Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jul30,1926 | Christine McGuire | #BTD Jul30,1926 #ChristineMcGuire singer RIP; One of the singing #McGuireSisters popular in 1950s; 1955 US #1 & UK #14 "Sincerely", 1957 US #1 & UK #14 "Sugartime", +17 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jul30,1933 | Edd Byrnes | #BTD Jul30,1933 #EddByrnes (Edward Byrne Breitenberger) RIP actor, singer 1959 US #4 & UK #27 "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)"; played Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III rock n roll hipster on TV series 77 Sunset Strip & 1978 film #Grease as TV dance show host Vince Fontaine | |
| BTD Jul30,1936 | Budd yGuy | #BTD Jul30,1936 #BuddyGuy (George Guy) blues guitar, singer. Pioneer of the Chicago blues sound & influenced guitarists including such as #EricClapton, #JimiHendrix, #JimmyPage, #KeithRichards, #StevieRayVaughan, #JeffBeck #HBday @TheRealBuddyGuy | |
| BTD Jul30,1941 | Paul Anka | #BTD Jul30,1941 #Canadian #PaulAnka singer, songwriter 1957 US & UK #1 "Diana", 1959 US #1 & UK #3 "Lonely Boy", 1974 US #1 & UK #6 "(You're) Having My Baby", +22 US & 12 UK Top40 singles and wrote the #TonightShow theme for #JohnnyCarson #HBday @OfficialAnka | |
| BTD Jul30,1945 | David Sanborn | #BTD Jul30,1945 #DavidSanborn saxophone, session player, solo artist 4 #Jazz #1 hits 1980 "Voyeur", 1981 "As We Speak", 1983 "Backstreet", 1984 "Straight to the Heart" and also worked with #StevieWonder, #JamesTaylor, #DavidBowie #HBday @DavidSanborn | |
| BTD Jul30,1946 | Jeffrey Hammond | #BTD Jul30,1946 #JeffreyHammond bass guitarist, former formally with the band #JethroTull He started wearing a black and white striped suit and played with a matching bass guitar, this became his trademark and a feature of #JethroTull's Thick as a Brick stage performance. | |
| BTD Jul30,1949 | Hugh Nicholson | #BTD Jul30,1949 #HughNicholson vocals, guitarist #Marmalade from 1971-73. 1971 UK #6 "Cousin Norman" & #35 "Back on the Road", 1972 UK #6 "Radancer" and #Blue 1977 UK #18 "Gonna Capture Your Heart" | |
| BTD Jul30,1956 | Phil Fearon | #BTD Jul30,1956 #PhilFearon producer, lead singer, songwriter for #Galaxy 1983 UK #4 "Dancing Tight"; Phil Fearon and Galaxy 1984 UK #5 "What Do I Do", +3 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jul30,1958 | Kate Bush | #BTD Jul30,1958 #KateBush singer, songwriter 1978 UK #1 "Wuthering Heights", +23 UK Top40 singles; UK #1 LPs 1980 "Never for Ever", 1985 "Hounds Of Love", +7 Top5 Albums #HBday @KateBushMusic | |
| OTD Jul30,1932 | Walt Disney | #OTD Jul30,1932 #WaltDisney “Flowers and Trees” premieres 1st @TheAcademy Award winning cartoon & first to use Technicolor | |
| OTD Jul30,1946 | Perry Como | #OTD Jul30,1946 #PerryComo with Orchestra conducted by #RussCase is at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Surrender" written by #BennieBenjamin and #GeorgeDavidWeiss; selling over a million copies | |
| OTD Jul30,1954 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Jul30,1954 #ElvisPresley's official 1st concert at the Overton Park in #Memphis. @ElvisPresley 3rd on the bill behind #SlimWhitman | |
| OTD Jul30,1955 | Johnny Cash | #OTD Jul30,1955 #JohnnyCash records his 1st version of "Folsom Prison Blues" at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis | |
| OTD Jul30,1960 | Silver Beatles | #OTD Jul30,1960 The #SilverBeatles (by the middle of August they shortened the name to The #Beatles) are searching for a drummer for their up coming shows in Hamburg, West Germany or their gig will evaporate. They will eventually choose #PeteBest @BeatlesPeteBest | |
| OTD Jul30,1961 | Bobby Lewis | #OTD Jul30,1961 #BobbyLewis is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Tossin' and Turnin'" for the 3rd week of a 7wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jul30,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Jul30,1962 The #Beatles perform at St. John's Hall, which is re-named the #BluePenguin Club on rock show nights | |
| OTD Jul30,1966 | Beatles | #OTD Jul30,1966 The #Beatles start a 5wk run at #1 on the US album chart with "Yesterday And Today" their 8th #1 LP. The original Butcher Cover caused a controversy; so #CapitolRecords issued an apology, pasting a new cleaner image over the previously printed 750k copies. | |
| OTD Jul30,1966 | Troggs | #OTD Jul30,1966 The #Troggs (originally The #Troglodytes) start a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Wild Thing" written by #ChipTaylor originally recorded and released by the #WildOnes in 1965 but did not chart | |
| OTD Jul30,1976 | Beatles | #OTD Jul30,1976 LP "The #Beatles Tapes" interviews recorded by #DavidWigg for the #BBC "Scene & Heard" program are released | |
| OTD Jul30,1977 | Andy Gibb | #OTD Jul30,1977 #AndyGibb starts a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" The song will fall to #2 on Aug20 for 3wks, then to #3 Sep10 before returning to #1 Sep17; a total of 4wks at #1 | |
| OTD Jul30,1982 | Night Shift | #OTD Jul30,1982 the film "Night Shift" directed by #RonHoward is released in theaters. Starring #MichaelKeaton, #ShelleyLong, #HenryWinkler A great film with @hwinkler4real and the film debut of @MichaelKeaton. @RealRonHoward | |
| OTD Jul30,1983 | Police | #OTD Jul30,1983 The #Police are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Every Breath You Take" for the 4th week of a 8wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jul30,1987 | David Bowie | #OTD Jul30,1987 #DavidBowie kicks of the North American leg of The Glass Spider Tour at the Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, PA | |
| OTD Jul30,1988 | Steve Winwood | #OTD Jul30,1988 #SteveWinwood starts a 4wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Roll With It" written by #SteveWinwood, #WillJennings & the writing team of Holland-Dozier-Holland @SteveWinwood | |
| OTD Jul30,2003 | Sam Phillips | #OTD Jul30,2003 #SamPhillips the founder of Sun Records and studio dies at the age of 80 from respiratory failure at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis |