July 30
IN THE NEWS:
Michael Franti and Spearhead canceled their Monday appearance at Austin Music Hall with Counting Crows after Franti suffered a severely ruptured appendix.
LOCAL SHOWS:
Quiet Company and Built By Snow are playing a happy hour hosted by Do512 and Better Than The Van – the show is at Beerland and starts at 7pm.
TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY:
1792 – The French national anthem La Marseillaise by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was first sung in Paris.
1942 – Frank Sinatra recorded the last of 90 recordings with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
1954 – Elvis Presley made his professional debut in Memphis. It was his first concert to be advertised.
1956 – Brenda Lee recorded her first hit, Jambalaya and Bigelow 6-500.
