July 30th Born on this Day in History of Music Buddy Guy (1936), James Spaulding - jazz alto sax (1937), Paul Anka (1941), Jimmy Cliff (1944), David Sanborn (1945), Jeffrey Hammond Hammond - Jethro Tull (1946), Joyce Jones - First Choice (1949), Hugh Nicholson - Marmalade (1949), Frank Stallone (1950), Keith Beaton of Blue Magic (1950), Rat Scabies - The Damned (1955), Kevin Mahogany (1958), Kate Bush (1958), Vaughn Toulouse - Dept S (1959), Audrey Wheeler Downing of Unlimited Touch (1960), Craig Gannon - The Bluebells (1966), Jyoti Mishra - White Town (1966), Louise Wener - Sleeper (1966), Robert Clivillés - C+C Music Factory (1964), Sean Moore - Manic Street Preachers (1968), Brad Hargraves - Third Eye Blind (1971)
Chart News
1966 The Beatles at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Yesterday...And Today'
1966 The Troggs at No.1 on the US and Australian singles chart with 'Wild Thing'
1973 Col Joye at No.1 in Australia with ‘Heaven Is My Woman’s Love’
1977 Andy Gibb at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Just Wanna Be Your Everything'
1979 Racey at No.1 in Australia with ‘Some Girls’
1988 Steve Winwood at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Roll With It'
1988 John Farnham at No.1 in Australia with ‘Age of Reason’
1998 Jamiroquai at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Deeper Underground'
2000 Anastacia at No.1 in Australia with ‘I’m Outta Love’
2006 Shakira feat Wyclef Jean at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Hips Don't Lie.’
2011 LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock at No.1 on the US chart with ‘Party Rock Anthem’
Gig News
1954 Slim Whitman, Billy Walker, Sugarfoot Collins, Sonny Harvelle, Tinker Fry, Curly Harris and Elvis Presley, all appeared at the Hillbilly Hoedown, Overton Park Shell, in Memphis Tennessee
1963 The Rolling Stones appeared at The Ricky Tick Club, Windsor, Berkshire, England
1974 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California on a double bill with Roger McGuinn from The Byrds
1987 David Bowie played at the Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994 Rage Against The Machine, Bjork, Blur, Manic Street Preachers, Del Amitri, Primal Scream, Crowded House, Oasis and Aimee Mann appeared at the T In The Park festival in Scotland
1995 R.E.M. Sleeper, The Cranberries and Radiohead appeared at the National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England
2003 The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, The Flaming Lips, Sass Jordan and The Isley Brothers played a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada