These are today's Birthday people....born July 30 in the years
mentioned :
CHRISTINE McGUIRE (1929 Middletown Oh)
Member McGuire Sisters #1 pop hit Sincerely 1955
EDD BYRNES (1933 New York City NY)
"Kookie" in TV's "77 Sunset Strip" several records for Warner Bros
BUDDY GUY (1936 Lettsworth La)
Blues vocalist/guitarist Artistic,Chess labels When My Left Eye Jumps
SONNY WEST (1937 Lubbock Tx)
Singer/writer rcd on Nor Va Jak,Atlantic wote "Oh Boy" and "Rave On"
PAUL ANKA (1941 Ottowa Canada)
ABC Paramount's biggest selling 50's star #1 with Diana & Lonely Boy
..............and are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us this
day..........
SAM PHILLIPS (2003 Memphis Tn)
Founder and owner Sun Records in Memphis rcd tons classic records
ERNEST WARREN (2007 Baltimore Md)
Original lead of The Cardinals group of Should'nt I Know fame
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
JULY 30 1942
Frank Sinatra begins his last recording sessions with the Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra for RCA this day. One of his last sides recorded is the
future #1 hit "There are Such Things". Sinatra subsequently moves on
to Columbia Records as a solo singing sensation
JULY 30 1949
Perry Como finally ends the long run of "Riders In The Sky" by Vaughn
Monroe at #1 when his "Some Enchanted Evening" song from the stage
musical "South Pacific" becomes America's new #1 best selling record
JULY 30 1954
Elvis Presley makes his first full paid stage appearance at the
Overton Park Shell in Memphis.He is featured on a bill topped by Slim
Whitman
JULY 30 1955
Backed by Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant,Johnny Cash this day cuts
the classic "Folsom Prison Blues" for Sun Records in Memphis Tennessee
Also recorded at this session are "So Doggone Lonesome","Luther Played
The Boogie" and "Mean Eyed Cat"
Meanwhile across the Atlantic the same Slim Whitman mentioned above
(see 1954) makes it to #1 in the UK charts with a record that will
hold the position for no less than 11 straight weeks---when his "Rose
Marie" dethrones Alma Cogan's "Dreamboat" as the new British chart
topper
JULY 30 1956
An 11 year old Brenda Lee has her very first recording session at
Decca Records this day.Produced by Paul Cohen seven songs go into the
can - "Jambalaya" and "Bigelow 6-200" that will be selected as the two
sides of her debut single plus "Some People","Your Cheatin' Heart",
"I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus","Doodle Bug Rag" and "Christy Christmas"
JULY 30 1958
Ruth Brown is in the Atlantic Studios in New York City. Her next
single will be "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'" (co-written by Bobby
Darin) / "Why Me" (Atlantic 1197). "I Haven't Met" from the
same session remains unissued.
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JULY 30 1959
Ex-Blue Cap Tommy Facenda records "High School USA" in New York City.
This is in fact a re-recording of an earlier version produced by Frank
Guida in Norfolk, Virginia. On this new version gaps were left in the
tape where the names of local high schools could be dropped in. 28
versions were mastered (Atlantic 51-78), one for each state in which
the record was likely to be played.
Johnny Restivo sings "The Shape I'm In" on "American Bandstand"
JULY 30 1960
Jimmy Clanton sings "Come Back" & "Wait" on Dick Clark's Saturday
Night Beechnut TV Show. Other guests are Jerry Wallace ("Swingin' Down
The Lane" & "Teardrops In The Rain"),Johnny & the Hurricanes ("Down
Yonder" & "Rockin' Goose") and The Demensions ("Over The Rainbow")
The album "Elvis Is Back" reaches #1 on the UK LP chart
JULY 30 1961
Pearl Bailey guests on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
JULY 30 1962
Johnny Cash records three tracks at Columbia Studio in Nashville.
"(There 'll Be) Peace In the Valley" is released as a Columbia single
later in the year. The other two tracks, "Casey Jones" & "Waiting For
A Train" are included on the 1963 LP "Blood Sweat And Tears"
JULY 30 1963
Mel Carter sings "When A Boy Falls In Love" on "American Bandstand"
JULY 30 1976
Kate Smith makes her last public appearance on this date, singing her
trademark number "God Bless America" on a TV program honouring the US
Bicentennial
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Acknowledgement for recording session info used goes to Dik de Heer's
"In The Can" website. For more info see
http://members.home.nl/henk.gorter/Itcindex.html
ROGER FORD
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