This Day in Rock Music History: May 30

    1955:  Elvis Presley was at the Fair Park Auditorium in Abilene, Texas.
    1960:  One of the Top Instrumentals of the Rock Era*, "Because They're Young" from Duane Eddy was the biggest mover of the week, jumping up from 85 to 42.
    1964:  Johnny Rivers released the single "Memphis".
    1964:  "Love Me Do" gave the Beatles their fourth #1 song of the year.  "Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups was runner-up, followed by the former #1 "My Guy" from Mary Wells.
    1966:  Dolly Parton married Carl Dean in Catoosa County, Georgia.
    1966:  The Doors were at the Hullabaloo in West Hollywood, California.
    1966:  The Who were in concert at the Sincil Bank Football Ground in Lincoln, England.
    1966:  Jefferson Airplane performed in San Francisco, California at a benefit for the Haight-Ashbury Legal Organization.
    1968:  The Beatles began to record the White Album, recording "Revolution" on this date.
    1969:  Led Zeppelin appeared at the Fillmore East in New York City.
    1970:  The Moments had the #1 R& song for the third week with "Love On a Two-Way Street".
    1970:  The Temptations had a huge mover on the chart.  "Ball of Confusion" shot up from 80 to 41 on this date.
    1972:  Roxy Music got their first big gig at the Great Western Express Festival in England.





    1975:  Joan Baez was the guest host on "The Midnight Special" with Kool & the Gang performing.
    1977:  Elvis Presley performed at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville in what would turn out to be his last Florida concert.
    1978:  Led Zeppelin began recording the great album In Through the Out Door.
    1980:  The Temptations hosted The Midnight Special with guests Firefall and Robbie Dupree.
    1980:  Carl Radle, bassist of Derek & the Dominos, died of a kidney ailment at the age of 37.
    1981:  The Pointer Sisters released "Slow Hand".
    1981:  Marty Balin had the week's fastest-rising song, moving from 86 to 62 with the great "Hearts".
    1981:  Kim Carnes had her first and only Top 10 album with Mistaken Identity.





    1981:  Champaign reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with the great song "How 'Bout Us".
    1987:  "Head To Toe" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam was the new #1 on the R&B chart.
    1987:  The classic "With Or Without You" by U2 was #1 for a third week, holding off Kim Wilde's cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On".  Chris DeBurgh was drawing attention with "The Lady In Red" at #3 and Atlantic Starr was moving towards the top with their classic "Always".  The rest of the Top 10:  "Big Love" from Fleetwood Mac, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam were up from 15 to 6 with "Head To Toe", the Breakfast Club had their only Top 10 with "Right On Track" moving in, Bryan Adams had #8 with "Heat of the Night", Huey Lewis & the News scored another Top 10 with "I Know What I Like" from their great album Fore! and Bon Jovi moved into the Top 10 with "Wanted Dead Or Alive".





    1987:  "Always" reached the top spot on the Adult Contemporary chart for Atlantic Starr.
    1987:  Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys gave a good example of how not to act.  He was arrested in Liverpool, England for assaulting a female fan during a riot at a Beastie Boys concert.


                          Midnight Oil had it right--the sooner we go to electric cars, the better


    1990:  Midnight Oil played a protest concert in front of Exxon offices on 6th Avenue in New York City to protest the Exxon Valdez oil disaster.
    1992:  Genesis remained #1 on the AC chart with "Hold On My Heart".
    1992:  Mariah Carey's remake of the Jackson 5 classic "I'll Be There" debuted at #13.





    1992:  Paul Simon married Edie Brickell.
    1997:  West Arkeen, guitarist on the two Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion albums, died of a drug overdose at the age of 36.
    1998:  After debuting at #1 the previous week, The Limited Series by Garth Brooks held on to #1 on the album chart.  The Soundtrack to the great movie "City of Angels" was #2.



                            Micky Most had what it took




    2003:  Famed producer Mickie Most, who produced songs for Herman's Hermits, the Animals and Hot Chocolate, among others, died at the age of 64.
    2004:  Avril Lavigne took her album Under My Skin to #1 in the U.K.
    2008:  Green Day reached #1 on the album chart with 21st Century Breakdown.
    2009:  Little Richard was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
    2010:  Anita Humes, lead singer of Essex ("Easier Said Than Done) passed away.


    Born This Day:
    1944:  Lenny Davidson, guitarist of the Dave Clark Five, was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England
    1955:  Nicky "Topper" Headon of the Clash was born in Bromley, England
    1958:  Marie Fredriksson of Roxette was born in Ossjo, Sweden
    1960:  Stephen Duffy, singer, songwriter and guitarist of Duran Duran, was born in Birmingham, England
    1964:  Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine, was born in Harlem, New York
    1967:  Sven Pipien, bass guitarist of the Black Crowes, was born in Hanover, Germany
    1971:  Patrick Dalheimer, bass guitarist for Live, was born in York, PennsylvaniaSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-day-in-rock-music-history-may-30.html
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