1954: Bill Haley & the Comets record (We're Gonna') Rock Around the Clock", the song that started the Rock Era.
1956: James Brown made his debut on the R&B charts with "Please, Please Please".
1961: Bob Dylan made his public debut opening for John Lee Hooker in Greenwich Village.
1961: Ray Charles wins four Grammy awards, including Best Male Vocal Performance for "Georgia On My Mind".
1963: Gerry and the Pacemakers were #1 in the UK with "How Do You Do It".
1964: The Beatles spent their second week at #1 with "Can't Buy Me Love". The rest of the Top 10 on April 11: #2 "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles, #3--"Suspicion" from Terry Stafford, #5 "She Loves You" by the Beatles, #5 was "Hello, Dolly!", #6 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" by Betty Everett, #7 "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, #8 "Glad All Over" from the Dave Clark Five, #9 "Please Please Me" by the Beatles and #10 "Don't Let the Rain Come Down" by the Serendipity Singers.
1965: The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Moody Blues, Donovan, the Seekers, the Kinks, Freddie and the Dreams, Tom Jones, Herman's Hermits, Them and Cilia Black played at London's Wembley Empire Pool following the New Musical Express Poll.
1966: Frank Sinatra recorded "Strangers in the Night".
1966: Jan Berry of Jan & Dean is seriously injured in a car crash on Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles. Berry was paralyzed for a year and could only speak after four years of surgery. He died from complications of the accident on March 27, 2004.
1967: The Rolling Stones played two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris.
1967: The Elvis Presley song "Stuck On You" recorded the fourth biggest jump in rock history, moving from #84 to #17 on this date.
1968: Big Brother & the Holding Company made a live appearance on the ABC-TV show "Hollywood Palace".
1969: Led Zeppelin debuted on the album chart with their first album.
1969: Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman.
1970: The Beatles moved into the #1 spot with "Let It Be", taking the place of the long-running "Bridge Over Troubled Water". The classic "Let It Be" was the Beatles' 19th #1, overtaking Elvis Presley's 18. The Fab Four would also hit #1 a few weeks later with their 20th and final #1 "The Long and Winding Road". The remainder of the Top Ten--#2 "ABC" by the Jackson Five, #3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" by John Lennon, Norman Greenbaum had #4 with "Spirit in the Sky", Simon and Garfunkel were at #5 with their former #1 "Bridge Over Troubled Water", #6 was "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes"" by Edison Lighthouse, #7 was Frijid Pink's version of "House of the Rising Sun", Badfinger had #8 with "Come and Get It", #9 was Bobby Sherman's "Easy Come, Easy Go" and the Jaggerz had #10 with "The Rapper.
1970: Peter Green announced he was leaving Fleetwood Mac.
1971: The live album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was certified gold before it appeared on the album chart.
1972: The Rolling Stones released Exile on Main Street.
1973: That'll Be the Day, starring Ringo Starr and David Essex, opens in London.
1976: Queen performed at the Entertainments Center in Perth, Australia.
1977: Alice Cooper gave a show in Sydney, Australia that attracted 40,000, the largest rock country in that country's history.
Thomas climbs aboard the Starship
1979: Micky Thomas replaced founding member Marty Balin in Jefferson Starship.
1981: Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli were married.
1981: Hall & Oates moved into the #1 slot with "Kiss On My List", replacing Blondie's "Rapture" which fell to #2. The rest of the Top Ten on April 11: "The Best of Times" by Styx, "Woman" by John Lennon at #4, "Just the Two of Us" by Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr., Sheena Easton, moving into the top ten at #6 with her first hit "Morning Train", Don McLean held down #7 with "Crying", Steve Winwood had his first solo hit "While You See a Chance" at #8, REO Speedwagon was at #9 with the former #1 "Keep On Loving You" and the Police slid into the top ten with "Don't Stand So Close To Me".
1983: R.E.M. released their first album "Murmur".
1986: The Dave Clark musical Time, starring Cliff Richard, opened at the Dominion Theatre in London.
1987: Starship spent a second week at #1 with "nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now". The rest of the Top Ten--"Lean On Me" from Club Nouveau, "I Knew Your Were Waiting (For Me)" by Aretha Franklin & George Michael, Genesis had #4 with "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", Crowded House rose to #5 with "Don't Dream It's Over", Expose fell to #6 with "Come Go With Me", Prince's "Sign 'O' the Times" was #7, Lou Gramm moved into the Top Ten with "Midnight Blue", Wang Chung had position #9 with "Let's Go!" and Steve Winwood had another top ten with "The Finer Things".
1986: Belinda Carlisle was married to actor Morgan Mason.
1988: Cher won Best Actress at the Academy Awards for "Moonstruck".
1990: The Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona names four newly discovered asteroids after the four Beatles.
1990: Elton John sang at the funeral of AIDS victim Ryan White.
1992: Def Leppard had a second #1 in the UK with the album Adrenalize.
Pearl Jam with one of four appearances on SNL
1992: Pearl Jam appeared on "Saturday Night Live" in New York City.
1992: Oasis released the single "Supersonic".
1992: Don Henley leads 6,000 people in a Walk for Walden Woods to preserve the Massachusetts wild area made famous by Henry Thoreau.
1994: The Nirvana album In Utero was certified double platinum (2 million copies).
1997: The Fugees perform two concerts in Haiti to raise money for refugees.
1997: Savage Garden released their great self-titled debut album.
1999: Shania Twain becomes the first female to sell 10 million copies of back-to-back albums (The Woman in Me and Come On Over).
2000: No Doubt released the album Return to Saturn.
2002: Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson were engaged.
2002: Sir Elton John testified before Congress that the United States is obliged to help prevent the global spread of AIDS.
2002: Nate Dogg is the latest rapper to go to jail; Dogg was charged with marijuana possession and possession of a stolen firearm.
2005: Britney Spears announces she is pregnant.
Born This Day:
1940: Al Jarreau is born in Milwaukee
1944: Joachim Krauledat (John Kay), vocalist and leader of Steppenwolf is born in Tilsit, Germany
1950: David Cassidy
1958: Stuart Adamson of Big Country
1965: Nigel Pulsford of Bush
1966: Lisa Stansfield
1978: Tom Thacker, vocalist and guitarist with Sum 41Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-11.html
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1956: James Brown made his debut on the R&B charts with "Please, Please Please".
1961: Bob Dylan made his public debut opening for John Lee Hooker in Greenwich Village.
1961: Ray Charles wins four Grammy awards, including Best Male Vocal Performance for "Georgia On My Mind".
1963: Gerry and the Pacemakers were #1 in the UK with "How Do You Do It".
1964: The Beatles spent their second week at #1 with "Can't Buy Me Love". The rest of the Top 10 on April 11: #2 "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles, #3--"Suspicion" from Terry Stafford, #5 "She Loves You" by the Beatles, #5 was "Hello, Dolly!", #6 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" by Betty Everett, #7 "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, #8 "Glad All Over" from the Dave Clark Five, #9 "Please Please Me" by the Beatles and #10 "Don't Let the Rain Come Down" by the Serendipity Singers.
1965: The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Moody Blues, Donovan, the Seekers, the Kinks, Freddie and the Dreams, Tom Jones, Herman's Hermits, Them and Cilia Black played at London's Wembley Empire Pool following the New Musical Express Poll.
1966: Frank Sinatra recorded "Strangers in the Night".
1966: Jan Berry of Jan & Dean is seriously injured in a car crash on Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles. Berry was paralyzed for a year and could only speak after four years of surgery. He died from complications of the accident on March 27, 2004.
1967: The Rolling Stones played two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris.
1967: The Elvis Presley song "Stuck On You" recorded the fourth biggest jump in rock history, moving from #84 to #17 on this date.
1968: Big Brother & the Holding Company made a live appearance on the ABC-TV show "Hollywood Palace".
1969: Led Zeppelin debuted on the album chart with their first album.
1969: Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman.
1970: The Beatles moved into the #1 spot with "Let It Be", taking the place of the long-running "Bridge Over Troubled Water". The classic "Let It Be" was the Beatles' 19th #1, overtaking Elvis Presley's 18. The Fab Four would also hit #1 a few weeks later with their 20th and final #1 "The Long and Winding Road". The remainder of the Top Ten--#2 "ABC" by the Jackson Five, #3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" by John Lennon, Norman Greenbaum had #4 with "Spirit in the Sky", Simon and Garfunkel were at #5 with their former #1 "Bridge Over Troubled Water", #6 was "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes"" by Edison Lighthouse, #7 was Frijid Pink's version of "House of the Rising Sun", Badfinger had #8 with "Come and Get It", #9 was Bobby Sherman's "Easy Come, Easy Go" and the Jaggerz had #10 with "The Rapper.
1970: Peter Green announced he was leaving Fleetwood Mac.
1971: The live album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was certified gold before it appeared on the album chart.
1972: The Rolling Stones released Exile on Main Street.
1973: That'll Be the Day, starring Ringo Starr and David Essex, opens in London.
1976: Queen performed at the Entertainments Center in Perth, Australia.
1977: Alice Cooper gave a show in Sydney, Australia that attracted 40,000, the largest rock country in that country's history.
Thomas climbs aboard the Starship
1979: Micky Thomas replaced founding member Marty Balin in Jefferson Starship.
1981: Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli were married.
1981: Hall & Oates moved into the #1 slot with "Kiss On My List", replacing Blondie's "Rapture" which fell to #2. The rest of the Top Ten on April 11: "The Best of Times" by Styx, "Woman" by John Lennon at #4, "Just the Two of Us" by Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr., Sheena Easton, moving into the top ten at #6 with her first hit "Morning Train", Don McLean held down #7 with "Crying", Steve Winwood had his first solo hit "While You See a Chance" at #8, REO Speedwagon was at #9 with the former #1 "Keep On Loving You" and the Police slid into the top ten with "Don't Stand So Close To Me".
1983: R.E.M. released their first album "Murmur".
1986: The Dave Clark musical Time, starring Cliff Richard, opened at the Dominion Theatre in London.
1987: Starship spent a second week at #1 with "nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now". The rest of the Top Ten--"Lean On Me" from Club Nouveau, "I Knew Your Were Waiting (For Me)" by Aretha Franklin & George Michael, Genesis had #4 with "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", Crowded House rose to #5 with "Don't Dream It's Over", Expose fell to #6 with "Come Go With Me", Prince's "Sign 'O' the Times" was #7, Lou Gramm moved into the Top Ten with "Midnight Blue", Wang Chung had position #9 with "Let's Go!" and Steve Winwood had another top ten with "The Finer Things".
1986: Belinda Carlisle was married to actor Morgan Mason.
1988: Cher won Best Actress at the Academy Awards for "Moonstruck".
1990: The Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona names four newly discovered asteroids after the four Beatles.
1990: Elton John sang at the funeral of AIDS victim Ryan White.
1992: Def Leppard had a second #1 in the UK with the album Adrenalize.
1992: Pearl Jam appeared on "Saturday Night Live" in New York City.
1992: Oasis released the single "Supersonic".
1992: Don Henley leads 6,000 people in a Walk for Walden Woods to preserve the Massachusetts wild area made famous by Henry Thoreau.
1994: The Nirvana album In Utero was certified double platinum (2 million copies).
1997: The Fugees perform two concerts in Haiti to raise money for refugees.
1997: Savage Garden released their great self-titled debut album.
1999: Shania Twain becomes the first female to sell 10 million copies of back-to-back albums (The Woman in Me and Come On Over).
2000: No Doubt released the album Return to Saturn.
2002: Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson were engaged.
2002: Sir Elton John testified before Congress that the United States is obliged to help prevent the global spread of AIDS.
2002: Nate Dogg is the latest rapper to go to jail; Dogg was charged with marijuana possession and possession of a stolen firearm.
2005: Britney Spears announces she is pregnant.
Born This Day:
1940: Al Jarreau is born in Milwaukee
1944: Joachim Krauledat (John Kay), vocalist and leader of Steppenwolf is born in Tilsit, Germany
1950: David Cassidy
1958: Stuart Adamson of Big Country
1965: Nigel Pulsford of Bush
1966: Lisa Stansfield
1978: Tom Thacker, vocalist and guitarist with Sum 41Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-day-in-rock-music-history-april-11.html
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