JULY 30
IN 1977 BRITISH INVADERS THE ANIMALS REUNITED AFTER TEN YEARS WITH THE RELEASE OF AN ALBUM TITLED, “BEFORE WE WERE SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED.” THE REUNION DIDN’T REALLY TAKE HOLD, THOUGH, AND THE GROUP DISBANDED AGAIN. NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED, HOWEVER, SIX YEARS LATER, IN 1983, THE GROUP REUNITED AGAIN WITH SIMILAR RESULTS.
ON THIS DAY IN 1966, THE BEATLES WERE AT THE TOP OF THE AMERICAN ALBUM CHARTS WITH “YESTERDAY . . . AND TODAY.” WHILE ANOTHER BRITISH BAND LED THE AMERICAN SINGLES CHARTS . . . THE TROGGS WITH “WILD THING.”
AND CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY IS FORMER JETHRO TULL BASSIST JEFFERY HAMMOND, SOMETIMES CREDITED AS JEFFREY HAMMOND-HAMMOND. HE’S 66 YEARS OLD.