THIS DAY in MUSIC HISTORY, October 30th THIS DAY in BEATLES HISTORY, October 30th 1961 Two girls ask for more copies of My Bonnie at the NEMS record store. 1963 Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Stereo mixing: Money (Thats What I Want) (from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln. End of work on With The Beatles. She Loves You, 9th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). Please Please Me LP, 32nd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). Recording for the Swedish TV programme Drop In. 1964 18.15, 20.30. Concerts at the Gaumont Theatre, Bournemouth. 1969 It is announced the release of a record by the Plastic Ono Band called Gossip. 1971 UK LP release: Imagine. Sun, October 30th, 1960 The Beatles perform at the Kaiserkeller Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany. Mon, October 30th, 1961 The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. Mon, October 30th, 1961 Two days after Beatles fan Raymond Jones asked for The Beatles German single My Bonnie (recorded with Tony Sheridan) at Brian Epsteins NEMS record store, two girls ask for the same record. Brian Epstein begins to search foreign record company import lists to find the single. Since Epstein had already sold at least 12 dozen copies of Liverpools Mersey Beat magazine (and had written a column for it), it is highly unlikely that he doesnt already know who The Beatles are. Still, Epsteins difficulty in locating the record is probably due to his not knowing that the record was released, not by The Beatles, but by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers (Beatles resembles a vulgar slang word in German, so The Beatles name was changed for this historic single). Tue, October 30th, 1962 The Beatles fly to Hamburg for their fourth engagement, this one to last a mere 14 nights (at the Star-Club). Wed, October 30th, 1963 Before returning to England following the conclusion of their Swedish tour, The Beatles travel to Narren-teatern, Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden, to tape an appearance for the Sverige Television program Drop In. Taping is done before a live audience. Originally scheduled to perform only two songs, The Beatles are asked by the promoter (Klas Burling) to perform four songs. They record She Loves You, Twist and Shout, I Saw Her Standing There, and Long Tall Sally. The Beatles very clearly had a great time during this session. Broadcast on November 3. Fri, October 30th, 1964 The Beatles, on a tour of Britain, perform two shows at the Gaumont Cinema in Bournemouth. Sat, October 30th, 1965 Yesterday is the #1 single in the US for the 4th week in a row. Mon, October 30th, 1989 UK re-release of Beatles single Something/Come Together (Parlophone). 20th anniversary reissue. Released as a regular single and also as a picture disc. THIS DAY in MUSIC HISTORY, October 30th 1894 - Composer Peter Warlock was born. 1970 - Jim Morrison was sentenced to 6 months in jail and fined $500 for exposing himself in Miami, FL. 1973 - John Lennon released the album Mind Games. John Lennon Merchandise - Today in Beatles History - Beatles apparel and gear 1974 - Kathy Silva files for a divorce from Sylvester Stewart and was awarded custody of their 14-month-old son. Stewart disappeared with his son and was believed to be in hiding. 1978 - The movie KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park aired on NBC-TV. KISS Merchandise 1982 - Paul Weller announced the breakup of The Jam. 1984 - Linda Ronstadt made her operatic debut in La Boheme in New York City, NY. 1984 - Barry Manilow opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The shows sold out for $1.9 million. Manilow beat the previous record by $100,000 that was held by Diana Ross. 1986 - The Beastie Boys released the LP License To Ill. 1988 - Kurt Cobain smashed his very first guitar. 1995 - David Bowie, Tom Donahue, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Pete Seeger, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. 1997 - Sally Nyolo (formerly of Zap Mama) began her first U.S. tour. 1997 - The U.S. Senate passd the La Cienega bill. The bill closed a loophole in the 1909 copyright act that put most pre-1978 music copyrights in jeopardy. 2001 - Michael Jacksons album entitled Invincible was released. Today in Michael Jackson History - Michael Jackson Apparel - Michael Jackson MP3s, DVDs and CDs 2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed an act that renamed the Oakwood Postal Station in Los Angeles the Nat King Cole Post Office. October 30th: On this day 1959, Cliff Richard and the Shadows were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Travellin Light. Their 6th release and second No.1 hit. 1961, Two days after Beatles fan Raymond Jones asked for The Beatles German single ‘My Bonnie’ (recorded with Tony Sheridan) at Brian Epsteins NEMS record store in Liverpool, two girls asked for the same record. Epsteins difficulty in locating the record was due to him not knowing that the record was released, not by The Beatles, but by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers (Beatles resembles a vulgar slang word in German, so The Beatles name was changed for this single). 1963, On the final day of their Swedish tour, The Beatles recorded an appearance for the Sverige Television program ‘Drop In’ in Stockholm. They performed ‘She Loves You’, ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, and ‘Long Tall Sally.’ 1967, Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones admitted in court to possession of cannabis and allowing his flat to be used for the smoking of the drug. His plea of not guilty to the charge of possessing methedrine and cocaine was accepted. Jones was sentenced to nine months in Wormwood Scrubs prison. He was released on bail the following day. More on Brian Jones 1967, Tyrannosaurus Rex recorded a session for the UK Radio 1 Top Gear show, the first group to do so without a recording contract. 1967, 1970, Hotlegs made their live debut supporting The Moody Blues at the Festival Hall, London. Their only hit Neanderthal Man made No. 2 in July 1970. The members from the group went on to become 10cc. [more] 1970, Jim Morrison of The Doors was fined and sentenced to six months in jail after being found guilty of exposing himself during a gig in Miami. More on Jim Morrison [more] 1971, John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band went to No.1 on the UK album chart with Imagine. The album contained two tracks attacking Paul McCartney, How Do You Sleep and Crippled Inside. [more] 1971, Pink Floyd released their sixth studio album Meddle in the US. The album features One Of These Days and the 23-minute track Echoes which took up all of side 2 on the vinyl record. The cover image was photographed by Bob Dowling. The image represents an ear, underwater, collecting waves of sound, represented by ripples in the water. More on Meddle 1982, Australian band Men At Work went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Who Can It Be Now the groups first US No.1, a No.45 hit in the UK. 1982, Kids From Fame by The Kids From Fame went back to No.1 for four weeks on the UK album charts. 1983, This weeks Top 5 UK singles charts: No.5, They Dont Know, Tracy Ullman, No.4, Uptown Girl, Billy Joel, No.3, Union Of The Snake, Duran Duran, No.2, All Night Long, Lionel Richie and No.1 Karma Chameleon by Culture Club. [more] 1988, Nirvana appeared at The Evergreen State College (dorm party), Olympia, Washington. 1990, Guns N Roses singer Axl Rose was released on $10,000 bail, after being arrested for allegedly hitting a neighbour over the head with a bottle. The incident happened after a complaint to the police about loud music coming from the singers house. More on Guns N Roses 1998, All four original members of Black Sabbath reunited momentarily to play Paranoid on US TVs David Letterman Show. More on Black Sabbath 1998, Bon Jovi kicked off a 232-date world tour at the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The bands New Jersey Syndicate Tour ran until 1990. 2000, A new web site was launched to help teach children basic Physics. britneyspears.ac featured the singer to illustrate mathematical equations. Visitors could access physics theories generously interspersed with photos of Britney. [more] 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. More on The Wall 2004, An arrest warrant was issued for Motley Crue singer Vince Neil after he allegedly knocked a soundman unconscious during a concert. Neil was said to have punched Michael Talbert in the face at Gilleys nightclub in Dallas after he asked the soundman for more volume on his guitar but attacked Talbert as he adjusted it, leaving him unconscious for 45 seconds. [more] 2005, Hundreds of people queued outside the Sheffield Arena to make sure of getting tickets to see a Sir Cliff Richard. By the time the tickets went on sale some fans had been outside the Arena for nine days, the concert was not until November 2006. [more] 2006, Winners at the 2006 Q Awards included The Arctic Monkeys who had four nominations, the Sheffield group won the best album and the peoples choice awards, while U2 picked up the prize for innovation. Smokey Robinson was honoured with his first ever UK award for his outstanding contribution to music, and Boy George won the classic song award for Karma Chameleon. Muse won best live act, The Who received the Q legend award and Primal Scream won the Q groundbreaker award and Corinne Bailey Rae won best new act. 2007, Forbes reported that Elvis Presley had regained his crown as the highest-earning dead celebrity, with an annual income of $49m (£23.7m) during the past year. John Lennon ranked second with $44m (£21.3m), while Peanuts cartoon creator Charles M Schulz was third on the list, Beatle George Harrison was fourth with $22m (£10.6m). Nirvanas Kurt Cobain topped the list in 2006. [more] 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. October 30th: Born on this day 1939, Born on this day, Eddie Holland (Holland/Dozier/Holland), producer, songwriter, wrote Motown hits for Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Freda Payne, Chairmen Of The Board. [more] 1939, Born on this day, Grace Slick, vocals, Jefferson Airplane, Starship, (1967 US No.18 single White Rabbit, 1987 US & UK No.1 single Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now). 1939, Born on this day, Otis Williams, The Temptations, (1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single Just My Imagination and re- issued My Girl UK No.2 in 1992). 1946, Born on this day, Chris Slade, drummer, who has worked with Manfred Manns Earth Band, AC/DC, Gary Moore and The Firm. More on AC/DC [more] 1947, Born on this day, Timothy B Schmit, bass, vocals, Poco, The Eagles, joined in 1977, (1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single Hotel California, plus 5 US No.1 albums. Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m). [more] 1949, Born on this day, David Green, bass, Air Supply, (1980 UK No.11 single All Out Of Love, 1981 US No.1 single The One That You Love). 1960, Born on this day, Joey Belladonna, Anthrax, (1991 UK No.16 single Got The Time). 1962, Born on this day, Geoff Beauchamp, Eighth Wonder, (1988 UK No.7 single Im Not Scared). [more] 1963, Born on this day, Jerry De Borg, guitarist with English group Jesus Jones who had the 1990 US No.2 hit with Right Here Right Now and the 1991 UK No.7 single International Bright Young Thing. 1967, Born on this day, Gavin Rossdale, Bush, (1997 UK No.7 single Swallowed, the bands first album sold over 7 million copies in the US). 1969, Born on this day, Canadian rapper Snow, (Darrin OBrien), 1993 US No.1 & UK No.2 single Informer). 1970, Born on this day, Tommy Walter, bassist, songwriter, with Eels 1973, Born on this day, Maurizio Lobina, keyboards, Italian group Eiffel 65, (1999 UK No.1 single Blue (Da Ba Dee). The single was also No.1 in Norway, Austria, Finland, Germany and Denmark. 1989, Born on this day, Vanessa White, best known for being a member of girl group The Saturdays who scored the 2013 UK No.1 hit single What About Us featuring Sean Paul. Concerts and Festivals 1999 : Its an early attempt at video over the web, as Neil Youngs annual Bridge School Benefit concert is cybercast to a few brave souls trying to get their modems to work. The Who, Pearl Jam, and Brian Wilson perform at the show. Search for events : search Awards and Honors (1) 1972 : Elton John becomes the second rock star to play a Command Performance for Britains royalty, nine years after The Beatles became the first. Band Dynamics (1) 2001 : Tim Booth announces that James forthcoming U.K. tour is to be his last with the band. With 11 albums and 20 top-40 U.K. singles under its belt with Booth at the helm, the Manchester-based groups remaining members plan to continue making music together following the singers departure. Births (5) 1939 : Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) 1946 : Chris Slade (Uriah Heep, AC/DC, Manfred Mann) 1947 : Timothy B. Schmidt (Eagles) 1960 : Joey BellaDonna (Anthrax) 1967 : Gavin Rossdale (Bush) Charts (2) 1951 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Cold, Cold Heart by Tony Bennett 1964 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Baby Love by The Supremes Concerts and Festivals (2) 1970 : Hotlegs (soon to be renamed 10cc) makes live performance debut at Londons Royal Festival Hall. 1999 : Its an early attempt at video over the web, as Neil Youngs annual Bridge School Benefit concert is cybercast to a few brave souls trying to get their modems to work. The Who, Pearl Jam, and Brian Wilson perform at the show. Deaths (5) 1968 : Malcolm Hale (Spanky & Our Gang) 1984 : Wells Kelly (Meat Loaf, Orleans) 2002 : Jam Master Jay (Run-DMC) 2007 : Robert Goulet 2013 : Peter Haycock (Climax Blues Band) Debuts (1) 1984 : Linda Ronstadt makes her operatic debut in La Boheme in New York. Innovations (1) 2006 : Keane becomes the first major act to release a song on a USB memory stick. For £3.99, fans can purchase the 512MB drive at HMV stores, plug it into a computer, and transfer the track Nothing In My Way along with various videos and screensavers. The single on a stick format would fail to catch on. Legal Issues (2) 1967 : Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) pleads guilty to drug possession and gets a nine month prison sentence. 1997 : The Senate passes the music industrys La Cienega bill by a voice vote. The bill closes a loophole in the 1909 copyright Act that put into peril most pre-1978 music copyrights. Miscellaneous (3) 1988 : Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Seattle megagroup Nirvana, smashes his very first guitar. 1997 : At the Martin Beck Theatre, a play revival titled The Cherry Orchard opens. 2008 : The makers of Rock Band secure the rights to produce the first-ever Beatles music video game. Releases (3) 1974 : This novelty song refers to boxer Muhammad Alis 8th round knockout of George Foreman (unbeaten in 40 fights) in Zaire on 10-30-1974. Ali regained the heavyweight title he was stripped of for refusing induction into the U.S. army in 1967. There are no SongFacts posted about this song as of this post date, but you can: find the lyrics here: Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) lyrics read the story here: Rumble In The Jungle 2001 : Barbra Streisand, Christmas Memories 2007 : Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden; Available from the The Bands Website, Wal-Mart, and Sams Club stores. TV, Radio, Press (2) 1978 : NBC-TV airs the animated TV movie, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park in which the band Kiss foils a mad scientist. 1998 : Original members of Black Sabbath reunite for a one-off performance on Late Show with David Letterman. 1961: Glen Campbells first single of his career debuted on this date as his version of Turn Around, Look At Me entered the chart. 1961: Ray Charles owned the top R&B song for the fifth week with Hit The Road, Jack. 1963: Producer George Martin of the Beatles completed work on Money by adding piano chords to the song for the album With the Beatles. 1963: The Beatles performed She Loves You, Twist And Shout, I Saw Her Standing There and Long Tall Sally in front of a studio audience at the Arenateatern (arena theatre) in the Gröna Lund amusement park for the television show Drop In in Stockholm, Sweden. 1965: The Who were in concert at Manchester University in Manchester, England. 1965: Rescue Me by Fontella Bass was the new #1 on the R&B chart. 1965: Help! by the Beatles led the way on the Album chart with Look At Us from Sonny & Cher #2. The Soundtrack from The Sound of Music was #3 after 33 weeks while Bob Dylan couldnt budge from #4 with Highway 61 Revisited. The rest of the Top 10: The In Crowd by The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass with Whipped Cream & Other Delights, the Rolling Stones held on to #7 with Out of Our Heads, the Soundtrack to Mary Poppins was still #8 after 57 weeks, More Hits By the Supremes was #9 and Hermans Hermits On Tour moved into the Top 10. 1965: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass placed their great instrumental Taste Of Honey at #1 on the Easy Listening chart. 1965: The Beatles held on to #1 with Yesterday for a fourth week. 1966: Pink Floyd signed new managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King. 1967: Brian Jones, guitarist of the Rolling Stones, was sentenced to nine months in prison for possession of marijuana. 1967: Pink Floyd appeared on The Pat Boone Show but didnt understand the object of a talk show as lead singer Syd Barrett sat with a vacant stare rather than answer Pats questions. Later in the night, Barrett opened his mouth at a concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco, a benefit for radio station KPFA. 1967: T. Rex recorded a session for Top Gear on UK Radio 1, despite not having a recording contract yet. 1970: Elton John released the album Tumbleweed Connection. 1970: Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors, was sentenced to six months in jail for indecent exposure in Miami, Florida. 1970: Black Sabbath played their first concert in the United States at Glassboro State College, now Rowan University in New Jersey. (Note: some websites mistakenly say that Glassboro was in Pennsylvania.) 1970: The Moody Blues were in concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London. 1971: Pink Floyd released the album Meddle. 1971: Imagine by John Lennon was #1 in the U.K. 1971: Peace Train by Cat Stevens moved to #1 on the Easy Listening chart. 1971: Imagine by John Lennon was the new #1 album. 1971: Although he had already become a star as the lead singer of his family group, Michael Jackson first debuted on the chart with his solo single Got To Be There. 1971: For the fifth straight week, Rod Stewart owned the #1 song with Maggie May. Cher had one of her biggest career hits with Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves. Yo-Yo by the Osmonds was stagnant at #3 while Superstar by the Carpenters slipped and Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes bounced up to #5. Imagine by John Lennon moved from 20 to 6 in only its second week. The rest of the Top 10: Lee Michaels with Do You Know What I Mean, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down from Joan Baez fell to #8, Cat Stevens rode up from #15 to #9 with Peace Train and the Free Movement had themselves a Top 10 hit with Ive Found Someone Of My Own. 1972: Elton John became the first artist of the Rock Era to perform for Queen Elizabeth II since the Beatles in 1963. 1976: ELO shot up from 88 to 60 with Livin Thing. The Steve Miller Band was rocking the charts... 1976: It was an outstanding Top 10. Chicago was the kingpin with If You Leave Me Now. For laughs, we had Rick Dees with Disco Duck, Steve Miller rose from 10-3 with Rock N Me, Gordon Lightfoot was on fire, moving from 15 to 4 with The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald and Walter Murphy slipped after 23 weeks with A Fifth Of Beethoven. The rest of the Top 10: The Bee Gees had their 26th career hit--Love So Right, Hall & Oates climbed to #7 with Shes Gone, the former chart-topper Play That Funky Music from Wild Cherry, the Captain & Tennille were on a roll, moving from 18-9 with their remake of the America song Muskrat Love and Heart reached the Top 10 for the first time with Magic Man. EWFs fine album Spirit... 1976: Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder was #1 on the Album chart for a third week. Spirit from Earth, Wind & Fire moved to challenge while Fly Like An Eagle was bypassed and stood at #3. Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton was now #4 after 40 weeks and Linda Ronstadts new album Hasten Down the Wind moved back up to #5. The rest of the Top 10: The self-titled Fleetwood Mac moved back up to #6 after 66 weeks of release, Hearts breakthrough Dreamboat Annie was seventh, Chicago X, Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs was finally down to #9 after 33 weeks and the Bee Gees moved into the Top 10 with Children of the World. 1982: Evelyn King posted her fifth consecutive week at #1 on the R&B chart with Love Came Down. 1982: John Cougar (Mellencamp) continued to hold on to #1 on the Album chart for an eighth week with American Fool. 1982: It was pretty apparent that Lionel Richie was going to do fine on his own as a solo artist--his first solo release Truly moved from 36 to 14. 1982: Men At Work accomplished the tough task of hitting #1 with their debut single (Who Can It Be Now?), putting an end to a streak of four weeks at the top for Jack & Diane by John Cougar (Mellencamp). The Alan Parsons Project had their biggest career hit with Eye In The Sky and Michael McDonalds solo song I Keep Forgettin (Every Time Youre Near) was at #4. The rest of the Top 10: Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes remained at 5 with Up Where We Belong, Olivia Newton-Johns Heart Attack was a surprise #6, Jackson Brownes Somebodys Baby and I Ran (So Far Away) from A Flock of Seagulls remained the same and Neil Diamond reached the Top 10 for the 13th and final time with his 56th career hit Heartlight. 1983: Culture Club led the way on the U.K. chart with Karma Chameleon. Lionel Richie was second with All Night Long, Duran Durans Union Of The Snake was #3, Billy Joel had #4 with Uptown Girl and Tracy Ullman landed at #5 with They Dont Know. 1984: Linda Ronstadt made her operatic debut in the play La Boheme at the New York Public Theatre in New York City. 1984: Barry Manilow performed the first in a series of shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Manilow broke the box office record previously held by Diana Ross, grossing $1.9 million. 1990: Axl Rose of Guns N Roses was arrested for hitting a neighbor over the head with a bottle. 1993: Just Kickin It by Xscape was #1 again on the R&B chart. 1993: Hero from Mariah Carey was one of the hottest songs moving up the chart (71 to 45). Ace of Base had song #3... 1993: Dreamlover by Mariah Carey was #1 for the eighth straight week. Meat Loaf moved up to challenge with Id Do Anything For Love (But I Wont Do That). Ace of Base was at #3 with their initial release All That She Wants. 1995: Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, Gladys Knight & the Pips, David Bowie, the Shirelles, the Velvet Underground, Little Willie John and Tom Donahue all got in on the fun by being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The selection committee was letting anyone in, thereby cheapening the Hall of Fame for all-time. 1996: Elite guitarist Slash announced that he was leaving Guns N Roses. (Note: many websites report the date as October 31, but Stephen Davis, in his book Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N Roses, indicates that the date was October 30, 1996.) 1997: The United States Senate passed the La Cienega bill, which closed a loophole in the copyright act of 1909 that endangered the copyrights of pre-1978 music. 1998: The original members of Black Sabbath reunited to play Paranoid on The David Letterman Show on CBS-TV. 1998: Bon Jovi were in concert at the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland. 2001: Michael Jackson released the album Invincible. 2002: The Oakwood Postal Station in Los Angeles was renamed the Nat King Cole Post Office. 2002: Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was killed by a gunshot at his recording studio in Queens, New York. 2003: Tony Corso left the group Alien Ant Farm (Smooth Criminal). 2003: Scott Weiland, lead singer of the Stone Temple Pilots, was ordered by a judge to rehabilitation following an arrest for DUI. 2003: Jennifer Lopez introduced a new line of perfume called Still. 2003: Lionel Richie filed for divorce from his wife Diane. 2003: Steve ORourke, manager of Pink Floyd since 1968 and producer of the movie The Wall, had a stroke and died in Miami, Florida. 2003: Fans and family of Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C. held a memorial in Queens, New York on the one-year aniversary of his slaying. 2004: Musicians just werent the quality of person that they used to be. Vince Neil, singer of Motley Crue, was arrested for knocking a soundman unconscious during a concert. 2005: Westlife grabbed the #1 position in the U.K. with You Raise Me Up. 2005: Robbie Williams sat on top of the U.K. Album chart with Intensive Care, his sixth solo #1 album. 2007: Linda Stein, former co-manager of the Ramones, was found beaten to death at her apartment in Manhattan, New York. 2008: Mike Terry, saxophone player and producer who worked with the Supremes, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye and many others, died in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 68. Born This Day: 1939: Grace Slick, lead singer of Jefferson Airplane and Starship, was born in Highland Park, Illinois. (Note: some websites incorrectly state that she was born in Chicago--according to the official Jefferson Airplane website, she was born in Highland Park.) Eddie Holland Singer/songwriter Eddie Holland Jr. walks the red carpet during the 40th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 18, 2009 in New York City. 1939: Eddie Holland, who with brother Brian and Lamont Dozier became one of the top songwriting teams of the Rock Era, was born in Detroit, Michigan. 1941: Otis Williams of the Charms (Hearts of Stone) and later the Temptations, was born in Texarkana, Texas. (Note: many websites incorrectly state Williamss year of birth as 1939, 1942, or even 1949, while others mistakenly say he was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. According to his official website, Otis states that he was born on October 30, 1941 in Texarkana, Texas.) 1946: Chris Slade, drummer for Manfred Mann and AC/DC and who also worked with the Firm and Gary Moore, was born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, South Wales. 1947: Timothy B. Schmit, vocalist with Poco and the Eagles, was born in Oakland, California. 1949: David Green, bassist of Air Supply, was born in Melbourne, Australia. 1960: Joey BellaDonna, singer and drummer of Anthrax, was born in Oswego, New York. (Note: numerous sources state his birth date as October 13, but both The New York Times and MTV, as well as the book The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet by Brian Wright-McLeod, show his birthday as October 30.) 1963: Jerry DeBorg of Jesus Jones was born in Kentish Town, London. 1965: Gavin Rossdale of the group Bush was born in Kilburn, London. 1969: Snow (real name Darrin OBrien) was born in North York, Ontario, Canada. 1973: Maurizio Lobina, keyboardist with Eiffel 65 (Blue from 1999) was born in Asti, Piedmont, Italy.
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