... and more August 30 birthdays – Kitty Wells (aka Ellen Deason, 1919) – Country music singer. John Peel (aka John Ravenscroft, 1939) – renowned British DJ. John McNally (1941) – guitarist for The Searchers. Jim Hager (1941) – Country music singer, The Hager Twins. Jon Hager (1941) – The Hager Twins. R. Crumb (aka Robert Crumb, 1943) – album cover artist, musician. Michael "Micky" Moody (1950) – guitarist for Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. Kenny Andrews (1952) – The Darts. Stephen "Horace" Panter (1953) – bassist for The Specials. Ron Beitle (1954) – drummer for Wild Cherry. Martin Jackson (1955) – drummer for Magazine.
August 30 R.I.P. – Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen (1988) – heart attack on stage. Age 57. Percussionist for War. Sterling Morrison (1995) – non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Age 53. The Velvet Underground. Barry Cowsill (2005) – killed in Hurricane Katrina, possibly on Aug. 29 or 31. Age 50. August 30 album releases – Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965) The Mamas & The Papas – The Mamas & The Papas (1966) The Byrds – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968) The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up (1971) Oasis – Definitely Maybe (1994) August 30 events – 1949 – Hank Williams records four songs with The Pleasant Valley Boys, including “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and “My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It,” at E.T. Herzog Studios in Cincinnati. 1959 – Already two months pregnant, 17-year old Carole King marries her songwriting partner Gerry Goffin. 1961 – Gene Chandler records “Duke Of Earl” in Chicago. 1961 – At Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut studio in Nashville, Brenda Lee records "Fool #1" and "Break It To Me Gently." 1963 – The Beatles are filmed at the Odeon Cinema in Southport for the documentary, The Mersey Beat. 1963 – American Bandstand airs its final daily episode; becoming a weekly show, airing on Saturdays. 1963 – Jerry Lee Lewis and his wife/cousin Myra welcome their second child, Phoebe. 1965 – The Beatles play their second show at the Hollywood Bowl. 1966 – The Beatles return to England, never to play the U.S. (or in front of a paying audience) ever again. 1968 – Mary Hopkin releases her single, “Those Were The Days” b/w “Turn! Turn! Turn!” 1969 – The second Isle of Wight festival begins in Wootton. The two- day event features Bob Dylan and The Band, The Who, Free, Joe Cocker, The Moody Blues and many others. 1969 – The three-day Texas International Pop Festival takes place in Lewisville. The festival features Led Zeppelin, Chicago Transit Authority, Janis Joplin, Grand Funk Railroad, Johnny Winter, Nazz and many others. 1972 – The One To One concerts, featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono, along with Stevie Wonder, Melanie and others, are held at Madison Square Garden. The afternoon and evening concerts are a benefit for mentally handicapped children. 1973 – After two years and two unsuccessful albums without frontman Jim Morrison, The Doors officially break up. 1975 – Free's guitarist, Paul Kossoff, checks into a hospital and goes into a drug-induced coma, and is legally dead for over 35 minutes before being revived. 1988 – Singer Brenda Lee sues MCA for back royalties for more than $20 million. The suit is eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. 1988 – Bruce Springsteen’s wife, Julianne Phillips, files for divorce as photos begin surfacing of Bruce with backing singer Patti Scialfa. 1989 – Billy Joel fires his long-time manager and brother-in-law, Frank Weber, after discovering that $90 million had been embezzled from his savings. 1989 – Guns ‘N Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin is arrested at the Phoenix airport for urinating on the floor, verbally abusing a stewardess, and smoking in the non-smoking section of the aircraft during a U.S. air flight. 1990 – Canadian-born singer Paul Anka becomes a U.S. citizen in Las Vegas, then discovers his illegally-parked car has been towed away during the naturalization ceremony. 1991 – Country singer Dottie West, in a hurry to make it to her performance at the Grand Ole Opry on time, is involved in a serious car crash. With no visible injuries, she believes herself to be fine, but dies in five days from internal injuries. 1993 – Billy Joel is David Letterman’s first musical guest on his new CBS late night show. 1994 – Oasis appears at the Virgin Megastore in London for an acoustic set and autograph signing session. 1995 – James Taylor and ex-wife Carly Simon reunite onstage for the first time in 16 years for a benefit concert in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. 1997 – Members of the Wu-Tang Clan are arrested after allegedly assaulting a record promotions manager after a show in Chicago. 2007 – In his divorce case, Kevin Federline asks that Brittany Spears pay his legal fees, citing no income. 2007 – Rapper Lil Wayne is sued by Tyrique Layne for $1 million, claiming she was crushed at one of his concerts after a large amount of cash was thrown into the audience. She alleges that she lost consciousness after being trampled by the crowd, and suffers from memory loss and severe headaches. 2009 – Monkee Davy Jones marries his third wife, Jessica Pacheco. 2011 – Elvis Presley Enterprises files a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Arista Music, formerly RCA Records, demanding proper payment over new media income such as ringtones, downloads and entertainment apps. ____________________ Events correction -- The Beatles' single Hey Jude/Revolution was released on August 26, 1968 in the UK, and was listed on that day.
