October 30 Born –
Patsy Montana (aka Ruby Blevins, 1908) – Country music singer/songwriter
("I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart").
Ray Smith (1934) – Rockabilly artist (“Rockin’ Little Angel”).
Hamilton Camp (1934) – singer/songwriter/actor (“Pride Of Man”).
Eddie Holland (1939) – songwriter for Motown.
Grace Slick (aka Grace Wing, 1939) – Jefferson Airplane and Starship.
Otis “Big Daddy” Williams (1941) – The Temptations.
Chris Slade (aka Christopher Rees, 1946) – drummer for Manfred Mann’s Earth
Band and AC/DC.
Timothy B. Schmit (1947) – bassist for Poco and The Eagles.
David Green (1949) – Australian bassist for Air Supply.
Jerry de Borg (1960) – guitarist for Jesus Jones.
Joey Belladonna (aka Joesph Bellardini, 1960) – vocalist for Anthrax.
Geoff Beauchamp (1962) – guitarist for Eighth Wonder.
Gavin Rossdale (1965) – guitarist/vocalist for Bush.
Tommy Walter (1970) – bassist for Eels, and Abandoned Pools.
Kassidy Osborn (1976) – SHeDAISY.
October 30 R.I.P. –
Malcolm Hale (1968) – carbon monoxide poisoning. Age 27. Spanky and Our
Gang.
Kirby Grant (1985) – car crash. Age 73. Child
prodigy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prodigy>
violinist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin>,
singer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer>
/bandleader/actor (Sky King).
Steve Allen (2000) – heart attack. Age 78. Musician/songwriter, television
host.
Jam Master Jay (2002) – murdered. Age 37. Run-D.M.C.
Robert Goulet (2007) – idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_pulmonary_fibrosis>.
Age 73. Canadian singer/actor.
Linda Stein (2007) – murdered. Age 62. Manager of The Ramones.
Andrew “Mike” Terry (2008) – Age 68. Saxophonist with the Funk Brothers.
Norton Buffalo (2009) – lung and brain cancer. Age 58.
Singer/songwriter/harmonica player, The Steve Miller Band.
October 30 album releases –
Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
The Temptations – The Temptations Christmas Card (1970)
The Who – Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy (1971)
Pink Floyd – Meddle (1971)
Stevie Wonder – Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants
(1979)
Mercyful Fate – Melissa (1983)
Anthrax – Spreading The Disease (1985)
George Michael – Faith (1987)
Billy Joel – Storm Front (1989)
Joe Satriani – Flying In A Blue Dream (1989)
Wet Wet Wet – Holding Back The River (1989)
Jimmy Buffett – Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! (1990)
Roxy Music – Heart Still Beating (1990)
Big Daddy Kane – Taste Of Chocolate (1990)
Carcass – Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious (1991)
Pulp – Different Class (1995)
U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
Blur – Blur: The Best Of (2000)
Lenny Kravitz – Lenny (2001)
Michael Jackson – Invincible (2001)
Phish – LivePhish 6 (2001)
The Who – Endless Wire (2006)
The Eagles – Long Road Out Of Eden (2007)
October 30 events –
1937 – 18-year old Kitty Wells marries Country music singer Johnnie Wright.
They remain married for 74 years, until Johnnie’s death in 2011.
1954 – Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black perform at the Eagle’s
Nest in Memphis.
1955 – Elvis Presley records “When It Rains, It Really Pours” at Sun Studio
in Memphis.
1956 – Sonny James records both sides of his next single, “Young Love” and
“You’re The Reason,” at Owen Bradley Quonset Hut studio in Nashville.
1957 – Billy Myles appears on American Bandstand.
1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 plays one show at the
Edmonton Gardens in Alberta, Canada, featuring . Acts include Paul Anka,
Clyde McPhatter, LaVerne Baker, Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Bowen and The Rhythm
Orchids, The Everly Brothers, The Crickets, Frankie Lymon, Buddy Knox,
Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and The Drifters.
1958 – Neil Sedaka records “The Diary” at RCA Studios in New York City.
1960 – During sessions for the His Hand In Mine gospel album, Elvis Presley
records two songs for his next single, “Surrender” and “Crying In The
Chapel.”
1961 – Two days after Beatles fan Raymond Jones asks for The Beatles'
German single “My Bonnie” at Brian Epstein's NEMS record store in
Liverpool, two girls visit the store and ask for the same record. Epstein's
difficulty in locating the record is due to the fact that the record was
released by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers.
1961 – The Crystals release their single, “Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby” b/w
“There’s No Other (Like My Baby)” on Philles Records.
1961 – Bobby Darin records “Irresistible You” in Hollywood.
1963 – On the final day of their Swedish tour, The Beatles record an
appearance in Stockholm at Narren-teatern for the Sverige Television
program Drop In. They perform “She Loves You,” “Twist And Shout,” “I Saw
Her Standing There” and “Long Tall Sally.”
1965 – Billy Preston, The Wellingtons, Bobby Sherman, Jackie and Gayle, The
Spokesmen, The Blossoms, and Jim Doval and The Gauchos all appear on the
Halloween edition of Shindig!, with co-hosts Boris Karloff and Adams
Family’s Lurch, Ted Cassidy.
1965 – Country music artist Ronnie Milsap marries Joyce Reeves. They’re
still married.
1966 – James Brown sings a medley of his hits, and Nancy Sinatra sings
“Sugar Town” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Mrs. Miller.
1967 – Rolling Stone Brian Jones pleads guilty in a London court to
possession of marijuana, and not guilty to possession of cocaine and
methedrine. He is sentenced to nine months in jail, and spends the night in
Wormwood Scrubs prison.
1967 – Unsigned group Tyrannosaurus Rex records a session for the UK Radio
1 show Top Gear at the urging of Top Gear DJ John Peel.
1968 – The MC5 plays the first of two nights at the Grande Ballroom in
Detroit and record both shows for their first album.
1968 – Marvin Gaye releases his single “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
b/w "You're What's Happening (In The World Today)" on the Tamla label.
1970 – Hotlegs makes their stage debut opening for The Moody Blues at the
Royal Festival Hall in London.
1970 – Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in prison and fined $500 in
a Miami courtroom for allegedly exposing himself during a concert there the
previous year. Morrison’s attorneys appeal the sentence, and the case is
still on appeal when Morrison dies the following July.
1970 – Davy Jones appears as himself on "The Teen Idol" episode of ABC-TV's
Make Room For Granddaddy.
1972 – Elton John becomes only the second rock act - after The Beatles - to
perform for Queen Elizabeth II at her annual Royal Command Variety
Performance in London.
1973 – On their first visit to the UK, The Osmonds are mobbed by 10,000
fans at London's Heathrow Airport.
1974 – Kathy Silvia files for divorce from her husband Sly Stone.
1975 – Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour opens at War Memorial
Auditorium in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with Joan Baez as part of the tour.
1979 – Bianca Jagger’s divorce from Mick becomes final.
1984 – Barry Manilow plays the first of ten sold-out nights at Radio City
Music Hall. The concert series will set a box office record and beat Diana
Ross' old Music Hall record of $1.8 million.
1984 – Linda Ronstadt makes her grand opera debut in a production of La
Boheme at New York's Public Theatre.
1988 – Nirvana plays at a dorm party at Evergreen State College in Olympia,
Washington, in room K 208.
1990 – Guns ‘N Roses singer Axl Rose is arrested for hitting his neighbor
over the head with a wine bottle when the neighbor complains about loud
music coming from the singer’s house. Rose is released on $10,000 bail.
1997 – The Bee Gees walk off the set of Clive Anderson's BBC-TV talk show All
Talk after Anderson disparages their disco era and refers to them as
"tossers."
1998 – KISS appears with and without their make-up in the “…Thirteen Years
Later” episode of Fox’s television show, Millennium.
1998 – As a Halloween treat, Black Sabbath reunites to play “Paranoid” on
The Late Show With David Letterman.
1998 – Bon Jovi kicks off a 232-date world tour with a performance at the
RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
2002 – The post office in the Hancock Park suburb of Los Angeles is
re-named the Nat King Cole Post Office after the singer and one-time
resident.
2003 – Pink Floyd’s manager, Steve O’Rourke, suffers a massive stroke and
passes away in Miami, Florida, at age 63.
2003 – Beatrice Milly McCartney is born to Paul and Heather Mills.
2004 – An arrest warrant is issued for Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil after
he knocks a soundman unconscious during a concert at Gilley's nightclub in
Dallas, Texas. Neil punched Michael Talbert in the face after asking him
for more guitar volume in his monitor, attacking Talbert as he adjusted it.
2005 – Nine days before tickets go on sale, hundreds of people line up
outside the Sheffield Arena to make sure they get tickets to see Sir Cliff
Richard in concert a year later, on November 22, 2006.
2006 – The 17th annual Q Magazine Awards ceremony is held at the Grosvenor
House Hotel in London, honoring the top British acts in popular music.
Winners include The Arctic Monkeys for Best Album and the People's Choice
awards; U2 for innovation; Smokey Robinson - with his first ever UK award -
for his Outstanding Contribution to Music, and Boy George for the song
“Karma Chameleon.” Muse won Best Live Act, The Who received the Q Legend
Award, and Primal Scream won the Q Groundbreaker Award.
2007 – Forbes magazine announces that Elvis Presley has regained his crown
from last year’s topper Kurt Cobain as the highest earning dead celebrity,
with income of $49 million. John Lennon ranks second with $44 million,
while former bandmate George Harrison comes in fourth with $22 million.
2009 – Elton John is hospitalized with the flu and an E. coli infection.
2011 – Justin Bieber surpasses Lady Gaga’s one billion mark by becoming the
first person to surpass two billion YouTube views on his various videos.
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