Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 30
1964: The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Me Do', the group's fourth US No.1 in five months. The version released in America had Andy White playing drums while Ringo played the tambourine. The British single was a take on which Ringo Starr played the drums
1964: The Rolling Stones released the album England's Newest Hitmakers in the United States to coincide with their arrival in New York City on June 1.
1965: The Rolling Stones played the final night of a US tour at the New York Academy of Music. During the afternoon the band recorded six songs for the Clay Pole TV show.
1966: The Doors were at the Hullabaloo in West Hollywood, California.
The Who headlined the Lincoln Pop Festival at the Sincil Bank Football Ground in Lincoln, England. The Kinks, Small Faces, the Yardbirds, Georgie Fame and Crispian St. Peters also performed.
Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service performed at a benefit for the Haight-Ashbury Legal Organization at Winterland in San Francisco, California.
1968: The Beatles began recording what became known as The White Album. The double-LP whose official title was simply ‘The Beatles’ became the first Beatles album released with the Apple label. The first track they recorded was ‘Revolution’.
1969: Led Zeppelin appeared at the Fillmore East in New York City.
1987: David Bowie kicked off his 87-date Glass Spider world tour at the Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Holland.
1978: Led Zeppelin began recording the great album In Through the Out Door.Led Zeppelin return to recording studio for first time since the death of Robert Plant’s son.
1987: The classic "With Or Without You" by U2 was #1 for a third week
1990: Midnight Oil played a protest concert in front of Exxon offices on 6th Avenue in New York City to protest the Exxon Valdez oil disaster.
1992: Genesis remained #1 on the AC chart with "Hold On My Heart".
2005: Coldplay's new album was illegally put on the internet a week before its UK and US release. The leak took place on the day copies were sent to UK radio stations and the day before it went on sale in Japan. Security measures around the release included hosting album playbacks at Abbey Road studios for journalists instead of sending them copies of the album, any CDs that were sent out were labelled with a false name - The Fir Trees - to throw would-be pirates off the scent.
2008: Green Day reached #1 on the Album chart with 21st Century Breakdown.
2009:Ozzy Osbourne was suing the band's guitarist Tony Iommi over royalty payments. The 60-year-old had accused Iommi of falsely claiming to have sole rights to the band's name which has cost him royalties from merchandise sales. Osbourne was seeking unspecified damages, lost profits and a declaration he is a half-owner of the trademark. Iommi claims Osbourne legally relinquished rights to the band's name in the 1980s. Osbourne said he believed all four original members of the band should share Black Sabbath's name equally.
2013: A new museum dedicated to the life of Johnny Cash staged its official opening. The museum in Nashville, Tennessee, was set up by wife and husband team Shannon and Bill Miller and features the largest and most comprehensive collection of Johnny Cash artifacts and memorabilia in the world.
Born on this day
1955: Nicky 'Topper' Headon, The Clash, (1979 UK No. 11 single 'London Calling', 1982 US No. 8 single 'Rock The Casbah, 1991 UK No.1 single 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go', first released 1982, plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles). Also worked with Mirkwood, and The Moors Murderers.
1964: American musician, singer-songwriter and political activist Tom Morello, guitar, Rage Against The Machine, (1996 US No.1 album 'Evil Empire'). Audioslave (2005 US No.1 album 'Out of Exile'). Morello was most recently a touring musician with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
1966: American musician and lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. He also performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.
1975: Brian Fair, lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Shadows Fall.
