Music History for
March 30




1719 - Author Sir John Hawkins was born. He was the author of the first history of music.

1908 - Oscar Hammerstein signed Luisa Tetrazzini to a five-year contract.

1963 - Leslie Gore first appeared on ABC's "American Bandstand."

1966 - Barbra Streisand's "Color Me Barbra" special aired on CBS-TV.

1966 - 85 people were arrested for rioting after a Rolling Stones concert in Paris.

1967 - The cover of the Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was staged and photographed.

1968 - The Yardbirds performed and recorded "Live Yardbirds" at the Anderson Theater.

1975 - Jeff Beck released his first solo album, "Blow by Blow," in the U.S.

1978 - Paul Simonon and Topper Headon of the Clash were arrested in London for shooting pigeons from the roof of a rehearsal hall.

1989 - Gladys Knight performed solo for the first time since her grammar school years without The Pips during a gig in Las Vegas.

1994 - Pink Floyd released the album "The Division Bell."

1999 - KISS cancelled three concert dates in Russia due to anti-American sentiment over the U.N. bombing of Yugoslavia.