TODAY IN HISTORY – MARCH 11TH
1948 - Born this day, George Kooymans, Golden Earring, 1974 UK No.7 and US No.13 single Radar Love.
1950 - Born this day, Bobby McFerrin, pianist, jazz musician, songwriter, singer, 1988 US No.1 and UK No.2 single Don't Worry Be Happy.
1961 - Born this day, Mike Percy, Dead Or Alive, 1985 UK No.1 single You Spin Me Round, Like A Record.
1965 - Tom Jones had his first UK No.1 single with It's Not Unusual. Jones took his name from the film Tom Jones and once had worked as a glove cutter.
1968 - Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for the single, (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay. Redding was killed in a plane crash in Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin on December 10, 1967. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. The song was recorded just three days before his untimely death. Redding recorded 11 charted hit songs between 1965 and 1969.
1968 - Born this day, Lisa Loeb, US singer, 1994 US No.1 and UK No.6 single Stay, I Missed You, from the film Reality Bites.
1970 - Blood, Sweat & Tears were nominated for a then-record eleven Grammy Awards (They won three).
1971 - Jim Morrison of The Doors arrived in Paris booking into The Hotel Georges, the following week he moved into an apartment at 17, Rue Beautreillis in Paris. Morrison lived in Paris until his death on 3 July 1971.
1972 - Neil Young went to No.1 on the US and UK album chart with Harvest, featuring the hit single Heart Of Gold.
1977 - Died this day, French singer Claude Francois, electrocuted while changing a light bulb as he was standing in his bathtub. 1976 UK hit Tears On The Telephone.
1978 - The debut single from Kate Bush, Wuthering Hights, a song inspired by the Emily Bronte novel, started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1979 - Born this day, Joel Madden, vocals and Benji Madden, Good Charlotte, 2002 US No.7 album The Young And The Hopeless, 2003 UK No.6 single Girls and Boys.
1996 - Pulps Jarvis Cocker walked free from Kensington police station after police failed to charge him with any criminal offence following his 'stage invasion', during Michael Jackson's performance at the Brit Awards on 19 February 1996.
1996 - The remaining Beatles turn down a $225 million offer to do a 'reunion' tour.
1997 - Paul McCartney was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
1948 - Born this day, George Kooymans, Golden Earring, 1974 UK No.7 and US No.13 single Radar Love.
1950 - Born this day, Bobby McFerrin, pianist, jazz musician, songwriter, singer, 1988 US No.1 and UK No.2 single Don't Worry Be Happy.
1961 - Born this day, Mike Percy, Dead Or Alive, 1985 UK No.1 single You Spin Me Round, Like A Record.
1965 - Tom Jones had his first UK No.1 single with It's Not Unusual. Jones took his name from the film Tom Jones and once had worked as a glove cutter.
1968 - Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for the single, (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay. Redding was killed in a plane crash in Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin on December 10, 1967. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. The song was recorded just three days before his untimely death. Redding recorded 11 charted hit songs between 1965 and 1969.
1968 - Born this day, Lisa Loeb, US singer, 1994 US No.1 and UK No.6 single Stay, I Missed You, from the film Reality Bites.
1970 - Blood, Sweat & Tears were nominated for a then-record eleven Grammy Awards (They won three).
1971 - Jim Morrison of The Doors arrived in Paris booking into The Hotel Georges, the following week he moved into an apartment at 17, Rue Beautreillis in Paris. Morrison lived in Paris until his death on 3 July 1971.
1972 - Neil Young went to No.1 on the US and UK album chart with Harvest, featuring the hit single Heart Of Gold.
1977 - Died this day, French singer Claude Francois, electrocuted while changing a light bulb as he was standing in his bathtub. 1976 UK hit Tears On The Telephone.
1978 - The debut single from Kate Bush, Wuthering Hights, a song inspired by the Emily Bronte novel, started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1979 - Born this day, Joel Madden, vocals and Benji Madden, Good Charlotte, 2002 US No.7 album The Young And The Hopeless, 2003 UK No.6 single Girls and Boys.
1996 - Pulps Jarvis Cocker walked free from Kensington police station after police failed to charge him with any criminal offence following his 'stage invasion', during Michael Jackson's performance at the Brit Awards on 19 February 1996.
1996 - The remaining Beatles turn down a $225 million offer to do a 'reunion' tour.
1997 - Paul McCartney was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.