... and more November 11 birthdays –
Roger Lavern (1938) – keyboardist for The Tornadoes.
Dennis Coffey (1940) – session guitarist, The Temptations.
Mac Kissoon (aka Gerald Farthing, 1943) – Mac and Katie Kissoon
(“Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”).
Jim Peterik (1950) – singer/songwriter for The Ides Of March and
Survivor.
Paul Cowsill (1952) – The Cowsills.
Andy Partridge (1953) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for XTC.
Marshall Crenshaw (1953)
Ian Marsh (1956) – guitarist/keyboardist for The Human League and
Heaven 17.
Gunnar “Mic” Michaeli (1962) – keyboardist for Europe.
Gary Powell (1969) – drummer for The Libertines.
November 11 R.I.P. –
Jerome Kern (1945) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 60. Broadway composer
(“Ol’ Man River”).
Dimitri Tiomkin (1979) – Age 85. Film score composer (The High And The
Mighty).
Erskine Hawkins (1993) – Age 79. Trumpeter/composer ("Tuxedo
Junction").
"Pappy" Wade Ray (1998) – Age 82. Country/rockabilly fiddler.
Patrick “Paddy” Clancy (1998) – lung cancer. Age 76. Irish folk
singer, The Clancy Brothers.
November 11 album releases –
John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968)
U.S.
Elvis Presley – That’s The Way It Is (1970)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Gratitude (1975)
KISS – Rock And Roll Over (1976)
Led Zeppelin – BBC Sessions (1997)
Paul McCartney – Back In The U.S. (2002)
The Police – Certifiable: Live In Buenos Aires (2008) U.S.
November 11 events –
1929 – Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds Of Joy record “Froggy Bottom”
and “Mess-A-Stomp” for the Brunswick label.
1954 – Bill Haley’s “Shake, Rattle And Roll” hits #7 on the U.S.
singles chart.
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis releases his single, “Great Balls Of Fire” b/w
“You Win Again” on Sun Records.
1957 – Elvis Presley makes his final concert appearance of the 1950’s
at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.
1958 – Hank Ballard and The Midnighters record “The Twist” in
Cincinnati.
1961 – Joan Baez plays her first major headlining concert at New
York's Town Hall in a sold-out, critically acclaimed show.
1961 – Joey Dee and The Starliters release their single, "Peppermint
Twist Part 1" b/w "Peppermint Twist Part II."
1963 – After their show in Birmingham, The Beatles dress up as
policemen to exit the venue and escape a throng of fanatically devoted
fans.
1964 – Tom Jones records “It’s Not Unusual” at Decca Studios in West
Hampstead.
1964 – The Elvis Presley movie, Roustabout, opens in theaters in the
U.S. and Canada.
1965 – Journalist Alan Aronowitz books The Velvet Underground’s first
gig at a high school dance at Summit High School in New Jersey.
1965 – The Beatles record “You Won’t See Me,” “Girl,” and re-record
the Help! left-over track, “Wait,” to complete the recording of their
Rubber Soul album.
1967 – Van Morrison makes his only appearance on American Bandstand,
lip-synching to “Brown Eyed Girl.”
1968 – Record buyers are shocked to see John Lennon’s and Yoko Ono’s
genitals on their new album cover.
1969 – Jim Morrison and flight companion, actor Tom Baker, are
arrested by the FBI for drunk and disorderly behavior and interfering
with the flight of an aircraft in Phoenix, after a flight attendant
accuses them of attacking and sexually harassing her. Morrison and
Baker spend the night in jail.
1970 – Ringo Starr and wife Maureen welcome the birth of their third
child and first daughter, Lee.
1970 – Bob Dylan’s first book, Tarantula, is published.
1970 – The Elvis Presley tour documentary, That’s The Way It Is, opens
in theaters in the U.S. and Canada.
1973 – A "live" Mott The Hoople show is broadcast over 30 U.S. radio
stations. It is later revealed that it was actually the group's studio
recorded songs with an audience soundtrack, and not a live concert.
1975 – Daryl Dragon marries Toni Tennille.
1975 – Country singer Reba McIntire signs her first recording contract
with Polygram/Mercury Records.
1976 – Linda Ronstadt makes her live UK debut, performing at the
Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1977 – Wings release their single, “Mull Of Kintyre” b/w “Girls’
School.”
1978 – David Bowie begins his 8-date Low/Heroes Tour of Australia and
New Zealand at The Oval in Adelaide. It is Bowie’s first ever tour of
Australia.
1982 – Prince kicks off his 1999 Tour at the Soldiers And Sailors
Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1986 – David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright announce their
plans to record a new album and tour as Pink Floyd without Roger
Waters.
1990 – AC/DC fan David Gregory, 21, is attacked at their concert
outside the Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey. He dies the next day.
1994 – Christie's auction house in New York City holds their first
ever auction of rock memorabilia, including guitars belonging to The
Beach Boys, a stage outfit worn by Jimi Hendrix, and John Lennon's
Army fatigues from the movie How I Won The War.
1994 – Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, Billy Vera and Cheap Trick’s Rick
Nielsen all appear in the “Band On The Run” episode of ABC’s Boy Meets
World.
1997 – Metallica gives a free concert in the parking lot the Core
States Complex in Philadelphia.
1999 – Britney Spears wins Best Female Singer, Best Pop Act, Best Song
(“...Baby One More Time”) and Best Breakthrough Artist at the MTV
Europe Awards show.
2000 – The Meters re-unite for the first time since 1977 for one show
at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.
2003 – A London High Court orders Van Morrison to pay £40,000 in lost
revenue to Gary Marlow, owner of the Crown Hotel in Wiltshire, after
canceling a planned gig there.
2003 – The funeral for Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield is held at the
Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. Singing partner Bill Medley performs
the gospel standard "Precious Lord."
2004 – Bodyguard/chauffer for Liza Minelli, M'hammed Soumayah, 56,
sues the singer for $100 million for beating him during drunken
tirades and forcing him to have sex with her or be fired.
2004 – Coldplay fan Sarah Sainsbury writes to the band asking for
their autographs so she can sell them to raise funds for her school
charity. Coldplay sends her an autographed triple platinum disc of
their album A Rush Of Blood To The Head, which fetches over £4,000.
2009 – Jo Wood’s divorce from guitarist Ron Wood becomes final.
2011 – At the Whiskey A Go-Go in L.A., at 11:11 AM on 11/11/11, Black
Sabbath announces they are re-uniting for a new album and tour.
