October 30th: On this Day in Music History 1939, Born on this day, Grace Slick is an American singer, songwriter, and former model, best known as one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, as well as for her work as a solo artist from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. 1939, Born on this day, Otis Williams (born Otis Miles, Jr.) is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed Big Daddy, he has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams who is best known as a founding member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues to perform. Williams is the groups only surviving original member. 1946, Born on this day, Chris Slade is a Welsh rock drummer. He is best known as the drummer for Manfred Manns Earth Band, Asia and the Australian rock band AC/DC for their The Razors Edge album. 1947, Born on this day, Timothy Bruce Schmit is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as bass guitar player and singer for Poco and the Eagles. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician and solo artist. 1960, Born on this day, Joey Belladonna (born Joseph Bellardini) is a thrash metal musician, best known as the vocalist for the thrash metal band Anthrax. He is also the vocalist and drummer of the cover band Chief Big Way. 1967, Born on this day, Gavin McGregor Rossdale is an English musician and actor, known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush. Following Bushs separation in 2002, which lasted for eight years, he was the lead singer and guitarist for Institute, and later began a solo career. When performing solo, Gavin plays songs from his extensive musical libraries. Rossdale has been ranked in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader (#75). 1967, Tyrannosaurus Rex recorded a session for the UK Radio 1 Top Gear show, the first group to do so without a recording contract. 1978, Despite the poor reviews the film attained a cult status. The animated cartoon, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, was shown on NBC-TV in the U.S. The four rock stars had to deal with a mad scientist who went crazy in an amusement park. All four members of Kiss had just released their individual solo albums. 1998, All four original members of Black Sabbath reunited momentarily to play Paranoid on The Late Show with David Letterman. It was their first appearance on American television since 1976. 2000, All That You Cant Leave Behind is the tenth studio album by rock band U2 was released by Island Records in the United Kingdom and Interscope Records in the United States. All That You Cant Leave Behind received wide critical acclaim and sold over 12 million copies. In 2003, the album was ranked number 139 on Rolling Stone magazines list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,but it was pushed back to 280 in 2012. 2002, Jam Master Jay from Run-DMC was murdered by an assassins single bullet at his recording studio in Queens, New York. 2003, Steve ORourke suffered a stroke and died in Miami, Florida. ORourke had managed Pink Floyd since 1968, and was the executive producer for their 1982 film The Wall. 2006, VH1 begins a five-part countdown series called 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s. The countdown has songs by Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, the Beastie Boys, Billy Idol, Guns N Roses, Van Halen and AC/DC. Holding the #1 spot is Bon Jovi’s Livin’ On A Prayer (’86), #2 is Def Leppard’s Pour Some Sugar On Me (’87) and #3 is held by Duran Duran’s Hungry Like the Wolf (’82). 2007, Linda Stein, former co-manager of punk band The Ramones, was found beaten to death at her Manhattan apartment. Mrs Stein was the ex-wife of Seymour Stein, former president of Sire Records, which was the launching pad for the Ramones, Talking Heads and Madonna. Mrs Stein had become one of New Yorks leading estate agents, her clients included Sting and Billy Joel, long-time friend Sir Elton John told the New York Times he was absolutely shocked and upset. 2008, American producer and saxophonist Mike Terry died in Detroit aged 68. Worked with Martha And The Vandellas, Jackie Wilson, Mary Wells, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Kim Weston, Marvin Gaye, The Isley Brothers and Edwin Starr. 2009, Pearl Jam concludes a four-show stand at Philadelphia’s Spectrum arena – it’s the final concert before the legendary venue is demolished.
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