Today, Oct. 30th in 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. 1967, Tyrannosaurus Rex recorded a session for the UK Radio 1 Top Gear show, the first group to do so without a recording contract. 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. 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. 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. 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. 1978, 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. 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. 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 neighbor over the head with a bottle. The incident happened after a complaint to the police about loud music coming from the singers house. 1998, All four original members of Black Sabbath reunited momentarily to play Paranoid on US TVs David Letterman Show. 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. 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. 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. 2005, Hundreds of people queued outside the Sheffield Arena to make sure to get 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. 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. 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.
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