January 30th - On this day in history - music
Born on this day
Roy Eldridge (1911), Dorothy Love Coates (1928), Ruth Brown (1928), Buddy Montgomery (1930), Horst Jankowski (1936), Joe Terranova - Danny and The Juniors (1941), Marty Balin - Jefferson Airplane (1942), Sandy Deane - Jay and the Americans (1943), Jackie Ross (1946), Steve Marriott (1947), William King - The Commodores (1949), Phil Collins - Genesis (1951), Mark Eitzel - American Music Club (1959), Jody Watley - Shalamar (1959) , Ricky Grundy (1959), Janiva Magness (1957), John Forté (1975), Kid Cudi (1984), Rebecca Lovell - Larkin Poe (1991)
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Chart News
1959 Elvis Presley at No.1 on the UK chart with 'One Night / I Got Stung' a double A side
1961 The Shirelles at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow?'
1964 The Searchers at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Needles And Pins'
1970 Edison Lighthouse at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)'
1982 Hall and Oates at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Can't Go For That, (No Can Do)'
1984 INXS at No.1 in Australia with ‘Original Sin’
1988 INXS at No.1 on the US chart with 'Need You Tonight'.
1988 Tiffany at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Think We're Alone Now'
1999 Britney Spears at No.1 on the US singles chart with '...Baby One More Time.'Her album was also at No.1
2000 Gabrielle went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rise'.
2000 Killing Heidi at No.1 in Australia with ‘Mascara / Leave Me Alone’
2005 The Chemical Brothers at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Push The Button'
2010 Owl City at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Fireflies’
2016 Justin Bieber at No.1 in the US with 'Sorry'
2020 Eminem Ft. Juice Wrld at No.1 in the UK with 'Godzilla'
2025 Lola Young at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Messy'
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Gig News
1958 Buddy Holly, Paul Anka, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jodie Sands and Johnny O'Keefe appeared at Sydney Stadium in Sydney, New South Wales
1969 The Beatles played a lunchtime rooftop gig on top of the Apple building on Savile Row in London. Lasting for just over 40 minutes it was the last time The Beatles performed live.
1973 Kiss made their first appearance at the Popcorn Club in Queens, New York
1992 Nirvana appeared at the The Barton Theater in Adelaide.
Music News
2025 Marianne Faithfull died