TODAY IN HISTORY – JANUARY 11th
1958 - Born this day, Vicki Peterson, musician, guitarist, singer, The Bangles, 1986 US No.1 single Walk Like An Egyptian, 1986 UK No.2 single with the Prince song Manic Monday.
1962 - Cliff Richard has his 5th UK No.1 single with The Young Ones. It stayed at the top for six weeks and made Cliff the first UK artist to enter the chart at No.1.
1964 - 'Ring Of Fire The Best of Johnny Cash' became the first No.1 album when Billboard debuted their Country Album Chart. It was his sixteenth album in total and the first compilations album by Cash.
1964 - 'Louie Louie' by The Kingsmen was the number one song on the US Cash Box music chart. For a while, the record was banned by a handful of US radio stations because of its indecipherable lyrics, which were rumored to contain some naughty words. Even the F.B.I. investigated the song, but finally concluded that they could find nothing wrong.
1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experence recorded Purple Haze. Jimi also signed to the new record label Track Records.
1968 - Born this day, Tom Dumont, No Doubt, 1997 UK No.1 single Don't Speak.
1971 - Born this day, Mary J. Blige, singer, songwriter, 1995 UK No.10 single I'll Be Their For You-You're All I Need To Get By, 1997 US No.1 album Share My World, 1999 UK No.4 single As, 2001 US No.1 single Family Affair.
1973 - It was confirmed that the forthcoming Rolling Stones tour of Japan had been cancelled, despite record breaking ticket sales. Mick Jagger had earlier been informed that he was banned from entering the country because of a drugs conviction.
1980 - Rupert Holmes was at the top of the pop music charts, with Escape (The Pina Colada Song).
1985 - A Brazilian rock festival was held in Rio, it claimed to be the biggest ever staged, featuring Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes and Iron Maiden.
1985 - Born on this day, Newton Faulkner, UK singer, songwriter, (2007 UK No.1 album 'Hand Built By Robots', 2007 UK Top 10 single 'Dream Catch Me').
1986 - The Pet Shop Boys had their first UK No.1 single with West End Girls.
1992 - Nirvana went to No.1 on the US album chart with Nevermind. They also made an appearance on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live.
1992 - Paul Simon became the first international performer to play in Johannesburg, South Africa after a United Nations (UN) boycott was lifted.
1998 - Rolling Stone magazine readers poll picked Be Here Now by Oasis as album of the year.
2000 - Gary Glitter was released from prison after serving half of a four month sentence for possessing child pornography downloaded from the internet. Glitter was told he would have to go on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
2000 - It was reported that Whitney Houston was under investigation after allegedly trying to smuggle 15.2 grams of Marijuana out of Hawaii. A security officer found the drug in the singers' handbag who then walked away when he tried to detain her.
2000 - On this day Sharon Osbourne resigned as manager of the Smashing Pumpkins after only four months. "Billy Corgan's got an ego bigger than my arse", said Osbourne.
2002 - Mickey Finn percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in Tyrannosaurus Rex (T Rex), died of kidney and liver problems aged 55. (1971 UK No.1 single 'Hot Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).
2003 - Britain's oldest rockers came out winners in The Pollstar listing of the Top 10 grossing US tours of 2002. Paul McCartney $68m, The Rolling Stones $58m, Elton John $47m, The Who $20m, Ozzy Osbourne $18m, Peter Gabriel £10m, Yes $6m, Elvis Costello $5m, The Moody Blues $4m and Jethro Tull $3m.
2003 - Pete Townshend issued a public statement denying being a paedophile after his name was linked with a police Internet porn inquiry. But The Who guitarist did admit studying child pornography for research into a campaign against it.
2005 - Former Bread guitarist and Academy Award-winning songwriter James Griffin died at his home in Nashville at the age of 61 after suffering from cancer. Bread had the 1970's hits 'Make It With You', 'Baby I'm-a Want You', and 'Everything I Own.'
2008 - Robbie Williams' manager told The Times newspaper that the singer would refuse to make another album for his record label EMI, saying he was unhappy after the label was taken over by Terra Firma. Tim Clark told the paper Williams would not deliver a new album because he had no idea how the label would handle it. Williams had sold 47 million albums around the world since leaving Take That in 1995, making him one of EMI's most successful artists.
1958 - Born this day, Vicki Peterson, musician, guitarist, singer, The Bangles, 1986 US No.1 single Walk Like An Egyptian, 1986 UK No.2 single with the Prince song Manic Monday.
1962 - Cliff Richard has his 5th UK No.1 single with The Young Ones. It stayed at the top for six weeks and made Cliff the first UK artist to enter the chart at No.1.
1964 - 'Ring Of Fire The Best of Johnny Cash' became the first No.1 album when Billboard debuted their Country Album Chart. It was his sixteenth album in total and the first compilations album by Cash.
1964 - 'Louie Louie' by The Kingsmen was the number one song on the US Cash Box music chart. For a while, the record was banned by a handful of US radio stations because of its indecipherable lyrics, which were rumored to contain some naughty words. Even the F.B.I. investigated the song, but finally concluded that they could find nothing wrong.
1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experence recorded Purple Haze. Jimi also signed to the new record label Track Records.
1968 - Born this day, Tom Dumont, No Doubt, 1997 UK No.1 single Don't Speak.
1971 - Born this day, Mary J. Blige, singer, songwriter, 1995 UK No.10 single I'll Be Their For You-You're All I Need To Get By, 1997 US No.1 album Share My World, 1999 UK No.4 single As, 2001 US No.1 single Family Affair.
1973 - It was confirmed that the forthcoming Rolling Stones tour of Japan had been cancelled, despite record breaking ticket sales. Mick Jagger had earlier been informed that he was banned from entering the country because of a drugs conviction.
1980 - Rupert Holmes was at the top of the pop music charts, with Escape (The Pina Colada Song).
1985 - A Brazilian rock festival was held in Rio, it claimed to be the biggest ever staged, featuring Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes and Iron Maiden.
1985 - Born on this day, Newton Faulkner, UK singer, songwriter, (2007 UK No.1 album 'Hand Built By Robots', 2007 UK Top 10 single 'Dream Catch Me').
1986 - The Pet Shop Boys had their first UK No.1 single with West End Girls.
1992 - Nirvana went to No.1 on the US album chart with Nevermind. They also made an appearance on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live.
1992 - Paul Simon became the first international performer to play in Johannesburg, South Africa after a United Nations (UN) boycott was lifted.
1998 - Rolling Stone magazine readers poll picked Be Here Now by Oasis as album of the year.
2000 - Gary Glitter was released from prison after serving half of a four month sentence for possessing child pornography downloaded from the internet. Glitter was told he would have to go on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
2000 - It was reported that Whitney Houston was under investigation after allegedly trying to smuggle 15.2 grams of Marijuana out of Hawaii. A security officer found the drug in the singers' handbag who then walked away when he tried to detain her.
2000 - On this day Sharon Osbourne resigned as manager of the Smashing Pumpkins after only four months. "Billy Corgan's got an ego bigger than my arse", said Osbourne.
2002 - Mickey Finn percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in Tyrannosaurus Rex (T Rex), died of kidney and liver problems aged 55. (1971 UK No.1 single 'Hot Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).
2003 - Britain's oldest rockers came out winners in The Pollstar listing of the Top 10 grossing US tours of 2002. Paul McCartney $68m, The Rolling Stones $58m, Elton John $47m, The Who $20m, Ozzy Osbourne $18m, Peter Gabriel £10m, Yes $6m, Elvis Costello $5m, The Moody Blues $4m and Jethro Tull $3m.
2003 - Pete Townshend issued a public statement denying being a paedophile after his name was linked with a police Internet porn inquiry. But The Who guitarist did admit studying child pornography for research into a campaign against it.
2005 - Former Bread guitarist and Academy Award-winning songwriter James Griffin died at his home in Nashville at the age of 61 after suffering from cancer. Bread had the 1970's hits 'Make It With You', 'Baby I'm-a Want You', and 'Everything I Own.'
2008 - Robbie Williams' manager told The Times newspaper that the singer would refuse to make another album for his record label EMI, saying he was unhappy after the label was taken over by Terra Firma. Tim Clark told the paper Williams would not deliver a new album because he had no idea how the label would handle it. Williams had sold 47 million albums around the world since leaving Take That in 1995, making him one of EMI's most successful artists.