Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Aug30,1908 | Fred MacMurray | #BTD Aug30,1908 #FredMacMurray RIP actor played the father Steve Douglas #MyThreeSons & in over 100 movies. Many @Disney films such as "The Shaggy Dog" | |
| BTD Aug30,1919 | Kitty Wells | #BTD Aug30,1919 #KittyWells (Ellen Muriel Deason) RIP 1st female country singer to top the US country charts in 1952 with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", 1961 US Country #1 "Heartbreak U.S.A.", +39 US Country Top40 singles | |
| BTD Aug30,1935 | John Phillips | #BTD Aug30,1935 #JohnPhillips RIP singer, guitarist, songwriter The Mamas and the Papas #MamasandthePapas 1966 US #1 & #3 UK "Monday Monday", +10 other US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Aug30,1939 | John Peel | #BTD Aug30,1939 #JohnPeel (John Ravenscroft) RIP DJ, radio presenter, producer, longest running @BBCRadio1 and one of the most influential British DJ | |
| BTD Aug30,1941 | John McNally | #BTD Aug30,1941 #JohnMcNally guitarist, vocalist, original founder The #Searchers 1964 UK #1 & US #13 "Needles And Pins", 1964 US #3 "Love Potion Number Nine" 2nd group from #Liverpool after #Beatles with a hit in the US | |
| BTD Aug30,1944 | Charles Colbert | #BTD Aug30,1944 #CharlesColbert bass guitarist, vocals for #AmericanBreed 1967 US #5 & UK #24 single "Bend Me, Shape Me" | |
| BTD Aug30,1950 | Micky Moody | #BTD Aug30,1950 #MickyMoody (Michael Joseph Moody) guitarist, former member of #JuicyLucy & #Whitesnake Also a founding member of #Snafu | |
| BTD Aug30,1951 | Dana | #BTD Aug30,1951 #Dana (Dana Rosemary Scallon; born Rosemary Brown) singer 1970 Irish Eurovision Song Contest winner, 1970 UK #1 "All Kinds Of Everything", 1971 UK #14 "Who Put the Lights Out", +3 UK Top40 single | |
| BTD Aug30,1954 | Ronald Beitle | #BTD Aug30,1954 #RonaldBeitle RIP drummer with #WildCherry from 1975–1979. 1976 US #1 & UK #7 single "Play That Funky Music" | |
| OTD Aug30,1941 | Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra | #OTD Aug30,1941 #JimmyDorsey & His Orchestra start a 4wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)" vocal chorus by #BobEberly and #HelenOConnell Great song! | |
| OTD Aug30,1949 | Hank Williams | #OTD Aug30,1949 #HankWilliams at Herzog Studio Cincinnati, Ohio recording "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" with the Pleasant Valley Boys #PleasantValleyBoys; #ZekeTurner lead guitar #JerryByrd steel guitar #LouisInnis rhythm guitar #TommyJackson fiddle #ErnieNewton bass | |
| OTD Aug30,1957 | Alan Freed, 3rd Anniversary Show | #OTD Aug30,1957 #AlanFreed 3rd Anniversary Show a week long series of concerts at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in #NYC. Billed as The Biggest Show of Stars for '57 | |
| OTD Aug30,1959 | Bobby Darin | #OTD Aug30,1959 #BobbyDarin enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #59 with “Mack The Knife” The song will peak at #1 on Oct10 and stay for 9 wks | |
| OTD Aug30,1959 | Browns | #OTD Aug30,1959 The #Browns start a 4wk run at #1 on the US Top 40 Singles Chart with "The Three Bells" Video==> youtu.be/HTkbj56bnYs | |
| OTD Aug30,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Aug30,1962 The #Beatles have a lunch gig at the #CavernClub @cavernliverpool & then go to Riverpark Ballroom Chester at night with Gerry & the Pacemakers | |
| OTD Aug30,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Aug30,1964 The #Beatles on tour in the USA, perform at the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey for 18,000 fans | |
| OTD Aug30,1968 | Apple Records, Mary Hopkin | #OTD Aug30,1968 #AppleRecords 4 days after the US release; #Apple releases the #MaryHopkin single "Those Were The Days" in the UK. Produced by #PaulMcCartney with an arrangement by #RichardHewson. #1 in the UK Sept25 for 6wks @themaryhopkin | |
| OTD Aug30,1968 | New York Rock Festival | #OTD Aug30,1968 #ShellyFinkel & #GaryKurfirst present the New York Rock Festival at Flushing Meadow Park in Queens with the #Rascals and #Vagrants | |
| OTD Aug30,1969 | Texas International Pop Festival | #OTD Aug30,1969 1st of a 3day Texas International Pop Festival featuring #JanisJoplin, #LedZeppelin, #Chicago, #CannedHeat, #BBKing & more | |
| OTD Aug30,1969 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Aug30,1969 The #RollingStones are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Honky Tonk Women" their 5th US #1 @RollingStones 2nd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Aug30,1972 | John Lennon | #OTD Aug30,1972 #JohnLennon benefit concert for children with mental disabilities at Madison Square @TheGarden His last full-scale performances in public Lennon "... best music I enjoyed playing since the Cavern ... the same kinda feeling when the #Beatles use to get into it" | |
| OTD Aug30,1975 | James Taylor | #OTD Aug30,1975 #JamesTaylor peaks at #5 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” @JamesTaylor_com | |
| OTD Aug30,1975 | Rod Stewart | #OTD Aug30,1975 #RodStewart jumps straight to #1 & starts a 5wk run at #1 on the UK album Chart with "Atlantic Crossing" The LP will fall to #2 on Sept28 but return to #1 on Oct 5 for 2 more weeks for a total of 7wks at #1. @rodstewart 5th UK #1 album | |
| OTD Aug30,1975 | KC and the Sunshine Band | #OTD Aug30,1975 KC and the Sunshine Band are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Get Down Tonight", group's 1st of 5 #1 hits @kcandsunshineb | |
| OTD Aug30,1980 | Christopher Cross | #OTD Aug30,1980 #ChristopherCross is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Sailing" written and arranged by @itsMrCross | |
| OTD Aug30,1986 | Steve Winwood, Chaka Khan | #OTD Aug30,1986 #SteveWinwood went to #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Single Chart with "Higher Love" written by @SteveWinwood and #WillJennings and produced by #RussTitelman and Winwood. The female vocals on the song are #ChakaKhan | |
| OTD Aug30,1988 | Papa Dee Allen | #OTD Aug30,1988 #PapaDeeAllen (Thomas Allen) RIP dies at the age of 57, from a heart attack while performing. percussionist, original member #War from 1969–1988 @WARtheBand | |
| OTD Aug30,2016 | Micky Dolenz | #OTD Aug30,2016 The #Monkees #MickyDolenz gets his own brick on the #Cavern wall of fame @cavernliverpool @TheMickyDolenz1 @TheMonkees | |
| OTD Aug30,2017 | Skip Prokop | #OTD Aug30,2017 #SkipProkop (Ronald Harry "Skip" Prokop) dies at the age of 73. #Canadian drummer co-founded the rock group Lighthouse with #PaulHoffert. The world’s first 13-piece rock orchestra. |