1955: Fats Domino recorded "Blue Monday".
1957: Buddy Knox became the first rock artist to write his own #1 song as "Party Doll" topped the charts.
1963: Lesley Gore made her first appearance on American Bandstand.
1963: The Chiffons climbed to #1 with "He's So Fine", which would go on to lead all songs for four weeks.
1963: The Quincy Jones produced song "It's My Party" by 16 year-old Lesley Gore hit #1.
1966: The Barbra Streisand special "Color Me Barbra" aired on CBS-TV.
1966: 85 people were arrested in Paris following a Rolling Stones concert.
1967: Photo work for the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album began at Chelsea Manor studios in London. The group continued work on "With a Little Help From My Friends" by adding guitars, tambourine and backing vocals.
1968: David Bowie makes his debut with the Lindsay Kemp mime troupe in Pierrot in Turquoise.
1968: "Lady Madonna" hits #1 in the UK.
1968: The Yardbirds performed and recorded Yardbirds Live at the Anderson Theatre.
1974: The Ramones make their first concert appearance at Performance Studio in New York City.
1975: Jeff Beck released his first solo album Blow By Blow.
1982: U2 played at the San Francisco Civic Center.
1984: David Gilmour appeared on the television show "The Tube".
1984: Greg Lake leaves the group Asia, and is replaced by original guitarist John Wetton.
1989: Gladys Knight performed without The Pips in Las Vegas.
1991: Chensey Hawks began a five-week on at #1 on the UK charts with "The One and Only".
1991: Gloria Estefan's comeback song after a serious car crash, "Coming Out of the Dark", reached #1.
1991: The Eurythmics hit #1 on the UK album chart with their Greatest Hits album. It would remain on top for nine weeks.
1992: R.E.M. began work on the Automatic For the People album at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York.
1994: Pink Floyd released The Division Bell.
1996: The Beatles had the #1 album in the UK with Anthology 2.
1997: Scarface had the #1 album in the U.S. with The Untouchable.
2000: The rights to Castle Records including the Kinks catalog were sold to Sanctuary Music.
2000: Mick Jagger helped dedicate a new arts centre that had been named after him at his old school, Dartford Grammar.
2003: Limp Bizkit revealed new guitarist Mike Smith, formerly of Snot, in an appearance on Wrestlemania.
2003: Linkin Park hit #1 on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean with the album Meteora.
2004: Recording industry groups in Canada, Denmark, Germany and Italy announced that they will take legal action against 247 people for trading music online.
2004: The Sterephonics play a concert benefiting the Teenage Cancer Trust at London's Royal Albert Hall. Ron Wood and Roger Daltrey join on stage in the cause.
2004: Guns N' Roses drop out of the Rock in Rio-Lisbon Festival due to the sudden departure of guitarist Buckethead.
2004: Paul McCartney makes an impromptu appearance with a local jazz trio at a restaurant in Truckee, California.
2004: Timi Yuro ("Hurt") died from throat cancer at age 62.
2010: Usher released the album Raymond v. Raymond.
Born This Day:
1913: Frankie Laine
1930: Rolf Harris ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport")
1942: Graeme Edge, drummer for the Moody Blues
1945: Eric Clapp (Clapton) is born in Ripley, England
1948: Jim Dandy, Black Oak Arkansas
1950: Dave Ball of Procol Harum
1950 Re Styles, guitarist and vocalist with the Tubes
1955: Randy VanWarmer ("Just When I Needed You Most"), died of leukemia on January 12, 2004
1962: Stanley Kirk Burrell (MC Hammer)
1964: Tracy Chapman
1965: Tim Dorney, Republica
1968: Celine Dion
1976: Mark McClelland, founder of Snow Patrol
1979: Norah Jones
1980: Paul Wall (on song "Grillz" by Nelly)Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-day-in-rock-history-march-30.html
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1957: Buddy Knox became the first rock artist to write his own #1 song as "Party Doll" topped the charts.
1963: Lesley Gore made her first appearance on American Bandstand.
1963: The Chiffons climbed to #1 with "He's So Fine", which would go on to lead all songs for four weeks.
1963: The Quincy Jones produced song "It's My Party" by 16 year-old Lesley Gore hit #1.
1966: The Barbra Streisand special "Color Me Barbra" aired on CBS-TV.
1966: 85 people were arrested in Paris following a Rolling Stones concert.
1967: Photo work for the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album began at Chelsea Manor studios in London. The group continued work on "With a Little Help From My Friends" by adding guitars, tambourine and backing vocals.
1968: David Bowie makes his debut with the Lindsay Kemp mime troupe in Pierrot in Turquoise.
1968: "Lady Madonna" hits #1 in the UK.
1968: The Yardbirds performed and recorded Yardbirds Live at the Anderson Theatre.
1974: The Ramones make their first concert appearance at Performance Studio in New York City.
1975: Jeff Beck released his first solo album Blow By Blow.
1982: U2 played at the San Francisco Civic Center.
1984: David Gilmour appeared on the television show "The Tube".
1984: Greg Lake leaves the group Asia, and is replaced by original guitarist John Wetton.
1989: Gladys Knight performed without The Pips in Las Vegas.
1991: Chensey Hawks began a five-week on at #1 on the UK charts with "The One and Only".
1991: Gloria Estefan's comeback song after a serious car crash, "Coming Out of the Dark", reached #1.
1991: The Eurythmics hit #1 on the UK album chart with their Greatest Hits album. It would remain on top for nine weeks.
1992: R.E.M. began work on the Automatic For the People album at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York.
1994: Pink Floyd released The Division Bell.
1996: The Beatles had the #1 album in the UK with Anthology 2.
1997: Scarface had the #1 album in the U.S. with The Untouchable.
2000: The rights to Castle Records including the Kinks catalog were sold to Sanctuary Music.
2000: Mick Jagger helped dedicate a new arts centre that had been named after him at his old school, Dartford Grammar.
2003: Limp Bizkit revealed new guitarist Mike Smith, formerly of Snot, in an appearance on Wrestlemania.
2003: Linkin Park hit #1 on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean with the album Meteora.
2004: Recording industry groups in Canada, Denmark, Germany and Italy announced that they will take legal action against 247 people for trading music online.
2004: The Sterephonics play a concert benefiting the Teenage Cancer Trust at London's Royal Albert Hall. Ron Wood and Roger Daltrey join on stage in the cause.
2004: Guns N' Roses drop out of the Rock in Rio-Lisbon Festival due to the sudden departure of guitarist Buckethead.
2004: Paul McCartney makes an impromptu appearance with a local jazz trio at a restaurant in Truckee, California.
2004: Timi Yuro ("Hurt") died from throat cancer at age 62.
2010: Usher released the album Raymond v. Raymond.
Born This Day:
1913: Frankie Laine
1930: Rolf Harris ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport")
1942: Graeme Edge, drummer for the Moody Blues
1945: Eric Clapp (Clapton) is born in Ripley, England
1948: Jim Dandy, Black Oak Arkansas
1950: Dave Ball of Procol Harum
1950 Re Styles, guitarist and vocalist with the Tubes
1955: Randy VanWarmer ("Just When I Needed You Most"), died of leukemia on January 12, 2004
1962: Stanley Kirk Burrell (MC Hammer)
1964: Tracy Chapman
1965: Tim Dorney, Republica
1968: Celine Dion
1976: Mark McClelland, founder of Snow Patrol
1979: Norah Jones
1980: Paul Wall (on song "Grillz" by Nelly)Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-day-in-rock-history-march-30.html
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