February 11 Born – John Mills, Sr. (aka John Hutchinson, 1882) – The Mills Brothers. Josh White (aka Pinewood Tom, 1914) – singer/songwriter/guitarist. Matt Dennis (1914) – singer/songwriter/pianist with Tommy Dorsey and Dick Haymes. Slim Harpo (aka James Moore, 1924) – Blues harmonica player. Gene Vincent (aka Vincent Craddock, 1935) – singer/songwriter (“Be-Bop- A-Lula”). Bobby "Boris" Pickett (1938) – singer/songwriter (“Monster Mash”). Gerry Goffin (1939) – songwriter (“The Loco-Motion”). Sergio Mendes (1941) – Brazilian keyboardist with Brasil ’66. Otis Clay (1942) – R&B/soul singer. Leon Haywood (1942) – Funk/soul singer/songwriter (“I Want’a Do Something Freaky To You”). Alan Rubin (aka Mr. Fabulous, 1943) – trumpeter for The Blues Brothers. "Little" Johnny Taylor (aka Johnny Merrett, 1943) – Blues/soul singer. Ray Lake (1946) – British guitarist for The Real Thing. Derek Shulman (1947) – Scottish vocalist for Simon DuPree and The Big Sound and Gentle Giant. Rochelle Fleming (1950) – First Choice. Neil Henderson (1953) – Scottish guitarist for The Bay City Rollers and Middle Of The Road. Sheryl Crow (1962) – singer/songwriter. Craig Jones (1973) – sampler/keyboardist for Slipknot. D’Angelo (aka Michael Archer, 1974) – R&B singer/songwriter. Mike Shinoda (1977) – songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist for Linkin Park. Brandy (aka Brandy Norwood, 1979) – R&B singer. Kelendria “Kelly” Rowland (1981) – Destiny’s Child.
February 11 R.I.P. – Al Dubin (1945) – Age 54. Lyricist (“I Only Have Eyes For You”). Estelle Bennett (2009) – colon cancer. Age 67. The Ronettes. Whitney Houston (2012) – accidental drowning. Age 48. February 11 album releases – The Rolling Stones – Between The Buttons (1967) U.S. Badfinger – Straight Up (1972) UK Blue Öyster Cult – Tyranny And Mutation (1973) Jethro Tull – Songs From The Wood (1977) The Firm – The Firm (1985) Cowboy Junkies – Black Eyed Man (1992) Cathedral – Forest Of Equilibrium (1992) U.S. Big Head Todd and The Monsters – Beautiful World (1997) Hall & Oates – Do It For Love (2003) February 11 events – 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Dorsey Brothers’ Stage Show for the third time, performing "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Blue Suede Shoes." 1963 – In just under ten hours, The Beatles record ten songs for their first album. 1964 – The Beatles travel from New York City to Washington DC, and make their U.S. live concert debut at the Washington Coliseum, with opening acts Tommy Roe, The Caravelles and The Chiffons. The concert is filmed by CBS for a closed-circuit broadcast. Following the show, the group attends a party at the British Embassy, where a woman cuts off a piece of Ringo’s hair. 1965 – Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox. Brian Epstein is best man, and John and George attend, while Paul is away on holiday. 1966 – Cher records the Sonny Bono song, “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).” 1967 – The Monkees’ second album More Of The Monkees jumps from #122 to #1 in one week on the Billboard album chart, and will stay at #1 until June 10. Also on this day, due to the growing controversy that studio musicians play on all their songs, the group announces they will be playing all the instruments on their future recordings. 1968 – The Beatles record "Hey Bulldog." 1970 – The Grateful Dead appear at Fillmore East in New York, with Fleetwood Mac, The Allman Brothers Band and Arthur Lee of Love all joining the Dead on stage. 1970 – The Magic Christian premieres in New York City. The film co- stars Ringo Starr, and features music by Badfinger. 1972 – Pink Floyd appears at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, and is forced to abandon their show 25 minutes into their set when the power goes out. 1979 – The made-for television movie, Elvis, starring Kurt Russell, and directed by horror film maker John Carpenter and produced by Dick Clark, premieres on ABC-TV. 1983 – The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend The Night Together opens in New York to miserable reviews. 1986 – Boy George and Culture Club appear as themselves in the “Cowboy George” episode of NBC’s The A-Team. 1992 – Mötley Crüe fires singer Vince Neil when he turns up for rehearsals and tells the group that he’s lost his passion for the band and is now more interested in Indy car racing. 1998 – Bernie Taupin’s hand-written, re-written lyrics to “Candle In The Wind ‘97” are auctioned off by Christie's for £278,512. 2000 – Spice Girl Geri Halliwell appears in court to give evidence in a lawsuit brought by Aprilla Motorcycles, who are suing The Spice Girls for £1.6 million over lost advertising revenues as sponsors for the 1998 Spiceworld World Tour due to Halliwell quitting the group mid- tour. 2000 – Diana Ross divorces her Norwegian shipping magnate husband Arne Naess. 2000 – Three people are shot, one fatally, at a concession stand at The Isley Brothers' Valentine's Super Love Jam concert in L.A.. Police shoot and kill the gunman. 2008 – Paul McCartney and Heather Mills appear in the Family Division of the High Court in London for a private hearing to reach a financial settlement for their divorce. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
