw movie productions in the 70s, 80s and 90s

Born: November 30, 1943

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist in British blues-rock Ten Years After, "I'd Love To Change The World" (Top 40, 1971)

Born: November 30, 1944

Died: March 19, 2007

R&B/soul singer and songwriter, "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" (#3, 1972), co-wrote The Staple Singers' "Respect Yourself" (#12, 1971), died from heart failure on 3/19/2007, age 62

Born: November 30, 1944

Died: July 11, 2011

Bassist, lead singer and songwriter for AM Top 40 pop-rockers The Grass Roots, "Midnight Confessions" (#5, 1968), fronted and toured with the band until his death following a stroke on 7/11/2011, age 66

Born: November 30, 1945

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist in hard rock/prog rock Deep Purple, "Smoke On The Water" (#4, 1973), left in 1973 for solo career, sessions, tours with Nazareth, Ian Gillian and others, joined Rainbow in 1979 and rejoined Deep Purple in 1984

Born: November 30, 1949

Died: January 14, 1995

Backing vocalist in Southern rock Black Oak Arkansas, sang on the hit duet "Jim Dandy" (#25, 1973), later fronted Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost and The Ruby Starr Band, died from lung cancer and a brain tumor on 11/29/1995, age 45.

Born: November 30, 1953

Died: 0000-00-00

Jazz-rock fusion keyboardist, early work with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, solo, sessions and collaborator with Stanley Clark, Peter Gabriel, Sting and others

Born: November 30, 1953

Died: 0000-00-00

R&B/soul singer and songwriter, "Inspiration Information" (R&B #56, 1975), The Brothers Johnson covered his "Strawberry Letter 23" (#5, 1977)

Born: November 30, 1953

Died: April 11, 2006

Youngest of the R&B/soul-pop-disco-dance sister act The Pointer Sisters, "Slow Hand" (#2, 1981), died following a stroke on 4/11/2006, age 52

Born: November 30, 1954

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for Aussie pop/rockers Little River Band, "Lonesome Loser" (#6, 1979), left in 1978 to pursue a career in ministry

Born: November 30, 1955

Died: 0000-00-00

Co-founder and lead singer for punk rock Generation X, then post-punk pop-rock MTV superstar, "White Wedding" (#4, 1982)

Born: November 30, 1957

Died: 0000-00-00

Guitar for Brit New Wave post-punk The Psychedelic Furs, "Pretty In Pink" (#41, 1981)

Born: November 30, 1957

Died: 0000-00-00

Keyboards for Brit New Wave art-rock Japan, "Ghosts" (UK #5, 1982), Porcupine Tree

Born: November 30, 1958

Died: 0000-00-00

Madonna-wanna-be dance/pop diva, "Two Of Hearts" (#3, 1986)

Born: November 30, 1963

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocalist and lyricist for R&B/new jack swing trio Whodini, "Funky Beat" (R&B #19, 1986)

Born: November 30, 1965

Died: 0000-00-00

Drums and percussion for Aussie New Wave synth-pop/pub rock Icehouse, "Electric Blue" (#7, 1987)

Born: November 30, 1968

Died: 0000-00-00

Brit R&B/soul-pop singer, "You Gotta Be" (#5, 1995)

Born: November 30, 1973

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for Chicago-based heavy metal band Disturbed, "Another Way To Die" (Mainstream Rock #1, 2010)

Born: November 30, 1975

Died: February 17, 2013

Country-pop singer, "Guys Do It All The Time" (#72, Country #1, 1996) and five other Country Top 40 hits, died from a self-inflicted gunshot on 2/17/2013, age 37

Born: November 30, 1978

Died: 0000-00-00

Singer, actor, producer and author, 2003 American Idol runner-up, "This Is The Night" (#1, 2003)

Born: November 30, 1987

Died: 0000-00-00

Bass and vocals for Brit pop-rock boy band McFly, "All About You" (UK #1, 2005), Broadway actor in Monty Python's Spamalot (2008)

Born: November 30, 1989

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals for dance-pop pre-fab band S Club 8 (previously S Club Juniors), "Fool No More" (UK #4, 2003)

Born: November 30, 1939

Died: December 29, 2019

One hit wonder novelty pop-folk singer with "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" (#22, 1966), the song was covered by Barry McGuire (1972) and They Might Be Giants (1999), among others, afterwards left for the UK and other opportunities, took up a professional and personal relationship with British pop-soul singer Dusty Springfield and co-wrote several of Dusty's B-Side songs, returned to the U.S. in 1970 to begin a decades-long music teaching career in various California state and private colleges, died from colon cancer on 12/29/2019, age 80.

Born: November 30, 1941

Died: April 15, 2021

Saxophone and flute for early 60s rock band The Clovers, then from 1970 in groundbreaking, mixed race soul/funk Sly & The Family Stone ("Family Affair," #1, R&B #1, 1971), left in 1975 and later joined funk-rock War ("Galaxy," #39, R&B #5, 1978), did session work in the 80s for crooner Frank Sinatra and Latin jazz-pop great Tito Puente, performed in his own clubs and around the Palm Springs (CA) area before succumbing to cancer on 4/15/2021, age 77.

Born: November 30, 1943

Died: December 10, 2022

R&B singer and songwriter with several minor singles in the early 60s before joining Motown Records for a short stint as a writer, then with R&B soul trio The Holidays (“I’ll Love You Forever,” R&B #7, 1966), co-written with bandmate Edwin Starr, and the solo hit “Baby Please Come Back Home” (R&B #9, 1967), relocated to England in 70s and enjoyed a modest second career on the Northern Soul circuit in the UK in the 80s, died from undisclosed causes on 12/10/2022, age 79.

Born: November 30, 1940

Died: December 28, 2024

Son of 30s-40s blues-folk legend Josh White, singer and guitarist in the 60s folk revival scene in Greenwich Village in New York City with luminaries like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, carving his own identify while maintaining reverence for his father’s music, spent decades playing the college circuit and blues clubs in often smaller markets, generating critical acclaim but modest commercial success, performed in public for the last time at an April 2024 Americana music festival in Boston, announced his retirement from performing the day before dying at home from undisclosed causes on 12/28/2024, age 84.