VVN Music Almanac: Music Almanac: July 30

Birthdays

1929 - Christine McGuire (McGuire Sisters) (83)
1936 - Buddy Guy (76)
1941 - Paul Anka (71)
1945 - David Sanborn (67)
1946 - Jeffrey Hammond (Jethro Tull) (66)
1948 - Otis Taylor (64)
1949 - Andy Scott (Sweet) (63)
1949 - Joyce Jones (First Choice) (63)
1949 - Hugh Nicholson (Marmalade) (63)
1956 - Phil Fearon (Galaxy) (56)
1957 - Rat Scabies (born Christopher Miller) (55)
1958 - Kate Bush (54)
1958 - Neal McCoy (54)
1963 - Dwayne O'Brien (Little Texas) (49)
1964 - Ron Block (Alison Krauss & Union Station) (48)
1965 - Tex Axile (Transvision Vamp) (47)
1966 - Craig Gannon (Bluebells, Smiths) (46)
1966 - Louise Wener (Sleeper) (46)
1966 - Jyoti Mishra (White Town) (46)
1968 - Sean Moore (Manic Street Preachers) (44)
1971 - Elvis Crespo (41)
1971 - Brad Hargreaves (Third Eye Blind) (41)
1977 - Ian Watkins (Lostprophets) (35)

Deaths

1978 - Glen Goins (Parliament-Funkadelic) - Hodgkin's lymphoma (24)
1993 - Don Myrick (Earth, Wind & Fire) - Shot by police during narcotics investigation (53)
2003 - Sam Phillips - Respiratory failure (80)

On This Day

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.

Recorded

1956 - First recording session - Brenda Lee
1968 - Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash

Released

1965 - Out of Our Heads - Rolling Stones
1968 - Last Time Around - Buffalo Springfield
1979 - Risque - Chic
1996 - Sublime - Sublime
2002 - The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

Broadcasts

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

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

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)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

1960 (Mono Albums) - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart - Bob Newhart (8 weeks)
1966 - Yesterday and Today - Beatles (5 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles

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)

Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles

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)

Number Ones – U.K. Singles

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))