Happy Birthday Hughie, the Poets ruled Scotland in the 60's but Blue ruled the charts in the late 70's! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sohtr25d8u8
On Monday, July 30, 2012 5:00:56 PM UTC+1, Eidem wrote: > ... 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. >
