This Day in Music History: July 30
July 30, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: July 30.
1955: Johnny Cash recorded his first version of 'Folsom Prison Blues' at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. He was inspired to write the song after watching the movie Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) while serving in West Germany in the United States Air Force at Landsberg, Bavaria (itself the location of a famous prison).
1968: The Beatles decided to close their Apple Boutique in London after only seven months of business, giving away all the stock to passers by and Apple staff.
1986: Boy George was fined £250 by a London court due to possession of heroin.
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1991: A police officer was forced to tear up a traffic ticket that was given to the limousine that Axl Rose was travelling in after it made an illegal turn. Axl Rose threatened to cancel that night's Guns N' Roses concert if the ticket was issued.
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2005: A new book that was published in order to mark the 35th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix claimed the guitarist pretended to be gay so he would be discharged from the army. 'Room Full of Mirrors' by Charles Cross claimed army records showed Hendrix was discharged from the 101st Airborne Division aged 19 in 1962 for "homosexual tendencies."
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