Rock 'n' Roll History for
June 30


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1956 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Police are called to deal with a series of fights that broke out at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey during a show by Bill Haley And His Comets. City council will later vote to ban all Rock 'n' Roll concerts.

1962 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Pat Boone's "Speedy Gonzales" enters the Billboard Hot 100 where it will reach #6. It was a song that Pat had to plead with his producer Randy Wood to let him record after he had first heard it in The Philippines. The tune would prove to be Boone's last Top 40 entry after a run of seven years and thirty-seven other hit singles.

1966 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
The Beatles appear at the first of three concerts at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The venue was still regarded as a shrine to those who had perished in World War II, prompting protests and death threats. Amateur recordings of the performance quickly became available as a bootleg album known as "Three Nights in Tokyo". While staying at the Tokyo Hilton, all four members of the group collaborated on a painting which became known as Images Of A Woman. Originally intended to raise money for charity, the art would be sold several times, including a 2012 sale that netting the owner $155,250.

1971 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
"Indian Reservation" by Paul Revere And The Raiders receives a Gold record for sales of 500,000 copies. The song was written by John D. Loudermilk, and was first recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater as "The Pale Faced Indian". That attempt did not chart. The first hit version was recorded by Don Fardon, which reached #20 on the Hot 100 in 1968. The Raiders' rendition was later certified Platinum for selling a million copies, although none of band actually played on the recording. Mark Lindsay was backed by Hal Blaine on drums, Al Casey on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass guitar and Artie Butler on piano and organ.

1973 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
George Harrison's "Give Me Love" knocks Paul McCartney's "My Love" out of the number one spot on both the Billboard Pop chart and the Cash Box Best Sellers list. George's song reached #8 in the UK.

June 30
The LP "Crossword Puzzle" by The Partridge Family was released on Bell Records. It would prove to be the last of the group's albums to chart in the US, entering Billboard's Hot 200 in July and peaking at #167 during a five week stay. There was no single released from the LP in America, and as usual, only David Cassidy and Shirley Jones actually participated in the recording.

1975 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
The Jackson 5 announce that they will be leaving Motown Records for Epic Records. They are forced to change their name to The Jacksons since Motown owned the other name.

1976 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Police raid Neil Diamond's house, looking for drugs while claiming that they are responding to a burglary call. After a three hour search, they found nothing. Some of the officers involved left with an autograph.

1977 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Marvel Comics issues the first of two comic books based on the costumed characters of the group KISS. The popular rumor of the day was that red ink was mixed with small amounts of blood from each group member. This however, turned out to be a hoax.

1979 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
One of the first records to use a synthesized drum track, "Ring My Bell" reaches number one in the US for Anita Ward. It also topped the charts in the UK.

June 30
Donna Summer held the number two and number three positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls". She was the first solo entertainer to hold two of the top three positions simultaneously.

1981 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Forty-five year old Jerry Lee Lewis was rushed to a Memphis hospital, suffering from a hemorrhaging stomach ulcer. After two operations, he would slowly recover and was back in the studio recording an album for MCA Records four months later.

1983 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
After a ten year split, The Everly Brothers announced that they would be reuniting at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London the following September 23rd. The pair had parted company after years of tensions finally boiled over and Phil smashed his guitar and walked off the stage during a 1973 performance. In 1986 they would enjoy one final American hit with "Born Yesterday", which reached #17 on both the Billboard Contemporary chart and Hot Country Songs chart.

1984 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Huey Lewis And The News claim the top spot on the Billboard 200 with "Sports". The LP would stay on the chart for an amazing 160 weeks, and spawn the hits, "Heart and Soul" (#8) and "The Heart Of Rock And Roll" (#5).

June 30
Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, kept out of the top spot by "The Reflex" by Duran Duran for one week and "When Doves Cry" by Prince for the next three.

1989 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
26-year-old Paula Abdul was the featured performer of the Club MTV: Live show in Miami. Her debut album, "Forever Your Girl" was also climbing towards the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and she would go on to enjoy eleven hits on that chart, including five more that reached number one.

June 30
Great Balls Of Fire!, a biographical film about the life of Jerry Lee Lewis, debuts in theatres across America. The movie would fizzle at the box office, but critics gave it mostly positive reviews. Jerry Lee was unhappy with the bumpkin-like portrayal of himself by actor Dennis Quaid and later said, "They really fouled it up, the way they did it."

2001 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Chet Atkins, the legendary session guitarist, died of cancer at the age of 77. Over the course of his career, he received fourteen Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He also received nine Country Music Association awards for Instrumentalist of the Year. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. Rolling Stone ranked him number 21 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

2002 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Al Jardine sued the remaining members of The Beach Boys for $4 million, alleging that they were excluding him from playing in the band. The suit would prove unsuccessful and Jardine was later force to be billed as Al Jardine, Family, and Friends and Al Jardine and the Endless Summer Beach Band.

2004 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks suffered a stroke while at Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC in London, where he had been promoting his album, "Bug". It would take two years before he recovered enough to be able to walk, talk and play the guitar.

2012 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
One of Paul McCartney's iconic violin shaped Hofner bass guitars sold for more than $64,000 US at a fund raiser for music charity Nordoff Robbins. Exactly which one of Macca's guitars it was is unclear, as he has been known to have acquired several copies of the Hofner 500/1 over the years.

2015 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Deen Castronovo, drummer for Journey, was charged with having sexual intercourse "by forcible compulsion" between June 8 and June 14. He faced felony charges of assault, sexual abuse and unlawful use of a dangerous weapon. As a result, he was dropped immediately from Journey's upcoming tour. In a plea bargain, Castronovo pleaded guilty to five domestic violence misdemeanor charges and received a suspended sentence of four years of probation. In July, 2021, he rejoined Journey.

2018 - ClassicBands.com

June 30
Pollstar's figures showed that The Rolling Stones were the top earning touring Rock band in the first half of 2018. The Stones had made $100.8 million, well ahead of the Eagles ($84.0 million), Roger Waters ($60.7 million), U2 ($59.9 million), Bruce Springsteen ($45.8 million) and Metallica ($40.6 million).



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