December 11 Born –
Elliott Carter (1908) – classical composer.
Perez Prado (1916) – Cuban band leader, “King of the Mambo.”
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (1926) – R&B singer/songwriter ("Ball 'N'
Chain").
Benny Spellman (1931) – R&B singer ("Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)").
Rita Moreno (aka Rosa Alverío, 1931) – actress/singer (West Side Story).
Curtis Williams (1934) – The Penguins.
Tom Brumley (1935) – pedal steel guitarist for The Buckaroos and The Stone
Canyon Band.
David Gates (1940) – Bread.
J. Frank Wilson (1941) – J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers (“Last Kiss”).
Brenda Lee (aka Brenda Tarpley, 1944) – singer.
Tony Brown (1946) – pianist, record producer.
Philip “Spike” Edney (1951) – British session keyboardist.
Jermaine Jackson (1954) – bassist/singer for The Jackson 5.
Mike Mesaros (1957) – bassist for The Smithereens.
Nikki Sixx (aka Frank Feranna, Jr., 1958) – bassist for Mötley Crüe.
Darryl “The Munch” Jones (1961) – session bassist, current bassist for The
Rolling Stones.
Curtis Williams (1962) – keyboardist for Kool And The Gang.
Justin Currie (1964) – singer/songwriter for Del Amitri.
DJ Yella (aka Antoine Carraby, 1967) – rapper/producer for N.W.A.
Mos Def (aka Dante Smith, 1973) – hip-hop artist/actor.
Zacky Vengeance (aka Zachary Baker, 1981) – guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold.
December 11 R.I.P. –
Sam Cooke (1964) – shot to death. Age 33. Singer/songwriter (“Cupid”).
Walter Ward (2006) – Age 66. The Olympics.
Ravi Shankar (2011) – heart failure. Age 92. Sitar player.
December 11 album releases –
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968)
Deep Purple – The Book Of Taliesyn (1968) U.S.
John Lennon – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
Yoko Ono – Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
King Crimson – Lizard (1970)
The Rolling Stones – More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972)
Monty Python – Monty Python Sings (1989)
Fine Young Cannibals – The Raw & The Remix (1990)
No Doubt – Rock Steady (2001)
Dave Matthews Band – Live At Piedmont Park (2007)
December 11 events –
1939 – Marlene Dietrich records an English version of the German song "Ich
Bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe Eingestellt" as "Falling In Love Again.”
1944 – NBC Radio begins broadcasting The Chesterfield Supper Club, a
15-minute radio program airing at 7pm weeknights. Perry Como is the host.
During the show’s seven year stay on air, other hosts included Jo Stafford
and Peggy Lee.
1956 – Billy Lee Riley records “Flying Saucer Rock And Roll” and “I Want
You Baby” at Sun Studio in Memphis, with Jerry Lee Lewis on piano.
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis secretly marries his 13-year old cousin Myra Brown
in Hernando, Mississippi, even though Lewis is still married to his first
wife.
1958 – The Coasters record "Charlie Brown" in New York City, with King
Curtis on saxophone.
1960 – Aretha Franklin makes her New York debut at the Village Vanguard.
1961 – Bing Crosby’s first Christmas special airs on ABC-TV. The show was
filmed in black and white in London, and features guests Shirley Bassey,
Terry Thomas and Bob Hope.
1964 – Sam Cooke is shot and killed under mysterious circumstances at the
Hacienda Hotel in Los Angeles after the married singer picks up a young
woman at a party. According to the woman’s testimony, she fled the hotel
room when she claimed Cooke attempted to rape her. Cooke chased after her,
wearing nothing but a sport coat and shoes, and entered the hotel’s office,
allegedly assaulting hotel manager Bertha Franklin, and demanding to know
the girl's whereabouts. After breaking free from Cooke, Franklin got her
gun and shot Cooke once in the abdomen, later telling police it was in self
defense. After 49 years, the incident is still in dispute.
1965 – The Mamas and The Papas, The Grass Roots, and Barry McGuire all
appear on Shindig!
1966 – Little Richard appears at Brian Epstein’s Saville Theatre in London.
After the show, Epstein offers to manage the singer. Richard declines.
1966 – The Mamas and The Papas make their debut appearance on The Ed
Sullivan Show, performing "Monday Monday," "California Dreamin'" and "Words
Of Love." Also on the show is Lana Cantrell.
1967 – NBC airs the Nancy Sinatra special, Movin’ With Nancy, with guest
appearances by her dad, Frank, Dean Martin, Lee Hazelwood, and Sammy Davis,
Jr.
1968 – The Rolling Stones film what is intended to be a BBC television
program entitled The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus at the InterTel
video facility at Stonebridge House in Wembley, London. Filming begins at
2:00 in the afternoon and stretches on for the next 15 hours, until 5:00
the next morning. Acts participating in the show include The Who, Taj
Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, The Dirty Mac (John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith
Richards and Mitch Mitchell), Yoko Ono, and The Rolling Stones. After
viewing the footage, Jagger refuses to release the film due to The Stones’
lackluster performance.
1968 – An airplane is hijacked to Cuba carrying country artist Tex Ritter.
The plane lands without incident.
1969 – Pat Boone appears as himself in the “She Never Had The Vegas Notion”
episode of That Girl.
1971 – John Lennon debuts his new song, "John Sinclair," at a Free John
Sinclair Rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stevie Wonder and Phil Ochs also
appear, among others.
1972 – James Brown is arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after
his concert in Knoxville, Tennessee, when a conversation Brown has with
fans from the stage is somehow mistaken for an attempt to incite a riot.
Charges are later dropped after Brown threatens to sue the city for $1
million for police brutality.
1972 – Genesis makes their U.S. stage debut at Boston's Brandeis University
in Massachusetts.
1980 – U2 appears at the Mudd Club in New York City: the first date of four
U.S. shows which also take the band to Boston and Washington DC.
1982 – The Jam plays their final gig together at the Brighton Centre in
England.
1985 – The most expensive non-oil acquisition in U.S. history takes place
when the General Electric Company agrees to buy the RCA Corporation - which
includes the record division, as well as NBC radio and television - for
$6.3 billion.
1988 – A Roy Orbison tribute concert is held at the Wiltern Theatre in Los
Angeles, featuring Don Henley, Tom Petty, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt.
1989 – Four Led Zeppelin albums - Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin,
Presence, and In Through The Out Door are certified multi-platinum by the
RIAA.
1992 – During a gig at the National Ballroom in Kilburn, London, Nicky Wire of
Manic Street Preachers tells the audience, "In this season of goodwill,
let's pray that Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.) goes the same way as Freddie
Mercury." He later apologizes for the remark.
1996 – Johnny Marr and Morrissey lose their court case over unpaid
royalties with former Smiths members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, leaving
them with a £300,000 legal bill.
1998 – During a gig in Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, a bottle is
thrown from the audience and hits Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson. A
security guard is later stabbed trying to eject a man from the crowd.
2001 – East 17 singer Brian Harvey undergoes emergency surgery after
suffering a serious head injury after being attacked by a group of youths
as he left the Works nightclub in Nottingham, after appearing at a
promotional event.
2001 – Actor/singer David Soul wins his £20,000 libel lawsuit against
London theater critic Matthew Wright, who ridiculed Soul's stage
performance and play, The Dead Monkey, saying it was the worst West End
show he had ever seen, even though he never saw the play.
2008 – Simon Cowell says he is "very embarrassed" after contracts signed by
this year's X Factor contestants are leaked to the Daily Mirror newspaper.
The 80-page document, which is enforceable "anywhere in the world or the
solar system," was signed by all 12 finalists before the live shows began.
It includes a clause that prevents them from saying anything "unduly
negative, critical or derogatory" about Cowell. Also, the show claims the
prize as a "£1 million recording contract," but the contestants' contract
says the prize money is only £150,000.
2008 – Roman Catholic Cardinal Jorge Medina criticizes Madonna’s first
concert in Santiago, Chile, stating, “This woman comes here and in an
incredibly shameless manner, she provokes a crazy enthusiasm, an enthusiasm
of lust, lustful thoughts, impure thoughts."
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