ON OCTOBER 30^TH…

In 1963…With the final mix of “Money (That’s What I Want)” by George Martin, work was finished on With the Beatles, the group’s second album.

In 1967…Brian Jones answered charges of drug possession in a London court. The Rolling Stones guitarist pled guilty to possessing marijuana and not guilty to possessing cocaine and Methedrine. The judge sent him to prison to await sentencing on the following day.

In 1967…Pink Floyd and The Sopwith Camel performed at San Francisco’s Fillmore in a benefit for the radio station KPFA. Floyd appeared the same day on The Pat Boone Show. Madcap singer Syd Barrett refused to answer Pat’s questions during the program.

In 1970…A Miami court sentenced Jim Morrison to six months in jail and a five-hundred-dollar fine for indecent exposure after he allegedly flashed an audience.

In 1971…John Lennon’s Imagine was the number-one album in the U-S.

In 1972…Elton John performed at the Royal Variety Performance for Queen Elizabeth II. He was the first rocker to do so since The Beatles entertained her majesty in 1963.

In 1973…John Lennon released his album Mind Games. The album peaked at number nine.

In 1976…Led Zeppelin announced that they would embark on another world tour. However, the tour was later postponed due to Robert Plant’s tonsillitis.

In 1977…Poet Allen Ginsburg visited his old friend Bob Dylan and the two taped several interviews together.

In 1978…Kiss’ Phantom of the Park first aired on NBC.

In 1982…Paul Weller announced he was breaking up The Jam.

In 1982…English singer Mari Wilson, best known for “Cry Me a River,” announced she was going to insure her beehive hairdo for 150-thousand dollars.

In 1984…Linda Ronstadt performed opera for the first time in a production of La Boheme at New York’s Public Theatre. The show later transferred to the Anspacher Theater and ran until December 30^th.

In 1986…The Beastie Boys released their debut album License to Ill.

In 1995…The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the induction of David Bowie, Tom Donahue, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, Pete Seeger, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground.

In 1997…Drummer Bill Berry announced he was leaving R.E.M. The band said that Screaming Trees’ Barrett Martin would fill in at the studio for him.

In 1998…Kiss guest-starred on FOX’s show Millennium, both with and without make-up.

In 1998…David Bowie kicked off a contest on his Web site Bowienet.com, asking users to help him finish writing the lyrics for the song “What’s Really Happening.” The winner was 20-year-old Alex Grant.

In 2003…Over a hundred police officers were called to a Marilyn Manson concert in Kansas City after fans pushed down a security barrier twice and the shock-rocker abruptly ended his show.

In 2003…Lionel Richie filed for divorce from his second wife, Diane, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

In 2003…Britney Spears canceled a French concert to promote her new album In the Zone after she came down with a flu and severe throat infection.

In 2003…Fans, family and friends of the late Jam Master Jay held a memorial in Queens a year after the Run-DMC DJ’s murder.

In 2003…Guitarist Terry Corso left Alien Ant Farm, the punk/poppers best known for their hit cover of “Smooth Criminal.”

In 2003…A Pasadena, California court ordered troubled Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland into rehab following his arrest for driving under the influence.

In 2003…The file-sharing application Napster returned to the Internet as Napster 2.0, and offered a paid-for downloading service.

In 2003…Paul McCartney became a dad again as his wife Heather Mills gave birth to a baby girl, seven-pound Beatrice Milly.

In 2005…Willie Nelson held a fundraiser on his Austin ranch and golf course to raise money for his old pal and Texas gubernatorial candidate, the writer-songwriter-gadfly Kinky Friedman. Also in attendance: Jesse “The Body” Ventura.