July 30 Born –
Christine McGuire (1929) – The McGuire Sisters.
Edd "Kookie" Byrnes (aka Edward Breitenberger, 1933) – actor/singer
("Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb").
George "Buddy" Guy (1936) – Blues singer/songwriter/guitarist.
Paul Anka (1941) – singer.
David Sanborn (1945) – saxophonist.
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (1946) – bassist for Jethro Tull.
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.
Kate Bush (1958) – singer/songwriter.
Vaughn Toulouse (aka Vaughn Cotillard, 1959) – Department S and Guns For
Hire.
Tex Axile (aka Anthony Doughty, 1963) – keyboardist for X-Ray Spex and The
Outpatients.
Craig Gannon (1966) – guitarist for The Smiths and The Bluebells.
Louise Wener (1966) – singer/songwriter for Sleeper.
Sean Moore (1968) – drummer for Manic Street Preachers.
Brad Hargreaves (1971) – drummer for Third Eye Blind.
Ian Watkins (1977) – singer/songwriter for Lostprophets.
July 30 R.I.P. –
Rob Jones (1993) – heroin overdose. Age 29. Bassist for The Wonder Stuff.
“Buffalo” Bob Smith (1998) – cancer. Age 80. DJ/singer/pianist, television
host.
Sam Phillips (2003) – respiratory failure. Age 80. Founder of 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)
Moby Grape – Truly Fine Citizen (1969)
Chic – Risqué (1979)
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Hometown Girl (1987)
Widespread Panic – Widespread Panic (1991)
The Psychedelic Furs – World Outside (1991)
Amorphous Androgynous – Tales Of Ephidrina (1993)
Republica – Republica (1996)
Sublime – Sublime (1996)
Alice In Chains – MTV Unplugged (1996)
Cast – Beetroot (2001)
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.
1954 – Elvis Presley makes his first official concert appearance at the
Hillbilly Hoedown at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis as an opening act
for Slim Whitman. Other acts on the bill include Billy Walker, Sugarfoot
Collins, Sonny Harvelle, Tinker Fry, and Curly Harris.
1955 – Johnny Cash records "Folsom Prison Blues" at Sun Studios.
1956 – Brenda Lee records "Jambalaya" and "Bigelow 6-500" in Nashville at
her first recording session for Decca Records.
1958 – Bob Crewe performs on American Bandstand.
1959 – Johnny Restivo appears on American Bandstand.
1960 – Tony Bennett records "The Best Is Yet To Come" at CBS Studios in New
York City.
1963 – The Rolling Stones perform at the Ricky Tick Club in Windsor.
1963 – The Beatles record "Till There Was You," "Roll Over Beethoven," "It
Won't Be Long" and "All My Loving" at EMI’s Abbey Road studios.
1963 – Mel Carter sings “When A Boy Falls In Love” on American Bandstand.
1965 – Aretha Franklin performs "Soulville" and "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby," and
Sonny and Cher sing "Baby Don't Go" on Where The Action Is. Cher also
performs "All I Really Want To Do." Series regular Steve Alaimo also
appears, and Paul Revere and The Raiders perform "Satisfaction" on film
from Hawaii.
1966 – The Syndicate Of Sound performs "Little Girl" and "That Kind Of
Man," and Ian Whitcomb sings "This Sporting Life" on American Bandstand.
Host Dick Clark also does a telephone interview with Sonny and Cher.
1967 – The Who perform at the Miami Beach Convention Hall in Florida.
1968 – The Ventures record “Hawaii Five-O.”
1968 – The Beatles' retail clothing store, the Apple Boutique, gives away
its inventory and closes its doors after only seven months in business.
1968 – Johnny Cash records "Daddy Sang Bass" at Columbia Studios in
Nashville.
1969 – Barbra 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 West Hollywood.
1976 – Comedian David Brenner hosts The Midnight Special, with musical
guests Gary Wright, Hot Chocolate, Phoebe Snow, The Sylvers, and George
Benson.
1977 – Stephen Bishop and Melissa Manchester appear on American Bandstand.
1978 – Fleetwood Mac and The Steve Miller Band perform at JFK Stadium in
Philadelphia.
1983 – James Brown is the guest performer on American Bandstand.
1986 – Boy George is found guilty of heroin possession and is fined the
equivalent of $375, stemming from a bust in his London home on July 13.
1986 – Variety magazine reports that RCA Records fired John Denver after
learning of his new single, "What Are We Making Weapons For?" because RCA
had been recently purchased by General Electric: one of America's largest
defense contractors.
1987 – David Bowie kicks off the North American leg of his Glass Spider
Tour, playing the first of two nights at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.
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, Björk, Teenage Fanclub, The Crash Test
Dummies, Chumbawamba, The Levellers, Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Aimee
Mann, Cypress Hill and others.
1995 – R.E.M., Sleeper, The Cranberries and Radiohead all appear at the
National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England.
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, The Flaming Lips, Rush,
The Isley Brothers, Sass Jordan, Blue Rodeo and Justin Timberlake play at a
SARS benefit concert at Downsview Park in Toronto, Canada, 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 – Britney 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, Scotland, Robert Langley finally
admits to bootlegging charges after the court hears evidence from Led
Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
2009 – Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher finally wins his long battle to
be recognized as co-writer of the band's hit, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale."
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