January 30

Births

1942: Marty Balin (Lead Vocals for Jefferson Airplane/Starship)

1947: Steve Marriott (Vocals & Guitar for Humble Pie & Small Faces)

1951: Phil Collins (Drummer & Vocals for Genesis & Solo)

1959: Jody Watley (Singer for Shalamar & Solo)

1961: Angie Stone (R&B Singer)

1967: Jay Gordon (Lead Vocals for Orgy)

1967: Bill Leverty (Guitar for Firehouse)

1980: Josh Kelley (Singer / Songwriter)

1984: Kid Cudi (Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi) (Rapper)

Events

1969: The Beatles give their last public live performance on the roof of their own Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London. The band had come up with the idea of a rooftop performance a few days earlier, but the roof had to be shored up first in order to handle the weight of the group's equipment. Filmed for the movie that eventually became Let It Be, the set performed was as follows: "Get Back" (take 1), "Get Back" (take 2), "Don't Let Me Down," "I've Got A Feeling" (take 1), "One After 909," "Dig A Pony," "I've Got A Feeling" (take 2), "Don't Let Me Down" (take 2), "Get Back" (take 3). (The band also does a version of "God Save The Queen" that is not recorded.) The concert, which lasts 42 minutes, comes to an abrupt end when police, tipped off by the complaints of a nearby shop owner, shut the concert down.

1973: KISS play their first concert, at the Coventry Club in Queens, New York. They wear makeup onstage, but not the look they would become known for. The band performed 2 sets at the club that night for a crowd of under 10 people.

1974: Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer is arrested for swimming nude in a hotel pool in Salt Lake City, NV. The pool was clearly visible from the street.

1988: INXS had their first US No.1 hit single with 'Need You Tonight'.

1990: France's Culture Ministry honors Bob Dylan by naming him a commander in the Order of Arts and Letters.

2007: R&B Singer Brandy (Brandy Norwood) was sued for wrongful-death by the parents of a woman that was killed in a car crash involving Brandy on Decenber 30, 2006.