March 11 Born –
Lawrence Welk (1903) – orchestra/band leader.
Art Todd (1914) – Art and Dotty Todd ("Chanson D'Amour").
Mercer Ellington (1919) – trumpeter/bandleader/composer.
Joseph Brooks (1938) – songwriter ("You Light Up My Life").
Ric Rothwell (1944) – drummer for The Mindbenders.
Harvey Mandel (1945) – guitarist for Canned Heat.
Mark Stein (1947) keyboardist for Vanilla Fudge.
Derek “Blue” Weaver (1947) – keyboardist for The Bee Gees, The Strawbs
and Amen Corner.
George Kooymans (1948) – guitarist/singer for Golden Earring.
Bobby McFerrin (1950) – singer/songwriter, orchestra conductor.
Katie Kissoon (aka Katherine Farthing, 1951) – Mac and Katie Kissoon.
Nina Hagen (1955) – German singer.
Cheryl Lynn (aka Lynda Smith, 1957) – R&B/soul singer (“Got To Be
Real”).
Bruce Watson (1961) – guitarist for Big Country.
Mike Percy (1961) – bassist for Dead Or Alive.
Vinnie Paul (1964) – Pantera.
Lisa Loeb (1968) – singer/songwriter.
Pete Droge (1969) – singer/songwriter.
Rami Jaffee (1969) – keyboardist for The Wallflowers.
Benji Madden (aka Benjamin Combs, 1979) – guitarist for Good
Charlotte.
Joel Madden (aka Joel Combs, 1979) – vocalist for Good Charlotte.
LeToya Luckett (1981) – Destiny’s Child.March 11 R.I.P. – Sammy Spear (1975) – heart attack. Age 65. Trumpeter/bandleader on The Jackie Gleason Show. Claude François (1978) – electrocuted. Age 39. French pop singer. Sonny Terry (1986) – natural causes. Age 74. Blues musician. Edmund Sylvers (2004) – lung cancer. Age 47. The Sylvers. Hugh Martin (2011) – Age 96. Songwriter (“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”). March 11 album releases – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Déjà Vu (1970) Harry Chapin – Heads & Tales (1972) Chicago – Chicago VII (1974) T. Rex – Dandy In The Underworld (1977) Quiet Riot – Metal Health (1983) Eric Clapton – Behind The Sun (1985) Blonde Redhead – Fake Can Be Just As Good (1997) Santana – Live At The Fillmore 1968 (1997) March 11 events – 1950 – The Nat “King” Cole Trio, along with the Les Baxter Orchestra, records “Mona Lisa” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. 1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis' second wife, Jane Mitchum, files for divorce after finding out about Jerry Lee's marriage to his cousin, Myra. 1958 – Perry Como records his second version of “Kewpie Doll” at RCA Studios in New York City. 1960 – Duane Eddy records "Because They're Young” at United Recording Studios in Hollywood. 1960 – Barrett Strong re-releases his single, “Money (That’s What I Want)” b/w “Oh I Apologize” on Tamla. 1963 – The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers Band - later to become Manfred Mann - plays their first live gig at the Marquee Club. 1964 – The Beatles film the "I Should Have Known Better" segment for their movie at Twickenham Studios in a mock-up railroad car set. 1966 – James Brown is the only guest on Ready, Steady, Go! 1967 – Music publisher Dick James and The Beatles’ Northern Songs publishing company announce that 446 cover versions of Paul McCartney's “Yesterday” have been recorded since the song's release less than two years before. 1968 – Elvis Presley records “Almost In Love” at Western in Hollywood. 1969 – Berry Gordy signs The Jackson 5 to Motown, buying them out of their Steeltown Records contract. 1970 – The Rolling Stones "documentary" One Plus One premieres in the U.S. The movie is later re-cut and re-released as Sympathy For The Devil. 1970 – Linda Ronstadt appears on The Johnny Cash Show. 1971 – Jim Morrison arrives in Paris and checks into the Hôtel Georges V where his girlfriend, Pamela Courson, is staying. 1974 – Former Janis Joplin manager, Albert Grossman, is awarded $122,000 from Joplin's insurance policy after proving Joplin's death was an accident. 1977 – The Slits make their stage debut, opening for The Clash at the Roxy in London. 1982 – Shadows Of Knight lead singer Jim Sohns is arrested in Chicago for distributing cocaine. At trial, he will be found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison. 1983 – Joni Mitchell plays the first night of a 13-date tour of Australia and New Zealand at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney. 1986 – Jay Black, lead singer of Jay and The Americans, files for bankruptcy, claiming $900,000 in debts and assets of only $750. The debts are mostly from back taxes. 1991 – Janet Jackson signs a $40 million three album deal with Virgin Records. 1993 – Oasis records their first demos at the Real People's Studio in Liverpool. 1994 – The Supremes are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1995 – Van Halen kicks off their 131-date Balance World Tour at the Pensacola Civic Center in Florida. 1996 – Following the success of their Anthology sets, the three remaining Beatles are offered $225 million for a reunion tour. They decline. 1997 – Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. 2002 – Connie Francis sues Universal Music Group for $45 million in back royalties, and for allowing the use of her songs in hard core sex scenes in several movies. 2005 – The front door of Ozzy Osbourne's childhood home in Birmingham goes up for sale on eBay because the current home owner is fed up with fans defacing it. Ali Mubarrat, who now owns the house on Lodge Road in Aston, says over the years the house has become a pilgrimage destination, and that he was auctioning off the door and giving the money to charity. 2009 – Heavy metal group Iron Maiden's tour manager Rod Smallwood criticized the more than 100 people who were arrested for trying to gatecrash the band’s concert on March 7 at Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota, Colombia, in a statement posted on the band's website, saying, "We abhor the inane behavior of a small minority of people outside." Riot police fired tear gas canisters at those who tried to enter the concert without tickets. 2010 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty is fined £500 and banned from driving for 12 months after admitting to allowing his manager to use his car without insurance. Doherty's manager, Andrew Boyd, was involved in a hit-and-run accident that left victim Chris Corder in a coma with "catastrophic" brain injuries. Boyd was already in jail during Doherty’s court hearing. 2011 – Former singer for Iron Maiden, Paul Andrews, is jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to eight counts of fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits of more than £45,000. -- 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.
