THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (January 30th): 1928: Ruth Brown was born -- she was the top selling artist for Atlantic Records in the 1950s -- she died in 2006 1941: Joe Terranova was born -- he joined Danny, as a Junior, and sang bass on At The Hop and the rest of their hits 1942: Martyn Jerel Buchwald was born -- you know him as Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane/Starship, vocals) 1951: Phil Collins was born 1956: Blue Suede Shoes was recorded by Elvis Presley, at RCAs New York Studios, for his debut album 1961: The Shirelles are the first female group to chart with a #1 single in the US with Will You Love Me Tomorrow? 1964: Needles And Pins, written by Sonny Bono, is at #1 on the UK singles chart for The Searchers 1969: The Beatles, with Billy Preston, played live, for the last time, on the roof of the Apple building, on Savile Row in London -- John Lennon closed the set by saying, “I’d like to say ‘Thank you’ on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition” 1973: Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss made their first appearance as Kiss at the Popcorn Club in Queens, New York -- the band was called Wicked Lester before taking the name Kiss 1982: Sam Lightnin Hopkins (an American blues guitarist) died, at age 70, of cancer 1982: Hall and Oates were at #1 on the US singles chart with I Cant Go For That (No Can Do) 1992: Nirvana began .... well, Nevermind .... 2010: Neil Young was named the Musicares Person of the Year
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:22:57 +0000