November 11 Born –
Mose Allison (1927) – Jazz/blues pianist/singer.
LaVern Baker (1929) – R&B singer (“Jim Dandy”).
Hank Garland (1930) – Nashville session guitarist.
Opal Courtney, Jr. (1936) – The Spaniels.
Roger Lavern (1938) – keyboardist for The Tornados.
Albee Galione (1939) – The Passions.
Dennis Coffey (1940) – session guitarist, The Temptations.
Mac Kissoon (aka Gerald Farthing, 1943) – Mac and Katie Kissoon (“Chirpy
Chirpy Cheep Cheep”).
Chris Dreja (1945) – bassist/guitarist for The Yardbirds.
Vince Martell (aka Vincent Martemucci, 1945) – guitarist for Vanilla Fudge.
Pat Daugherty (1947) – bassist for Black Oak Arkansas.
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/Dukes Of The
Stratosphere.
Marshall Crenshaw (1953) – singer/songwriter.
Ian Marsh (1956) – guitarist/keyboardist for The Human League and Heaven 17.
Tony “Gad” Robinson (1957) – bassist for Aswad.
Gunnar “Mic” Michaeli (1962) – keyboardist for Europe.
Gary Powell (1969) – drummer for The Libertines.
Jason White (1973) – tour guitarist with Green Day.
November 11 R.I.P. –
Jerome Kern (1945) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 60. Broadway composer (“Ol’
Man River”).
Berry Oakley (1972) – motorcycle crash. Age 24. The Allman Brothers Band.
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 –
The Who – Ready Steady Who (1966) (EP) UK
John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968) U.S.
Elvis Presley – That’s The Way It Is (1970) (soundtrack)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Gratitude (1975)
KISS – Rock And Roll Over (1976)
Parliament – Motor Booty Affair (1978)
The Jacksons – The Jacksons Live! (1981)
Depeche Mode – Catching Up With Depeche Mode (1985)
Bonnie Tyler – Bitterblue (1991)
The Damned – Not Of This Earth (1995)
Tricky – Pre-Millennium Tension (1996)
Led Zeppelin – BBC Sessions (1997)
Bush – Deconstructed (1997)
Gregg Allman – Searching For Simplicity (1997)
AFI – Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes (1997)
Paul McCartney – Back In The U.S. (2002)
Pearl Jam – Lost Dogs (2003)
Madonna – Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
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.
1944 – The nation’s largest recording companies, RCA Victor and Columbia
Records, end their two-year stand-off against the musician’s union strike -
which began August 1, 1942, over royalties payments for studio recorded
musicians - as other newer and smaller record companies that have conformed
have their new music on the radio. The strike did not affect the musicians
performing live.
1954 – Bill Haley’s “Shake, Rattle And Roll” hits #7 on the U.S. singles
chart.
1956 – Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra record “So Rare” at Capitol Studios
in New York City. The song will become his final hit before his death seven
months later.
1957 – June Carter, of The Carter Sisters, marries her second husband,
Edwin Nix, and stays married for nine years.
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 TwistPart
1" b/w "Peppermint
Twist Part II."
1963 – While on tour in the UK, Roy Orbison records “Almost” and “Pretty
Paper” at Pye Studios in London.
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.
1964 – Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas, Jody Miller, Russ Titleman with
The Wellingtons, The Apollas, Hank Williams, Jr., Orriel Smith, Bobby
Sherman and Willy Nelson all appear on Shindig!
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 recordings for 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. The albums are shipped in a plain brown
wrapper with two oval cut outs to show only their faces.
1969 – Jim Morrison and flight companion, actor Tom Baker, are arrested by
the FBI upon landing at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in Arizona, for
drunk and disorderly behavior and interfering with the flight of an
aircraft, after a flight attendant accuses them of attacking and sexually
harassing her. Morrison and Baker spend the night in jail.
1969 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Don’t Cry Daddy” b/w
“Rubberneckin’.”
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. In the evening, Elvis performs one show at
the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon.
1971 – Elvis Presley appears at the Cincinnati Gardens in Ohio.
1972 – Elvis Presley performs two shows at the Oakland Coliseum.
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. They are still married.
1975 – Country music 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.
1978 – The Cars re-release their single, “My Best Friend’s Girl” b/w
“Moving In Stereo” as the first ever picture-disc single.
1982 – Prince kicks off his 87-date 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 of 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, California. 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 a triple platinum disc of their album A Rush Of Blood To
The Head, which fetches over £4,000.
2005 – Billy Joel announces his first tour in seven years, even though he
has no new music to promote.
2009 – Jo Wood’s divorce from guitarist Ron Wood becomes final.
2011 – At the Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood, at 11:11 AM on 11/11/11, Black
Sabbath announces they are re-uniting for a new album and tour.
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