July 11 Born –
Danny Flores (1929) – singer for The Champs (“Tequila”).
Thurston Harris (1931) – American singer ("Little Bitty Pretty One").
Tab Hunter (aka Arthur Kelm, 1931) – actor/teen idol/singer ("Young Love")
Roquel “Billy” Davis (1932) – singer/songwriter/producer (“Lonely
Teardrops”).
Terry Garthwaite (1938) – Joy Of Cooking.
Bobby G. Rice (1944) – Country music singer/songwriter.
John Lawton (1946) – vocalist for Lucifer's Friend and Uriah Heep.
Jeff Hanna (1947) – guitarist/vocalist for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Patricia "Bonnie" Pointer (1950) – The Pointer Sisters.
Peter Brown (1953) – singer/songwriter ("Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me").
Benjamin DeFranco (1954) – The DeFranco Family.
Peter Murphy (1957) – vocalist for Bauhaus.
Richie Sambora (1959) – guitarist for Bon Jovi.
Suzanne Vega (1959) – singer/songwriter.
Adrian York (1961) – pianist for Roman Holliday.
Scott Shriner (1965) – bassist for Weezer.
Melanie Appleby (1966) – Mel and Kim.
Lil' Kim (aka Kimberly Jones, 1974) – rapper.
Rick McMurray (1975) – drummer for Ash.
*Samer El Nahhal (1975) – bassist for Lordi.***
July 11 R.I.P. –
George Gershwin (1937) – brain tumor. Age 38. Composer/pianist.
Hubert Johnson (1981) – suicide. Age 40. The Contours.
Roger Christian (1991) – kidney and liver failure. Age 57. DJ, songwriter
("Dead Man's Curve").
Herb Kenny (1992) – cancer. Age 77. The Ink Spots.
Louis Gottlieb (1996) – Age 72. The Limeliters.
Helen Forrest (1999) – congestive heart failure. Age 82. Big band singer
("Some Sunday Morning").
Rosco Gordon (2002) – heart attack. Age 74. Blues singer ("Just A Little
Bit").
Frances Langford (2005) – heart failure. Age 92. Singer/entertainer
("Chattanooga Choo Choo").
Bill Miller (2006) – Age 91. Pianist for Frank Sinatra for 50 years.
Rod Lauren (2007) – suicide. Age 67. Actor/singer, one hit wonder ("If I
Had A Girl").
Rob Grill (2011) – coma. Age 67. The Grass Roots.
July 11 album releases –
King Curtis – Party Time (1961)
The Beach Boys – Best Of The Beach Boys (1966)
The Doors – Waiting For The Sun (1968)
Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac (1975)
The Village People – Village People (1977)
Ultravox – Vienna (1980)
Def Leppard – High 'N' Dry (1981)
Robert Plant – The Principle Of Moments (1983)
Shalamar – The Look (1983)
Joy Division – Substance (1988)
UB40 – UB40 (1988)
Gloria Estefan – Cuts Both Ways (1989)
The Rolling Stones – Voodoo Lounge (1994)
Kyuss – …And The Circus Leaves Town (1995)
Shaggy – Bombastic (1995)
Mötley Crüe – New Tattoo (2000)
The Anti-Nowhere League – Out Of Control (2000)
Kansas – Somewhere To Elsewhere (2000)
Everclear – Songs From An American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How To Smile
(2000)
July 11 events –
1918 – Enrico Caruso records "Over There."
1930 – Jimmie Rodgers records "Blue Yodel #8" at Hollywood Recording
Studios.
1946 – Dean Martin begins his recording career by recording four songs for
Diamond Records: “Which Way Did My Heart Go,” “All Of Me,” “I Got The Sun
In The Morning” and “The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi.”
1951 – Alan Freed dubs himself "Moondog" and begins playing R&B records on
his WJW radio show. His radio show will become known as The Moondog Rock
And Roll Party.
1955 – Elvis Presley records "Mystery Train," "I Forgot To Remember To
Forget" and “Tryin’ To Get To You” at Sun studio in Memphis.
1956 – The Platters record "You'll Never, Never Know" at Mercury Sound
Studio in New York City.
1959 – Joan Baez makes her first recording in a live duet with Bob Gibson
at the Newport Folk Festival.
1961 – Maxine Brown and Al Martino appear on American Bandstand.
1962 – The Marvelettes release their single, "Beechwood 4-5789" b/w
"Someday, Someway" on Tamla.
1962 – Fats Domino appears on American Bandstand.
1963 – Doris Troy lip-synchs to her hit “Just One Look” on American
Bandstand.
1964 – Stevie Wonder releases his single, "Hey, Harmonica Man" b/w "This
Little Girl."
1964 – Johnny Rivers and Roger Miller appear on American Bandstand.
1964 – The Beatles fly from Liverpool to London to appear on the summer
version of Thank Your Lucky Stars television show, Summer Spin. The group
arrives at Teddington Studios by boat on the Thames to avoid the throng of
fans waiting for the band. The show airs live from 5:50 to 6:35 pm, with
The Beatles lip-synching to “A Hard Days Night,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Things
We Said Today” and “You Can’t Do That.”
1966 – Elvis Presley begins filming his 24th movie, Double Trouble.
1966 – Roy Orbison, The Bachelors and Paul Revere and The Raiders appear on
Where The Action Is.
1969 – The Rolling Stones release their single, "Honky Tonk Women" b/w "You
Can't Always Get What You Want" in the U.S.
1969 – David Bowie releases his single, “Space Oddity” b/w “Wild Eyed Boy
>From Freecloud” in the UK on Philips Records.
1970 – The Who release their single, “Summertime Blues” b/w “Heaven And
Hell.”
1971 – The Bruce Springsteen Band opens for Humble Pie at Sunshine In in
Asbury Park, New Jersey.
1974 – The Mac Davis Show debuts on NBC-TV, where it will run sporadically
for two years.
1976 – Andy Gibb marries his girlfriend Kim Reeder. They stay married for a
year.
1976 – Frank Sinatra marries his fourth and last wife, Barbara Marx, the
ex-wife of Zeppo Marx.
1977 – The Vortex Club opens in Soho with a show by Siouxsie and The
Banshees, Adam and The Ants, and The Slits.
1980 – Rupert Holmes hosts The Midnight Special, with guests The Village
People, The Manhattans and The Ritchie Family.
1981 – George Thorogood and The Destroyers appear on American Bandstand.
1982 – Guitarist Pete Willis is fired from Def Leppard for alcohol
problems. He will be replaced by Girl guitarist Phil Collen.
1987 – Richard Marx performs on American Bandstand.
1991 – Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager are divorced after nine years
of marriage.
1992 – Jerry *Garcia* introduces a set of eight *neckties* he designed that
bear his name.
1994 – After more than 30 years, The Rolling Stones release their first
album without bassist Bill Wyman.
1994 – A spokesman for Michael Jackson denies the rumors that Michael has
married Lisa Marie Presley.
1995 – While on tour in Europe, R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills is hospitalized
and undergoes emergency abdominal surgery to remove an intestinal tumor in
Cologne, Germany, causing the cancellation of seven tour dates.
2000 – The former manager of Richard Ashcroft, Jazz Summers sues the artist
for breach of contract after being fired.
2001 – New Orleans' airport, Moisant Field, is re-named Louis Armstrong
International Airport.
2008 – Rolling Stone Ron Wood leaves his wife of 23 years for an 18-year
old Russian model.
2008 – The three-day T In The Park Festival begins at the old
Balado<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balado>Airfield in
Kinross-shire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinross-shire>, Scotland.
Performers over the three days include The Verve, Rage Against The Machine,
R.E.M., Kings Of Leon, Amy Winehouse, Counting Crows, The Raconteurs, Goo
Goo Dolls, The Prodigy, The Charlatans, Eddie Grant, KT Tunstall, The
Pogues, The Stranglers and many others.
2011 – Singer/songwriter Jewel Kilcher and husband, World Champion rodeo
cowboy Ty Murray, welcome the birth of their son, Kase.
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