Oct 30th in Pop History

On this day, October 30th, in…

• 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 Hot 200 chart and be certified Platinum in 1992

• 1964 - Roy Orbison is awarded his ninth 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 - “Help!” by the Beatles led the way on the Album chart with “Look At Us” from Sonny & Cher # 2.  The Soundtrack from "The Sound of Music" was # 3 after 33 weeks, while Bob Dylan couldn't budge from # 4 with “Highway 61 Revisited”

• 1984 - Less than two years after its release, the RIAA certifies Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”album with sales of 20 million copies in America, introducing a new designation, "Double Diamond." The stratospheric sales of Thriller are unprecedented, and keep climbing to well over 30 million. It isn't until 1994 when another album gets the Double Diamond designation, and that's a greatest hits package: “Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975”

• 1999 - Santana’s “Supernatural” album goes to # 1, giving the group their first chart-topping album in 28 years