Legend:  BTD – Born Today     OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
BTD Oct30,1931 Dick Gautier#BTD Oct30,1931 #DickGautier RIP actor. Played Hymie the Robot on TV series "Get Smar" & Conrad Birdie Broadway's original "Bye Bye Birdie"
BTD Oct30,1939 Eddie Holland#BTD Oct30,1939 #EddieHolland singer member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, songwriting, production team part of the @motown Sound & hit records, co-written, produced 14 US & 4 UK #1 hit singles
BTD Oct30,1939 Grace Slick#BTD Oct30,1939 #GraceSlick singer, songwriter, model. Big role in #SanFrancisco's psychedelic music scene 1960s #JeffersonAirplane, #JeffersonStarship
BTD Oct30,1939 Otis Williams#BTD Oct30,1939 #OtisWilliams (Otis Miles Jr.) singer, last original member The #Temptations 3 US & R&B #1s 1964 "My Girl", 1969 "I Can't Get Next to You", 1971 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)", 1972 US #1 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", +34 US & 67 R&B Top40s w/ 12 #1s
BTD Oct30,1946 Chris Slade#BTD Oct30,1946 #ChrisSlade current drummer #ACDC @acdc & a member of Manfred Mann's Earth Band 1976 UK #6 & US #1 "Blinded by the Light"; then Gary Moore and The Firm #HBday @ChrisSladeDrums
BTD Oct30,1947 Timothy B Schmit#BTD Oct30,1947 #TimothyBSchmit bass guitarist, vocals #Poco & The #Eagles since 1977. 1976 "New Kid in Town", 1979 "Heartache Tonight" 1998 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of the #Eagles #HBday @timothybschmit
BTD Oct30,1949 David Green#BTD Oct30,1949 #DavidGreen bass #AirSupply 1981 US #1 single 'The One That You Love'
OTD Oct30,1938 Orson Welles #OTD Oct30,1938 Radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" is airs. Directed & narrated by #OrsonWelles. Famous for causing mass panic?
OTD Oct30,1943 Al Dexter#OTD Oct30,1943 #AlDexter and His Troopers are at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Pistol Packin' Mama"
OTD Oct30,1959 Cliff Richard#OTD Oct30,1959 #CliffRichard and the #Shadows start a 5wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Travellin' Light" Their sixth release and 2nd #1 hit
OTD Oct30,1960 Brenda Lee#OTD Oct30,1960 #BrendaLee is at #1 on the US Top 40 Singles Chart with "I Want to Be Wanted" the single will fall to #2 next week for 2wks
OTD Oct30,1961 Brian Epstein#OTD Oct30,1961 #BrianEpstein has difficulty locating the record #TonySheridan with the #Beatles. Why? The name #Beatles sounded dangerously close to a German euphemism for male genitalia (peedle). So, producer #BertKaempfert had changed the #Beatles name to 'The Beat Brothers'
OTD Oct30,1963 Beatles#OTD Oct30,1963 final day of the Swedish tour for The #Beatles; they appear & record the Sverige TV program ‘Drop In’ in Stockholm
OTD Oct30,1965 Paul Revere and the Raiders#OTD Oct30,1965 #PaulRevere and the Raiders peaks at #46 for 2wks on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Steppin' Out" their 1st charting song
OTD Oct30,1965Beatles#OTD Oct30,1965 The #Beatles are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Yesterday" for the last week of a 4wk run at #1
OTD Oct30,1967 Trex, Tyrannosaurus Rex#OTD Oct30,1967 #TyrannosaurusRex #Trex records the "Top Gear" show for UK Radio 1. 1st group to do so without a recording contract
OTD Oct30,1967Monkees#OTD Oct30,1967 The #Monkees TV series S2 E8 "Monkees Marooned" On a desert island, @TheMonkees go hunting for treasure and are hunted by a mad Australian and his man Thursday
OTD Oct30,1970Hotlegs#OTD Oct30,1970 The band #Hotlegs debuts & opens for #MoodyBlues at Festival Hall. Only hit 'Neanderthal Man' Group then became #10CC
OTD Oct30,1971 Pink Floyd#OTD Oct30,1971 #PinkFloyd releases their 6th LP "Meddle" in the US. Features "One Of These Days" & the 23-minute track "Echoes"
OTD Oct30,1971 Rod Stewart#OTD Oct30,1971 #RodStewart is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Maggie May / Reason To Believe" @rodstewart's last week of a 5wk run at #1
OTD Oct30,1976 Chicago#OTD Oct30,1976 #Chicago is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "If You Leave Me Now" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1. @chicagotheband 1st US #1, the single will start a 3wk run at #1 in the UK on Nov7
OTD Oct30,1977 Abba#OTD Oct30,1977 #Abba start a 4wk run at #1 on UK singles chart with "The Name Of The Game" Songs 1st title was "A Bit Of Myself"
OTD Oct30,1982 Men At Work#OTD Oct30,1982 #MenAtWork is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Who Can It Be Now'' The #Australian bands 1st US #1
OTD Oct30,1984 Bruce Springsteen#OTD Oct30,1984 #BruceSpringsteen releases "Born in the USA" The song addresses the harmful effects of the Vietnam War on Americans and the treatment of Vietnam veterans upon their return home
OTD Oct30,1998David Letterman Show, Black Sabbath#OTD Oct30,1998 All four original members of #BlackSabbath reunited to play 'Paranoid' on the #DavidLetterman Show @BlackSabbath Video==> youtu.be/MNozxVY4XFk
OTD Oct30,2007 Robert Goulet#OTD Oct30,2007 #RobertGoulet dies at the age of 73. Singer, actor won a #GRAMMY, @TheTonyAwards & @TheEmmys, one of the greatest baritones of all time. 1964 US #16 "My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, scusami)", +15 US Adult Contemporary Top40 singles