On this day October 30 in Rock history: 

1960 - Elvis Presley attends RCA studios in Nashville where he records fourteen Gospel songs for his upcoming LP "His Hand In Mine". The album will reach #14 on the Billboard Top Pop albums chart and be certified Platinum in 1992.

1961 - Philles Records issues their first single, "There's No Other Love Like My Baby" by The Crystals, which will climb to #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart early next year. The label derived its moniker by combining the first names of owners Phil Spector and Les Sill.

1964 - Roy Orbison is awarded his first Gold record for "Oh! Pretty Woman", which topped the charts in ten countries, including the US, Canada and the UK, selling over seven million copies worldwide.

1965 - As a follow-up to her #8 hit, "Don't Just Stand There" Patty Duke's "Say Something Funny" entered the Billboard Top 40 where it would reach #22.

After being displaced for a week on the Cashbox Best Sellers chart by "A Lover's Concerto" by The Toys, "Yesterday" by The Beatles reclaims the top spot.

1967 - The Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones pleaded guilty to drug offenses stemming from his highly publicized May arrest. The Inner London Quarter Sessions judge immediately handed down a nine-month prison sentence, forcing the guitarist to spend the night at Wormwood Scrubs Prison before securing bail the next afternoon. The controversial jail order was ultimately overturned at the Court of Appeal in December, 1967, where a panel of judges substituted the prison time with a £1,000 fine and a three-year probation period tied to psychiatric treatment

1968 - The MC5 record live tracks for their upcoming album at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. The lyrics of the stage version of the song "Kick Out The Jams" included Rob Tyner shouting "kick out the jams motherfuckers!", causing quite a stir among both teens and parents. The lyrics were altered to "kick out the jams brothers and sisters" for a radio friendly, single release.

Malcolm Hale, guitarist for Spanky And Our Gang, died at his home in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 27. The cause of death was first thought to be bronchial pneumonia, but was later changed to carbon monoxide poisoning caused by faulty heaters in his house. The group placed five songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1967 and 1968, including "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" (#9), "Lazy Day" (#14) and "Like To Get To Know You" (#17).

1970 - The Doors' Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 for exposing himself during a concert in Miami. The case would still be on appeal when he died on July 3rd, 1971. In later years the band's road manager, Vince Treanor insisted that Morrison only teased the crowd and never actually exposed himself.

Elton John releases his third studio album, "Tumbleweed Connection". It would climb to #2 on the UK Official Albums Chart and #5 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. The LP would to on to be certified Gold in March, 1971 and Platinum in August, 1998 by the RIAA. It would reach Silver designation in Britain for sales of 60,000 copies.

1971 - John Lennon had the number one album in both Great Britain and The United States with "Imagine". It would be John's most popular LP until "Double Fantasy", which went to number one shortly after his assassination on December 8, 1980.

Pink Floyd release their sixth studio album "Meddle" in the US. Although it would reach #3 in the UK, poor promotion by Capitol Records led to weak sales in America, where it would stall at #70.

1972 - Elton John and his band played at the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium in front of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. He was the first Rock 'n' Roll act to appear in front of the Royal Family since The Dave Clark Five did it in November, 1965.

1974 - Kathy Silva Stewart officially filed for divorce from Funk icon Sylvester "Sly" Stewart less than five months after their June, 1974 wedding ceremony, which had taken place on stage in front of 23,000 fans at Madison Square Garden. Citing the singer's increasingly volatile lifestyle, the rapid dissolution of the high-profile marriage marked the beginning of a steep professional and personal decline for the leader of Sly And The Family Stone.

1979 - A London High Court officially brought a legal end to the tumultuous eight-year marriage of Mick and Bianca Jagger. The high-profile union, which produced their only daughter, Jade, had completely disintegrated due to the Rock star's continuous infidelities with model Jerry Hall. Reflecting on the chaotic nature of their relationship, Bianca famously remarked that her marriage had already ended on her wedding day

1982 - Melbourne, Australia's Men At Work had the number one song in the US with "Who Can It Be Now?". They would follow with three more Top 10 hits, "Down Under" (#1), "Overkill" (#3) and "It's A Mistake" (#6)

Daryl Hall and John Oates' album, "H2O" enters Billboard's Top LPs & Tape chart at #42. Rising to #3 in America, it will yield three big hits: "Maneater" (#1), "One on One" (#7) and "Family Man" (#6).

1984 - Barry Manilow's tour opened at Radio City Music Hall, New York. His series of concerts sold out to the tune of $1.9 million, besting (by $100,000) the record then held by Diana Ross.