... and more October 11 birthdays – Art Blakely (1919) – Jazz drummer, band leader. Dottie West (aka Dorothy Marsh, 1932) – Country music singer/ songwriter. Gene Watson (1943) – Country artist (“Farewell Party”). George McCorkle (1947) – guitarist for The Marshall Tucker Band. Andrew Woolfolk (1950) – saxophonist for Earth, Wind & Fire. Blair Cunningham (1957) – drummer for Haircut 100 and Echo and The Bunnymen. Chris Joyce (1957) – drummer for Simply Red. Andy McCoy (aka Antti Hulkko, 1962) – guitarist for Hanoi Rocks. Scott Johnson (1962) – guitarist for Gin Blossoms. MC Lyte (aka Lana Michele Moorer, 1970) – rapper.
October 11 R.I.P. – Chico Marx (1961) – arteriosclerosis. Age 74. Pianist/actor, The Chico Marx Orchestra. Édith Piaf (1963) – liver cancer. Age 47. French singer. Connee Boswell (1976) – stomach cancer. Age 68. The Boswell Sisters. Tex Williams (1985) – pancreatic cancer. Age 68. Western swing musician (“Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”). Russ Hamilton (2008) – Age 76. British singer (“Rainbow”). Neil Hefti (2008) – Age 85. Jazz trumpeter, television composer (Batman). October 11 album releases – Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar (1957) Santana – Caravanserai (1972) Billy Joel – Streetlife Serenade (1974) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – The Good Earth (1975) Hot Tuna – Hoppkorv (1976) Kansas – Point Of No Return (1977) Hall & Oates – Beauty On A Back Street (1977) Terence Trent D’Arby – Terence Trent D’Arby’s Wildcard! (2001) October 11 events – 1939 – Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra record “Body And Soul” at their only recording session for Bluebird Records. 1940 – The Glenn Miller Orchestra holds a recording session at Victor Studios in New York City, and records three songs: “Make Believe Ballroom Time” with The Modernaires, and “I’d Know You Anywhere” and “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square” with Ray Eberle on vocals. 1955 – Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash kick off an eleven date tour of the South in Abilene, Texas. 1957 – Johnny Cash records “Ballad Of A Teenage Queen” at Sun Studio in Memphis. 1957 – The Del-Vikings and Teddy Randazzo appear on American Bandstand. 1958 – Marty Robbins records “The Hanging Tree” in L.A. 1960 – Aretha Franklin makes her New York debut at the Village Vanguard. 1964 – Roy Orbison makes his first and only appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Pretty Woman.” Also on the show is Connie Francis. 1965 – Gerry Marsden, of Gerry and The Pacemakers, marries the secretary of the group’s fan club, Pauline Behan, at St. Mary's Church in Woolton, Liverpool. George and Pattie Harrison attend the ceremony. 1967 – The Doors appear at Danbury High School in Danbury, Connecticut, following a beauty pageant. 1967 – CBS-TV airs Barbra Streisand's third television special, The Belle Of 14th Street. 1967 – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton release their first single together, “The Last Thing On My Mind” b/w “Love Is Worth Living” on RCA. 1970 – Elvis Presley is made an honorary "special" deputy sheriff of Bel Air, California. 1971 – John Lennon releases his single, “Imagine” b/w “It’s So Hard” in the U.S. 1975 – The new late-night comedy show, NBC’s Saturday Night, debuts with George Carlin as the host. The musical guests are Billy Preston, who performs “Will It Go ‘Round In Circles,” and Janis Ian, who sings “At Seventeen.” The show will change its name to Saturday Night Live in 1977. 1989 – Michael Jackson attends the opening ceremony of the Michael Jackson Auditorium at his former school, Gardner Street Elementary in Hollywood. 1990 – Drummer Dave Grohl plays his first gig with Nirvana at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia, Washington. 1991 – Apple Computer settles the first of several lawsuits launched by The Beatles' record company, Apple Corps Ltd., over name and logo rights for $29 million. 1995 – Death Row Records president Suge Knight posts a $1.4 million bond to have Tupac Shakur released from Clinton Correctional Facility, where he is serving time for sexual assault. In return, Shakur signs a three album deal with Death Row. 1997 – Muddy Waters is honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, with performances by Bo Diddley, Gregg Allman, Buddy Guy, Keb’ Mo’ and John Hiatt. 1999 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee surrenders to authorities in North Carolina for an incident that took place in October 1997 when Lee and Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx instigated a riot at one of their concerts by assaulting a security guard. Lee is released on $5,000 bail. 2001 – Eminem’s divorce from his wife Kim becomes finalized. 2003 – In a poll, Mojo magazine readers vote the studio session for Elvis Presley's debut single “That's All Right” as the most pivotal moment in rock history. Bob Dylan's switch from acoustic to electric in 1965 came in second, and “White Riot,” the debut single by The Clash, was voted third. 2005 – Freddie Mercury's 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was offered for auction on eBay by his sister, Kashmira Cooke, who inherited the car from him. 2005 – Rod Stewart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2006 – Madonna adopts a one-year-old boy in Malawi, Africa. 2009 – Jo Wood, wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, files for divorce after 24 years of marriage and two children. 2010 – George Michael is released from Highpoint Prison in Suffolk, England, after serving half of an eight-week sentence for driving under the influence of drugs, stemming from an incident in July when the singer crashed his car into the front of a Snappy Snaps store in Hampstead, North London.
