... and more July 30 birthdays – Christine McGuire (1929) – The McGuire Sisters. David Sanborn (1945) – saxophonist. Hugh Nicholson (1949) – The Poets. Joyce Jones (1949) – First Choice. Phil Fearon (1956) – singer/songwriter/producer, Galaxy. David Joseph (1957) – Hi-Tension. Rat Scabies (aka Chris Millar, 1957) – drummer for The Damned. Craig Gannon (1966) – guitarist for The Smiths and The Bluebells. Sean Moore (1968) – drummer for Manic Street Preachers. Brad Hargreaves (1971) – drummer for Third Eye Blind. ____________________
Birthday correction -- Edd "Kookie" Byrnes was born in 1933. ____________________ July 30 R.I.P. – Sam Phillips (2003) – respiratory failure. Age 80. Sun Records. Richard "Scar" Lopez (2010) – lung cancer. Age 65. Cannibal and The Headhunters. July 30 album releases – The Rolling Stones – Out Of Our Heads (1965) U.S. Buffalo Springfield – Last Time Around (1968) Miles Davis – In A Silent Way (1969) Bruce Springsteen – The Rising (2002) July 30 events – 1942 – Frank Sinatra records "Out Of Nowhere" and "There Are Such Things": his last recordings with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. 1955 – Johnny Cash records "Folsom Prison Blues" at Sun Studios. 1956 – Brenda Lee records "Jambalaya" and "Bigelow 6-500" at her first recording session. 1959 – Johnny Restivo appears on American Bandstand. 1960 – Tony Bennett records "The Best Is Yet To Come." 1963 – The Beatles record "Till There Was You," "Roll Over Beethoven," "It Won't Be Long" and "All My Loving" at Abbey Road. 1965 – Sonny and Cher and Aretha Franklin appear on Where The Action Is. 1968 – The Ventures record "Hawaii Five-O." 1968 – Johnny Cash records "Daddy Sang Bass" in Nashville. 1969 – Barbara Streisand opens for Liberace at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. 1969 – George Martin and The Beatles begin assembling the medley for the Abbey Road album. 1969 – The Temptations release their single, "I Can't Get Next To You" b/w "Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You." 1974 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band share the bill with Roger McGuinn at The Troubadour in L.A. 1986 – Boy George is found guilty of heroin possession and fined $370, stemming from a bust on July 12. 1986 – Variety magazine reports that RCA Records fired John Denver after learning of his new single, titled "What Are We Making Weapons For?" because RCA had been recently purchased by General Electric: one of America's largest defense contractors. 1991 – A police officer is forced to tear up an illegal turn traffic ticket given to a limousine that Axl Rose is travelling in when Rose threatens to pull that night's Guns N' Roses gig if the ticket is issued. 1994 – The T In The Park Festival takes place at the Strathclyde Country Park in Lanarkshire, Scotland, featuring Rage Against The Machine, Blur, Del Amitri, Oasis, Crowded House and others. 1997 – An L.A. judge rules that Michael Jackson and members of his family are not liable for losses incurred by the producers of the failed 1994 Jackson Family Honors TV special. 2003 – The Rolling Stones, The Guess Who, AC/DC, Rush and Justin Timberlake play at Downsview Park in Toronto in front of 450,000. 2004 – While walking around London, Ronald Isley suffers a minor stroke and is admitted to a local hospital. He recovers in a few weeks. 2005 – The Jimi Hendrix book "Room Full Of Mirrors" hits book stands, and alleges that Hendrix may have pretended to be gay to get out of the Army. 2007 – Brittney Spears' divorce from Kevin Federline is finalized. 2007 – After denying three trademark and two copyright infringement charges when caught at a record fair in Glasgow, Robert Langley finally admits to bootlegging charges after the court hears evidence from Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. 2009 – Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher wins his long battle to be recognized as co-writer of the band's hit, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale." ____________________ Events correction -- The Rolling Stones fired Allen Klein on July 29, 1970.
