Up on the roof...
No this is not a story about the Drifters but the group that sang together for the last time on this date did sing up on the roof. This would have been a better story if they sang the song while they were up on the roof but the Beatles didn't have that in mind when they took the lift to the roof of the Apple Records building on Saville Row for an impromptu performance, their last...
Despite complaints (yes people actually complained about the "loud" music) from their London neighbors, the Beatles would do four songs including "Get Back" accompanied by Billy Preston on organ until London bobbies actually broke up the free concert. John Lennon closed the performance announcing "I'd like to thank you very much on behalf of the group and myself and I hope we passed the audition". The "audition" was filmed for the movie "Let It Be"...
In April 1970 Paul McCartney formally announced the group's breakup...
More January 30 Memories...
1862) The U.S. Navy's iron warship "The Monitor" is launched...
1933) "The Lone Ranger" is heard on radio for the 1st time and will run for 2,956 episodes (the show ends in 1955)...
1948) Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi is murdered by a Hundu extremist...
1950) "Robert Montgomery Presents", a drama series debuts on NBC-TV (the show lasts 7 seasons ending June 24, 1957)...
1956) Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"...
1962) Two members of the "Flying Wallendas" high-wire act are killed when their seven-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit...
1968) Bobby Goldsboro records "Honey" (women reach for Kleenex, men reach for razor blades)...
1969) The Beatles perform together for the last time (feature story)...
1972) In Northern Ireland, British soldiers shoot and kill 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers. The day is known as "Bloody Sunday" as U2 will later document...
1973) Kiss make their debut at the Coventry Club in Queens...
1983) The Washington Redskins beat the Miami Dolphins 21-17 in Super Bowl XVII (John Riggins picks up 166 yards on 38 carries)...
1985) Foreigner is #1 with "I Want to Know What Love Is" (it's the group's 1st chart topper)...
1998) Elton John receives a knighthood in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's 1st New Year's Eve Honours List...
1999) Giant lineback Lawrence Taylor is elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the 1st ballot...
2000) Kurt Warner hits Isaac Bruce for the winning touchdown with 2 minutes remaining as the St. Louis Rams pull off a 23-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV...
2003) Richard Reid, the British citizen and al-Qaida follower who had a bomb in his shoe on a trans-Atlantic flight is sentenced in Boston to life in prison...
To ensure accuracy, multiple reference sources were used in the timeline...
Happy Birthday To...
1922) "Laugh-In" co-host Dick Martin...
1925) Dorothy Malone...
1926) Ruth Brown...
1928) Producer-Director Hal Prince...
1931) Gene Hackman...
1934) Tammy Grimes...
1942) Jefferson Airplane/Starship's Marty Balin...
1951) Phil Collins...
Today is the 30th day of 2006 with 335 days remaining in the year, 49 days until Spring and best of all, only 17 days until pitchers and catchers...
