On This Day In Music ♫ - 11th March. Please share your favourite music for the day 1903 Lawrence Welk born in Strasberg, North Dakota. US Band Leader. Died of Pneumonia on May 17, 1992 in Santa Monica, California aged 89. 1942 Bob Lander (Bob Strander) - Swedish guitarist/songwriter with the Spotnicks. 1944 Ric Rothwell born in Manchester, England. Drummer with The Mindbenders, (1965 US No.1 single with ‘Game Of Love’ and a 1966 UK No.2 single with ‘Groovy Kind Of Love’). 1945 Harvey Mandel born in Detroit, Michigan. US Guitarist with Canned Heat. He joined in 1968. 1947 Mark Stein born in Bayonne, New Jersey. US Vocalist/Keyboard Player with Vanilla Fudge, (1968 US No.6 single You Keep Me Hangin On). 1948 George Kooymans born in The Hague, Netherlands. Dutch Guitarist/Songwriter/Leader & Co-Founder of Golden Earring (named after a Peggy Lee hit release Golden Earrings) Golden Earring, (1974 UK No.7 & US No.13 single Radar Love). 1950 Bobby McFerrin born in New York, New York. US singer. (1988 US No.1 & UK No.2 single Dont Worry Be Happy). 1951 Katie Kissoon born in Trinidad - UK Singer with her brother as Mac & Katie Kissoon, (1971 US No.20 single Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, 1975 UK No.3 single Sugar Candy Kisses). 1955 Flinto, Jimmy The Hoover, (1983 UK No.18 single Tantalise, (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh). 1955 Nina Hagen, German singer, songwriter, The Nina Hagen Band. 1956 The Dreamweavers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Its Almost Tomorrow. 1961 Bruce Watson born in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Guitarist with Big Country, (1983 UK No.10 single Fields Of Fire plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles, 1983 US No.17 single In A Big Country). 1961 Mike Percy - UK Bass Player with Dead Or Alive, (1985 UK No.1 single You Spin Me Round, Like A Record). 1961 Crash Craddock/Bobby Vee went to No.1 on the Australian Singles Chart with One Last Kiss. Staying at the top spot for 2wks. 1964 Vinnie Paul, heavy metal drummer and producer and co-founder of Pantera. He co-founded the heavy metal band Damageplan in 2003 with his late brother, Dimebag Darrell. 1965 Tom Jones was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Its Not Unusual. The Welsh singers first of 16 UK Top 40 hits during the 60s. 1967 The Supremes had their ninth US No.1 single with Love Is Here And Now Your Gone a No.17 hit in the UK. 1967 Beatles Music publisher, Dick James, announced that 446 different versions of the Paul McCartney song Yesterday had been recorded so far. 1968 Lisa Loeb born in Bethesda, Maryland. US singer, (1994 US No.1 & UK No.6 single Stay, I Missed You, from the film Reality Bites) 1968 The Otis Redding single Dock Of The Bay, went gold in the US three months after the singer was killed in a plane crash. 1969 Rami Jaffee born in The Fairfax District of Los Angeles - US Keyboard Player with The Wallflowers, (1997 US No.3 album, Bringing Down The Horse). 1970 Winners at this years Grammy awards included Joe South for song of the year with Games People Play, Crosby Stills and Nash won best new artist, The Fifth Dimension won Record of the year with Aquarius / Let The Sun Shine In. 1970 Rolf Harris went to No.1 on the Australian Singles Chart with Two Little Boys. Staying at No.1 for 1wk. 1972 Neil Young went to No.1 on the US & UK album chart with Harvest. The album featured the hit single Heart Of Gold & Old Man. 1978 French singer Claude Francois was electrocuted changing a light bulb while standing in his bathtub. (1976 UK hit, Tears On The Telephone). 1978 Meat Loafs Bat Out Of Hell, album began a 416-week run on the UK chart, going on to sell over 2 million copies. 1978 The debut single from Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights a song inspired by the Emily Bronte novel, started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart. 1979 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). 1981 LeToya Nicole Luckett, American singer, Destinys Child (2000 US No.1 and worldwide hit single Independent Woman Part 1). Quit the group in 2000, had the 2006 US No.1 self-titled debut solo album. 1981 Paul Wall, US rapper, features on the US No.1 single ‘Grillz’ by Nelly with Ali & Gipp. 1981 Adam Ant went to No.1 on the singles chart with Ant Music. Staying at No.1 for 2kws. 1987 Kim Wilde went to No.1 on the singles chart with You Keep Me Hangin On. Staying at No.1 for 1wk. 1989 Debbie Gibson started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Electric Youth. 1989 Too Many Broken Hearts gave Australian actor turned singer Jason Donovan his first solo UK No.1 single. 1996 Everything But The Girl went to No.1 on the singles chart with Missing. Staying at the top spot for 2kws. 1997 Paul McCartney was knighted by the Queen. 2000 Destinys Child Destinys Child went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Say My Name. 2001 Westlife went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the 1983 Billy Joel song, Uptown Girl. It was a fund-raising record for Comic Relief, and gave the Irish group their 8th UK No.1. 2005 The front door of Ozzy Osbournes childhood home in Birmingham went up for sale because the current owner was fed up with fans defacing it. Ali Mubarrat, who now owned the house in Lodge Road, Aston, said over the years it had become a pilgrimage destination. He was now auctioning the door on eBay and giving the money to charity. 2006 The Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical was at No.1 on the US album chart. The album went on to break all records for a soundtrack selling over 7 million copies worldwide. A No.1 album In Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. 2008 Madonna was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded ceremony in New York City, she received her honour at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel from singer Justin Timberlake. The 49-year-old thanked her detractors in an acceptance speech, including those who said I couldnt sing, that I was a one hit wonder. Rock star John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, The Ventures and The Dave Clark Five were also among the inductees. 2009 Heavy metal group Iron Maidens tour manager criticised people who were arrested for trying to gatecrash a concert in Bogota. Colombian police arrested more than 100 people after stones were thrown hours before the group were due to perform. In a statement posted on the bands website, Rod Smallwood said: We abhor the inane behaviour of a small minority of people outside. Riot police fired tear gas canisters at those who tried to enter the concert without tickets. 2010 Pete Doherty was banned from driving for 12 months after admitting allowing his manager to use his Daimler car without insurance. Dohertys manager Andrew Boyd, admitted dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident and was jailed for 12 months. The court was told how the victim Chris Corder suffered catastrophic brain injuries and was left in a coma after the crash, the court heard. 2011 The former singer with Iron Maiden was jailed for nine months for fraudulently claiming benefits. Paul Andrews, fronted the band between 1978 and 1981, under the stage name Paul DiAnno. Andrews, 52, was jailed at the citys crown court after earlier admitting falsely claiming more than £45,000. Fraud investigators had viewed online videos and read about gigs on the performers website.
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