Date: August 30, 1941

1941 : Comic singer George Formby's film Spare A Copper is released in Sweden.

Date: August 30, 1949

1949, Hank Williams went into Herzog Studio in Cincinnati to record 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'. Williams wrote the song originally intending that the words be spoken, rather than sung. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard.

Date: August 30, 1962

1962, The Beatles played at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, at lunchtime and at the Riverpark Ballroom in Chester at night with Gerry & the Pacemakers.

Date: August 30, 1968

In 1968, the Beatles' "Hey Jude" was released in the UK.

Date: August 30, 1969

1969 : It's the first day of the two-day Isle of Wight Festival. Performers include Bob Dylan, the Moody Blues and The Who. This was the second festival.

Date: August 30, 1969

1969 : The Birmingham band Earth changes its name: Ozzy Osbourne announces onstage that the band's new name is Black Sabbath. The band had played "N.I.B.," "The Wizard," "Black Sabbath," and "Warning."

Date: August 30, 1969

1969, One Hit Wonders Zager and Evans started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'In The Year 2525.' The song which was written by Rick Evens in 1964, also spent six weeks at No.1 on the US chart.

Date: August 30, 1969

1969, The three day Texas Pop Festival took place featuring Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Sam & Dave, Santana, Johnny Winter, Grand Funk Railroad, Delaney & Bonnie, Nazz, Spirit, BB King, Canned Heat and Chicago. Over 120,000 fans attended the festival.

Date: August 30, 1969

1969, Two weeks after the Woodstock festival, the second Isle Of Wight festival took place. Over 150,000 turned up over the two days to see Bob Dylan, The Band, Blodwyn Pig, Blonde On Blonde, Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band, Edgar Broughton Band, Joe Cocker, Aynsley Dunbar, Family, Fat Mattress, Julie Felix, Free, Gypsy, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, The Nice, Tom Paxton, Pentangle, The Pretty Things, Third Ear Band and The Who. Tickets 25 shillings, ($3.00). Celebrities who attended include Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, John & Yoko, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jane Fonder, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton.

Date: August 30, 1972

1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono played Madison Square Gardens to raise money for the One to One charity. Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na and Roberta Flack also appeared at the event. Lennon personally bought $60,000 worth of tickets which were given to volunteer fund-raisers. Several of the performances were later included on Lennon's, Live in New York City album.

Date: August 30, 1975

1975 - James Taylor's remake of Marvin Gaye's 1965 hit "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" made the Top 5.

Date: August 30, 1975

1975, Rod Stewart had his fifth UK No.1 album when 'Atlantic Crossing' started a five-week run at the top of the charts. The title indicated Stewart's new artistic direction, and on his departure to escape the 83 per cent top rate of income tax introduced by British Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson for the jet-set lifestyle in Los Angeles.

Date: August 30, 1975

1975, Guitarist with Free and Back Street Crawler, Paul Kossoff 'died' for 35 minutes in hospital after being taken ill. (Kossoff died on 19th March 1976 of heart failure after a history of drug abuse).

Date: August 30, 1975

1975, KC and the Sunshine Band went to No.1 on the US singles chart with, 'Get Down Tonight', the group's first of five No.1's peaked at No.21 in the UK.

Date: August 30, 1975

1975 - KC and the Sunshine Band went to No.1 on the US singles chart with, "Get Down Tonight."

Date: August 30, 1976

1976 : The Notting Hill riots take place in England as black youth clash with police. Members of The Clash are present, and the event inspires them to write "White Riot" as a call for white people to protest with the same furor.

Date: August 30, 1976

1976 : The Notting Hill riots take place in England as black youth clash with police. Members of The Clash are present, and the event inspires them to write "White Riot" as a call for white people to protest with the same furor.

Date: August 30, 1980

1980 : Barclay James Harvest perform "A Concert For The People" next to the Berlin Wall to an audience of approximately 250,000.

Date: August 30, 1981

Today in 1981, Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones, was released. While the album was mostly composed of studio outtakes recorded during the 1970s, it nonetheless succeeded in reviving The Stone's career and spent nine weeks at the top of the album charts. Tattoo Youcontains "Start Me Up," one of the band's most well known songs, as well as one of their most loved ballads, "Waiting On A Friend."

Date: August 30, 1981

1981 : The Rolling Stones release Tattoo You.

Date: August 30, 1986

1986, Steve Winwood went to No.1 on the US singles chart with, 'Higher Love', a No.13 hit in the UK.

Date: August 30, 1988

1988, Bruce Springsteen's wife Julianne filed for a divorce after newspapers published photos of Springsteen and backing singer Patti Scialfa together.

Date: August 30, 1988

1988 : Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen (percussionist/saxophonist/vocalist for War) collapses onstage during a performance in Solano County, California. He dies of a brain aneurysm at age 58.

Date: August 30, 1989

1989, Izzy Stradlin from Guns N' Roses was arrested for making a public disturbance on a US air flight. Stradlin had urinated on the floor, verbally abused a stewardess and smoked in the non-smoking section of the aircraft.

Date: August 30, 1989

1989 : Never do business with family: Billy Joel fires his manager, who is also his ex-wife's brother. Joel sues him for $90 million, setting off a series of acrimonious court battles.

Date: August 30, 1989

1989, Billy Joel fired his manager and former brother in law Frank Weber, after an audit revealed discrepancies. Joel took Weber to court and sued for $90 million.

Date: August 30, 1992

1992, Appering at this year's Reading Festival, England, Suede, Ride, Pavement, Public Enemy, Manic Street Preachers, (bassist Nicky Wire smashed his guitar in two and hurled it into the crowd, hitting a security guard who needed 16 stitches). This was one of the most famous in the festival's history. Nirvana played what was to become their last UK concert, and one of their most famous.Kurt Cobain took to the stage in a wheelchair pushed by music journalist Everett True, parodying speculations about his mental health.

Date: August 30, 1992

1992 : Nirvana headlines the Reading festival in England.

Date: August 30, 1994

1994, Oasis performed a selection of new songs at London's Virgin Mega store Marble Arch. Main man from The Lemonheads Evan Dando joined the band for a new song called 'Whatever'.

Date: August 30, 1995

1995 : Sterling Morrison (guitarist for The Velvet Underground) dies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Poughkeepsie, New York, two days after his 53rd birthday.

Date: August 30, 1995

1995 : James Taylor and ex-wife Carly Simon perform together for a benefit concert at Martha's Vineyard.

Date: August 30, 1995

1995, Carly Simon and James Taylor performed live together in front of 10,000 fans on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. It was the first time they appeared live on the same stage since 1979. The former couple played their own solo sets before combining their efforts in raising money for the local agricultural society.

Date: August 30, 1995

1995 - Sleeps With Angels by Neil Young & Crazy Horse was a Top 10 album on this day. The record was Neil's reaction to the suicide death of Kurt Cobain.

Date: August 30, 1995

1995, Sterling Morrison founder member of the Velvet Underground died of cancer at his home in New York City two days after his 53rd birthday. The guitarist left the group in August 1971 and re-joined in 1992 for a European tour. During the 80's he became the Captain of a Houston tugboat.

Date: August 30, 1997

1997, The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Mo Money Mo Problems', a No.6 hit in the UK.

Date: August 30, 1997

1997, Members from The Wu-Tang Clan were arrested after the alleged assault on a record promotions manager after a show in Chicago.

Date: August 30, 1997

August 30 – "Mo Money Mo Problems" reaches #1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, making Notorious B.I.G. the first artist to achieve two posthumous #1 singles.

Date: August 30, 2002

2002 - Bruce Springsteen released The Rising, his first album with the E Street Band since 1987 and his first material since 9/11.

Date: August 30, 2003

2003, Stella McCartney married publisher Alasdhiar Willis on Scotland's Isle Of Bute. Guest's included Sir Paul McCartney, Madonna, Chrissie Hynde and Coldplay's Chris Martin.

Date: August 30, 2003

2003, Blu Cantrell feat Sean Paul were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Breath’, Beyonce was at No.1 on the US charts with ‘Crazy In Love’ and R. Kelly had the Australian No.1 single with ‘Ignition (Remix).’

Date: August 30, 2004

2004 : Björk releases Medúlla, an album made up almost entirely of human voices.

Date: August 30, 2004

2004, Winners at the 2004 MTV Video Music awards included, Usher for Best Male Video for ‘Yeah’, Best Video went to Outkast for ‘Hay Ya’, Best Group Video No Doubt for ‘It’s My Life’ and Best Rock Video went to Jet for ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl.’

Date: August 30, 2007

2007, Rap star Lil Wayne was sued by a woman for $1m who claimed she was crushed at one of his concerts after a large amount of cash was thrown into the audience. Tyrique Layne, then 17, said she lost consciousness after being trampled by the crowd at a gig in Maryland in October 2006, and had suffered memory loss and severe headaches.

Date: August 30, 2011

2011, Alleging that Elvis Presley "was unjustly exploited during his lifetime by his record company," his estate announced a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Arista Music, formerly RCA Records, demanding proper payment over new media income such as ringtones, downloads and entertainment apps.

Date: August 30, 2012

2012, Chris Lighty, who helped the careers of stars like 50 Cent and Mariah Carey, was found dead at his flat in New York from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The 44-year-old had been going through a divorce and had been having financial and other personal problems.

Date: August 30, 2013

2013, Cinema's across the UK were handing out earplugs to parents taking their children to see One Direction’s new film. Accompanying chaperones could enjoy One Direction: This Is Us 3D without being worried by the high-levels of expected screaming and shouting in the auditoriums during the screenings. Humans are capable of screaming as loud as 120 decibels, which is the same as standing next to a running chainsaw.

Date: August 30, 2013

2013, A signed copy of John Lennon's whimsical 1964 book ‘In His Own Write’ sold for more than $5,600 after a flurry of 47 bids on eBay. Filled with cheeky quips and kaleidoscopic imagery — the author note was titled ‘About the Awful’ — Lennon’s ‘In His Own Write’ featured short stories, poems and drawings.

Date: August 30, 2013

2013, A 96-year-old who wrote a song for his late wife made the US iTunes top 10, alongside Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Fred Stobaugh, whose wife Lorraine had died in April, had no previous musical experience and wrote the song on a whim for a competition. He submitted his handwritten lyrics by post and, although the contest was online-only, the organisers were so moved they put the words to music. 'Oh Sweet Lorraine' was No.7 seven on US iTunes and had seen over 1.9m YouTube views.

Date: August 30, 2014

2014, Kate Bush followed her stage comeback by becoming the first woman to have eight albums in the UK charts at the same time. Two of the singer's albums were in the top 10, and eight overall in the top 40. It came after she returned for her first live concerts for 35 years. The only artists ahead of Bush are Elvis Presley,who had 12 entries in the top 40 after his death in 1977 and The Beatles who had 11 in 2009.