Wikipedia:WikiProject Record Production/July 30
| These musicians were born on July 30 in... |
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| 1929 - Christine McGuire (McGuire Sisters) 1936 - Buddy Guy 1941 - Paul Anka 1945 - David Sanborn 1946 - Jeffrey Hammond (Jethro Tull) 1948 - Otis Taylor 1949 - Andy Scott (Sweet) 1949 - Joyce Jones (First Choice) 1949 - Hugh Nicholson (Marmalade) 1956 - Phil Fearon (Galaxy) 1957 - Rat Scabies (born Christopher Miller) 1958 - Kate Bush 1958 - Neal McCoy 1963 - Dwayne O'Brien (Little Texas) 1964 - Ron Block (Alison Krauss & Union Station) 1965 - Tex Axile (Transvision Vamp) 1966 - Craig Gannon (Bluebells, Smiths) 1966 - Louise Wener (Sleeper) 1966 - Jyoti Mishra (White Town) 1968 - Sean Moore (Manic Street Preachers) 1971 - Elvis Crespo 1971 - Brad Hargreaves (Third Eye Blind) 1977 - Ian Watkins (Lostprophets) |
| These musicians died on July 30 in... |
| 1978 - Glen Goins (Parliament-Funkadelic) - Hodgkin's lymphoma 1993 - Don Myrick (Earth, Wind & Fire) - Shot by police during narcotics investigation 2003 - Sam Phillips - Respiratory failure |
| These musical events occurred on July 30 in... |
| 1942 - Frank Sinatra recorded his last sides with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. 1954 - Elvis Presley made his first live appearance in Memphis opening for Slim Whitman. 1968 - The Beatles closed the Apple Boutique in London. 1973 - John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas said at a press conference that ABC-Dunhill had stolen upwards of $60 million from every artist who recorded for the label. 1978 - Thin Lizzy officially announced that Gary Moore had replaced Brian Robertson. 1986 - Boy George was fined by a London court for heroin possession. 1986 - RCA dropped John Denver after their new owner, GE, was upset with his song What Are We Making Weapons For?. 1987 - David Bowie started the North American portion of his Glass Spiders tour in Philadelphia, PA. 1991 - Axl Rose threatened to cancel that night's Guns N' Roses show if a police officer didn't tear up a ticket he was issuing to the limousine driver for an illegal left turn. The police tore up the ticket. 1992 - Smokey Robinson performed at Mary Wells' funeral. 1994 - Guitarist Bernard Butler left Suede. 1996 - Aerosmith fired long-time manager Tim Collins. 1997 - Michael Jackson and the Jackson family were not held responsible for losses the producer incurred for their Jackson Family Honors special after it was delayed due to Michael's illness. 1997 - Boys Don't Cry sued Paula Cole and her record company saying that Where Have All the Cowboys Gone sounded too much like their I Want to Be a Cowboy. 2001 - Peter Buck of R.E.M. pleads not guilty to an air rage charge. 2003 - A concert was held in Toronto to prove the city was safe from SARS. 450,000 showed up to see the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, the Guess Who and more. 2003 - A warrant is put out in Las Vegas for Motley Crue's Vince Neil for allegedly attacking a prostitute. 2004 - Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers suffered a minor stroke. 2006 - Axl Rose has to leave a Guns N' Roses show at Wembley Arena in London early for "low blood pressure." Sebastian Bach fills in for the encore. 2009 - Matthew Fischer, former organist for Procol Harum, won the battle to be recognized as a co-author of A Whiter Shade of Pale. The ruling was later overturned. |
| These recordings were completed on July 30 in... |
| 1956 - First recording session - Brenda Lee 1968 - Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash |
| These records were released on July 30 in... |
| The Rising 1965 - Out of Our Heads - Rolling Stones 1968 - Last Time Around - Buffalo Springfield 1979 - Risque - Chic 1996 - Sublime - Sublime 2002 - The Rising - Bruce Springsteen |
| These were broadcast on July 30 in... |
| 1958 - American Bandstand - Bobbie Roberts, Bob Crewe 1959 - American Bandstand - Johnny Restivo 1963 - American Bandstand - Mel Carter 1965 - Where the Action Is - Aretha Franklin, Sonny & Cher, Paul Revere & the Raiders 1966 - American Bandstand - Syndicate of Sound, Ian Whitcomb 1976 - Midnight Special - George Benson, Hot Chocolate, Phoebe Snow, Sylvers, Gary Wright 1977 - American Bandstand - Stephen Bishop, Melissa Manchester 1983 - American Bandstand - James Brown 2006 - Top of the Pops - Final weekly broadcast after 42 years |
| These U.S. Singles reached #1 on July 30 in... |
| 1949 - Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como (5 weeks) 1966 - Wild Thing - Troggs (2 weeks) 1977 - I Just Want to Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb (3 weeks) 1988 - Roll With It - Steve Winwood (4 weeks) |
| These U.S. Albums reached #1 on July 30 in... |
| 1960 (Mono Albums) - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart - Bob Newhart (8 weeks) 1966 - Yesterday and Today - Beatles (5 weeks) |
| These U.S. R&B Singles reached #1 on July 30 in... |
| 1966 - Ain't No Proud to Beg - Temptations (4 weeks (4 previous weeks at number 1)) 1977 - Slide - Slave (1 week) 1983 - She Works Hard For the Money - Donna Summer (3 weeks) |
| These U.S. Country Singles reached #1 on July 30 in... |
| 1949 - I'm Throwing Rice (At the Girl I Love) - Eddy Arnold (4 weeks) 1983 - I Always Get Lucky With You - George Jones (1 week) 1988 - Don't We All Have the Right - Ricky Van Shelton (1 week) |
| These U.K. Singles reached #1 on July 30 in... |
| 1995 - Never Forget - Take That (3 weeks) 2000 - 7 Days - Craig David (1 week) 2006 - Hips Don't Lie - Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean (1 week (1 previous week at number 1)) |
| These U.K. Albums reached #1 on July 30 in... |
| 1960 - Elvis is Back! - Elvis Presley (1 week) 1994 - End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits - Wet Wet Wet (4 weeks) |