This Date In Music History- October 30

Birthdays:

Happy birthday to The Fonz, Henry Winkler, who was born in 1945.

Anthrax vocalist, Joey Belladonna has a birthday (1960). He joins in ‘84 and is with the group during its prime.

Grace Victoria Wing, a.k.a. Grace Slick (of Jefferson Airplane), was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1939.

Otis Williams of the Temptations ("My Girl") turns 67.

Born on this day in 1939, Eddie Holland (Holland/Dozier/Holland), producer, songwriter, wrote Motown hits for Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Freda Payne, Chairmen Of The Board.

Timothy B. Schmit, singer with the Eagles and Poco, was born in 1947.

Bush's Gavin Rossdale was born in London in 1967.

Jim Messina (Poco) celebrates a birthday today (1947).

History:

Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' receives its 26th platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2000, representing 26 million copies sold in the U.S. It remains the second best-selling album in music history.

In 1970, The Doors' Jim Morrison was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 for exposing himself during a concert in Miami. The case would still be on appeal when he died on July 3rd, 1971.

Melbourne, Australia's Men At Work had the number one song in the US in 1982 with "Who Can It Be Now?" They would follow with three more Top 10 hits, "Down Under" (#1), "Overkill" (#3) and "It's A Mistake" (#6)

The Crystals release their single "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" in 1961. The No. 20 hit is the first release on the Philles label, run by producer Phil Spector.

In 1971, John Lennon had the number one album in both Great Britain and The United States with "Imagine". The album contained two tracks attacking Paul McCartney, 'How Do You Sleep' and 'Crippled Inside.' It would be John's only solo LP to sell a million copies and his most popular album until "Double Fantasy" which went to number one shortly after his assassination on December 8, 1980.

John Lennon released the album "Mind Games" in 1973.

Elvis Presley began work on his Gospel album "His Hand In Mine," in Nashville in 1960.

Roy Orbison was awarded his ninth gold record in 1964 for "Oh! Pretty Woman," which will stay on the charts for 15 weeks.

Elton John gives a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II in 1972, making him the first Rock 'n' Roller to be asked to appear in a royal variety performance since the Beatles did it in November 1963.

Jam Master Jay from Run-DMC was murdered by an assassin's single bullet in 2002 at his recording studio in Queens, New York.

The animated cartoon, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, was shown on NBC-TV in the U.S. in 1978. The four rock stars had to deal with a mad scientist who went crazy in an amusement park. All four members of Kiss had just released their individual solo albums.

Pink Floyd and the Sopwith Camel performed at San Francisco's Fillmore in 1967 in a benefit for the radio station KPFA. The same day they appear on The Pat Boone Show. Madcap singer Syd Barrett refuses to answer Pat's questions during the program.

Linda Stein, former co-manager of punk band The Ramones, was found beaten to death at her Manhattan apartment in 2007. Mrs. Stein was the ex-wife of Seymour Stein, former president of Sire Records, which was the launching pad for the Ramones, Talking Heads and Madonna.