July 30 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS

Christine McGuire (1926) The McGuire Sisters singer/co-founder [“Sincerely”/”Sugartime”] (died 2019) age 92 – unknown causes

Edd Byrnes (1933) actor/singer [“Kookie, Kookie–Lend Me Your Comb” with Connie Stevens] (died 2020) age 86 – natural causes

George “Buddy” Guy (1936) blues guitarist/singer/songwriter [“Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues”/”Mustang Sally”]

Paul Anka (1941) singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist [“Diana”/”Lonely Boy”/(You’re) Having My Baby”]

David Sanborn (1945) session and solo alto saxophonist/pianist (died 2024) age 78 – prostate cancer complications

Jeffrey Hammond (1946) Jethro Tull bassist

Rat Scabies [born Christopher Millar] (1955) Damned drummer/co-founder

Kate Bush (1958) singer/songwriter/keyboardist [“Running Up That Hill”]

Neal McCoy (1958) country singer

Dwayne O’Brien (1963) Little Texas guitarist/co-lead singer/co-founder [current] [“God Blessed Texas”]

Ron Block (1964) Alison Krauss & Union Station banjoist/guitarist/songwriter [current]

DC The Brain Supreme [born Cecil Glenn] (1966) Tag Team rapper/songwriter/co-founder [“Whoomp! (There It Is)”]

Sean Moore (1968) Manic Street Preachers drummer/trumpeter/co-founder [current]

Brad Hargreaves (1972) Third Eye Blind drummer [current]

Seth Avett (1980) The Avett Brothers singer/multi-instrumentalist/co-founder [current]

DEATHS

Sam Phillips (2003) record producer/Sun Records and Sun Studios founder (born 1923) age 80 – respiratory failure

Dick Wagner (2014) Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, and KISS guitarist/songwriter (born 1942) age 71 – respiratory failure

Lynn Anderson (2015) country singer [“(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden”] (born 1947) age 67 – heart attack

CHARTS

In 1966, “Wild Thing” by The Troggs hits No. 1 – 2 weeks (only No. 1 single; released on two different labels due to a distribution dispute, making it the only No. 1 single to reach the top spot for two competing companies)

In 1977, “I Just Wanna Be Your Everything” by Andy Gibb hits No. 1 – 4 weeks (first of three No. 1 singles)

In 1988, “Roll With It” by Steve Winwood hits No. 1 – 4 weeks (second of two No. 1 singles)

NEW RELEASES

(Albums)

In 1965, Decca Records releases the fourth U.S. studio album from the Rolling Stones, “Out of Our Heads”; Billboard 200: 1 (3 weeks); 1 million copies U.S.; Rolling Stone 500: 116; “The Last Time,” “Play With Fire,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Cry to Me”

In 1979, Atlantic Records releases the third studio album from Chic, “Risqué”; Billboard 200: 5; 1 million copies U.S.; “Good Times,” “My Forbidden Lover,” “My Feet Keep Dancing”

In 1996, MCA Records releases the third and final studio album from Sublime, “Sublime”; Billboard 200: 13; 5 million copies U.S.; “What I Got,” “Wrong Way,” “Senteria,” “Doin’ Time”

In 1996, Columbia Records releases the first live album from Alice in Chains, “MTV Unplugged”; Billboard 200: 3; 1 million copies; “Over Now,” “Down in a Hole,” “Rooster,” “Heaven Beside You,” “Would?”

(Singles)

1991, “Enter Sandman,” Metallica

COMINGS/GOINGS

In 1942, singer Frank Sinatra records his final two songs with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, ending his association with the band, which leads to him to begin his career as a solo artist.

NOTEWORTHY

In 1954, singer Elvis Presley makes his professional debut as an opening act for Slim Whitman at the Hillbilly Hoedown at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis, Tennessee.

In 2006, “Top of the Pops,” a popular British music television show, had its last original episode after being on the air for 42 years.