TODAY IN HISTORY – November 11th
1953 - Born on this day, Andy Partridge, singer, songwriter, guitarist, XTC, (1982 UK No.10 single 'Senses Working Overtime').
1954 - Bill Haley scored his first US Top ten single with 'Shake Rattle And Roll'. He had dropped his cowboy image about a year and a half earlier, while renaming The Saddlemen to Bill Haley and His Comets.
1968 - On this day in 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono released an album, Two Virgins, with a photo of the pair naked on the cover.
Many record stores would not stock it, so it was released inside a brown paper bag. This was mainly so you could use the bag as
a sick bag when you saw the album cover!
1969 - The FBI in Phoenix, Arizona arrested Jim Morrison for drunk and disorderly conduct aboard a plane. The Doors singer who was on his way to a Rolling Stones concert with actor Tom Baker had been drinking and annoying the stewardesses. The pair spent the night in jail and were released on $2,500 bail.
1972 - Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley was killed when his motorcycle hit a bus at the same intersection as former band member Duane Allman, who had died a year earlier. Oakley was 24 years old.
1972 - Gilbert O'Sullivan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Clair', the singers first of two UK No.1's. The Irish singer songwriter would dress as a 1920s worker in flat cap, braces and baggy trousers.
1978 - Donna Summer started a 3 week run at No 1 on the US singles chart with her version of “MacArthur Park” which was originally a hit for actor, Richard Harris, in 1968.
1978 - The Cars released 'My Best Friend's Girl', the first picture-disc single commercially available, which went on to be a No.3 hit on the UK charts.
1978 - David Bowie played the first night of his 8-date Low / Heroes tour of Australia and New Zealand at The Oval in Adelaide. This was Bowies first ever show in Australia.
1986 - Pink Floyd issued a press statement stating that they intend to continue using the name without Roger Waters and were recording their next album.
1989 - East and West Germans celebrate as the Berlin Wall gets knocked over, Joe Cocker and Melissa Etheridge were in the area at the time and both gave free concerts.
1989 - Lisa Stansfield was at No 1 in the UK with the single “All Around the World”.
1989 - Chris Rea started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Road To Hell.' The iconic album cover features art by the English artist, Adrian Chesterman who was also responsible for creating cover art for, amongst others, Motörhead for their 1979 'Bomber' album.
1994 - Jimi Hendrix’s stage outfit, John Lennon’s army shirt, and guitars from the Grateful Deads Jerry Garcia and the Beach Boys were among the items sold at the first ever pop memorabilia and guitar sale at Christie’s in New York.
1995 - The Smashing Pumpkins double album 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' went to No.1 on the US chart.
1999 - Britney Spears won four MTV Awards; Best Female Singer, Best Pop Act, Best Song, '...Baby One More Time', Best Breakthrough Artist. Best Rock Act went to The Offspring, Best Male Act, Will Smith and Bono won the Free Your Mind award.
2004 - Coldplay fan Sarah Sainsbury wrote to the band asking for their autographs so she could sell them to raise funds at her school charity. Coldplay sent her a triple platinum disc worth over £4,000.
2004 - Liza Minnelli's former bodyguard accused the singer of forcing him to have sex with her in order to keep his job, court documents revealed. M'hammed Soumayah was suing Minnelli for $100m damages, saying she made "many repeated attempts" to compel him into sex and he "eventually succumbed".
2009 - Most played song on NZ radio in the past week has been “Oh My” – Gin (Kiwi artist Gin Wigmore – sister of Lucy Wigmore who appeared in “Shortland Street”)
2011 - The four original band members of Black Sabbath announced that they were reuniting and recording a new album followed by a world tour in 2012.
1953 - Born on this day, Andy Partridge, singer, songwriter, guitarist, XTC, (1982 UK No.10 single 'Senses Working Overtime').
1954 - Bill Haley scored his first US Top ten single with 'Shake Rattle And Roll'. He had dropped his cowboy image about a year and a half earlier, while renaming The Saddlemen to Bill Haley and His Comets.
1968 - On this day in 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono released an album, Two Virgins, with a photo of the pair naked on the cover.
Many record stores would not stock it, so it was released inside a brown paper bag. This was mainly so you could use the bag as
a sick bag when you saw the album cover!
1969 - The FBI in Phoenix, Arizona arrested Jim Morrison for drunk and disorderly conduct aboard a plane. The Doors singer who was on his way to a Rolling Stones concert with actor Tom Baker had been drinking and annoying the stewardesses. The pair spent the night in jail and were released on $2,500 bail.
1972 - Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley was killed when his motorcycle hit a bus at the same intersection as former band member Duane Allman, who had died a year earlier. Oakley was 24 years old.
1972 - Gilbert O'Sullivan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Clair', the singers first of two UK No.1's. The Irish singer songwriter would dress as a 1920s worker in flat cap, braces and baggy trousers.
1978 - Donna Summer started a 3 week run at No 1 on the US singles chart with her version of “MacArthur Park” which was originally a hit for actor, Richard Harris, in 1968.
1978 - The Cars released 'My Best Friend's Girl', the first picture-disc single commercially available, which went on to be a No.3 hit on the UK charts.
1978 - David Bowie played the first night of his 8-date Low / Heroes tour of Australia and New Zealand at The Oval in Adelaide. This was Bowies first ever show in Australia.
1986 - Pink Floyd issued a press statement stating that they intend to continue using the name without Roger Waters and were recording their next album.
1989 - East and West Germans celebrate as the Berlin Wall gets knocked over, Joe Cocker and Melissa Etheridge were in the area at the time and both gave free concerts.
1989 - Lisa Stansfield was at No 1 in the UK with the single “All Around the World”.
1989 - Chris Rea started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Road To Hell.' The iconic album cover features art by the English artist, Adrian Chesterman who was also responsible for creating cover art for, amongst others, Motörhead for their 1979 'Bomber' album.
1994 - Jimi Hendrix’s stage outfit, John Lennon’s army shirt, and guitars from the Grateful Deads Jerry Garcia and the Beach Boys were among the items sold at the first ever pop memorabilia and guitar sale at Christie’s in New York.
1995 - The Smashing Pumpkins double album 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' went to No.1 on the US chart.
1999 - Britney Spears won four MTV Awards; Best Female Singer, Best Pop Act, Best Song, '...Baby One More Time', Best Breakthrough Artist. Best Rock Act went to The Offspring, Best Male Act, Will Smith and Bono won the Free Your Mind award.
2004 - Coldplay fan Sarah Sainsbury wrote to the band asking for their autographs so she could sell them to raise funds at her school charity. Coldplay sent her a triple platinum disc worth over £4,000.
2004 - Liza Minnelli's former bodyguard accused the singer of forcing him to have sex with her in order to keep his job, court documents revealed. M'hammed Soumayah was suing Minnelli for $100m damages, saying she made "many repeated attempts" to compel him into sex and he "eventually succumbed".
2009 - Most played song on NZ radio in the past week has been “Oh My” – Gin (Kiwi artist Gin Wigmore – sister of Lucy Wigmore who appeared in “Shortland Street”)
2011 - The four original band members of Black Sabbath announced that they were reuniting and recording a new album followed by a world tour in 2012.