January 11 Born –
Laurens Hammond (1895) – inventor of the Hammond organ.
Slim Harpo (aka James Moore, 1924) – Blues harmonica player.
Goldie Hill (1933) – Country music singer ("I Let The Stars Get In My
Eyes").
Bill Reed (1936) – The Diamonds (“Little Darlin’”).
Clarence Clemons (1942) – saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and The E
Street Band.
Tony Kaye (aka Anthony John Selvidge, 1946) – keyboardist for Yes.
Naomi Judd (1946) – The Judds.
Terry Williams (1948) – drummer for Dire Straits.
Frederick "Dennis" Greene (1949) – Sha Na Na.
Vicki Peterson (1958) – guitarist for The Bangles.
Mary Hansen (1966) – guitarist/singer for Stereolab.
Tom Dumont (1968) – guitarist for No Doubt.
Mary Jane Blige (1971)
Tom Rowlands (1971) – The Chemical Brothers.January 11 R.I.P. – Barry Pritchard (1999) – heart attack. Age 54. Guitarist/singer for The Fortunes. Mickey Finn (2003) – alcohol-related liver problems. Age 55. Percussionist for T. Rex. James Griffin (2005) – cancer. Age 61. Singer, songwriter, guitarist for Bread. Spencer Dryden (2005) – colon cancer. Age 66. Drummer for Jefferson Airplane. Mick Green (2010) – heart failure. Age 65. Guitarist for Johnny Kidd and The Pirates, and Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas. January 11 album releases – Howlin' Wolf – Howlin' Wolf (1962) Janis Joplin – Pearl (1971) Chicago – Chicago III (1971) The Temptations – Solid Rock (1972) Bobby Womack – Lookin’ For A Love Again (1974) The Waitresses – Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful? (1982) Genesis – The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs (1993) Badfinger – BBC In Concert 1972-1973 (2000) - re-issue Chuck Berry – Live! (2000) Jethro Tull – Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1972-1991 (2000) U.S. January 11 events – 1928 – Bing Crosby and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra record “Ol’ Man River.” 1950 – Frankie Laine records “Cry Of The Wild Goose.” The song will prove to be his last #1 hit on the American charts. 1954 – Patti Page releases her single, “Cross Over The Bridge” b/w “My Restless Lover.” 1956 – Elvis Presley records "I Was The One" in Nashville. 1956 – The Coasters record the songs for their first single, "Down In Mexico" and "Turtle Dovin'." 1963 – 17-year old Priscilla Beaulieu visits Elvis in Memphis for a week's stay. 1963 – The Beatles release their single, "Please Please Me" b/w "Ask Me Why" in the UK. The single will be the group’s first #1 record. 1964 – Roger Miller records "Dang Me" at the Quonset Hut Studio in Nashville. 1964 – Billboard magazine publishes the first Country Album chart, with Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire at the #1 spot. 1965 – The Beach Boys record “Do You Wanna Dance” at Gold Star in L.A. 1966 – Dean Martin records “Somewhere There’s A Someone.” 1967 – Johnny Cash and June Carter record “Jackson” in Nashville. 1967 – The Hollies begin recording “On A Carousel” at Abbey Road studios. 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience records "Purple Haze" at De Lane Lea Studios. 1968 – London's Daily Mirror reports that Jimi Hendrix has moved into the London townhouse where Handel is believed to have composed his famous "Water Music." 1970 – The Ike & Tina Turner Revue appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show are Sonny James and Tiny Tim. 1975 – Led Zeppelin plays their first concert in 18 months when they appear at the Ahoy in Rotterdam, Holland, playing one of two warm-up shows for their forthcoming North American tour. 1977 – Keith Richards is found guilty of cocaine possession in court and is fined £750. The drugs were found in Richards' car after he was involved in a traffic accident. 1985 – The first Rock In Rio festival takes place in Rio de Janeiro. The 10-day event features acts Queen, Rod Stewart, Yes, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, AC/DC and many others. 1986 – Mel McDaniel joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1987 – Frankie Goes To Hollywood starts what will become their final tour at the G-Mex Centre in Manchester, England. 1990 – Paul McCartney plays the first of 11 sold-out nights at Wembley Arena in London. 1992 – Nirvana appears on Saturday Night Live. 1992 – Paul Simon opens his tour in South Africa: the first major star to play in the country since the lifting of the cultural boycott. 1996 – In an ominous preview of his demise, Sonny Bono collides with another skier, causing a chin injury that requires eleven stitches. 1998 – Rolling Stone magazine readers’ poll picks Be Here Now by Oasis as Album of the Year. 1999 – Former Mighty Wah singer Pete Wylie appears in a Liverpool courtroom, charged with making threats to kill his ex girlfriend. 1999 – Former Monkee Peter Tork appears as a band director on the CBS sitcom King Of Queens. 2000 – Gary Glitter is released from a British prison after serving two months on child pornography charges. 2000 – Airport security agents in Kona, Hawaii, find marijuana in the luggage of Whitney Houston and husband Bobby Brown. Before authorities arrive, the pair board their plane and leave, but are arrested at the San Francisco airport when they land. 2001 – Neil Sedaka undergoes emergency angioplasty at New York Presbyterian Hospital. 2002 – Rosemary Clooney undergoes successful lung cancer surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. 2002 – Drummer Alan White quits Oasis due to chronic tendonitis. 2003 – Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy is arrested for attacking and punching a lavatory attendant in a nightclub in Guildford. 2003 – Pete Townshend issues a public statement denying being a pedophile after his name is linked to a police Internet porn inquiry, although he does admit to studying child pornography for research into a campaign against it. 2004 – Ted Nugent requires 40 stitches when he cuts his leg open with a chain saw while filming his reality TV show. 2006 – The Beach Boys file a law suit seeking millions of dollars in damages from two California men, claiming they stole a collection of photos, recordings and memorabilia from a warehouse with the intention of selling the items. 2008 – Former Take That singer Robbie Williams' manager tells The Times newspaper that the singer refuses to make another album for EMI, saying he is unhappy with the label. 2008 – Ringo Starr opens the Capital of Culture celebration in Liverpool. 2010 – Leon Russell undergoes brain surgery to stop leakage of fluid from his brain. 2010 – The PBS series American Masters airs the episode Sam Cooke: Crossing Over.
