Rock and metal History, a day like today June 11
1957: Elvis Presley released the single "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear".
1962: The Beatles recorded a show for the BBC radio program "Here We Go" at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester, England.
1966: The Beatles had a super high debut with "Paperback Writer"
1966: The Rolling Stones started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart. "Paint it black" became the new #1 song for the Rolling Stones.
1968: While the Rolling Stones were recording their upcoming albumBeggars Banquet, Olympic Studio in London caught fire.
1969: "Space Oddity" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was first released as a7-inch singleon 11 July 1969 before appearing as the opening track of his second studio album.The single was not played by the BBC until after the Apollo 11crew had safely returned.
In 2013, the song gained renewed popularity following its recording 44 years after Bowie by Canadian astronautChris Hadfield, who performed the song (with slightly revised lyrics) while aboard theInternational Space Station, and therefore became the first music video shot in space.
1976: The Carpenters release A Kind Of Hush.
1977: As Britain celebrated the Queen's Silver Jubilee, The Sex Pistols reached No. 2 in the singles chart with 'God Save The Queen'.
1979: The Knack released the album Get the Knack.
1988: Stevie Wonder,Whitney Houston,Phil Collins,Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, George Michael, the Eurythmics, Simple Minds and UB40 performed at the 70th birthday tribute for Nelson Mandela at Wembley Stadium in London.
1991: Slave to the Grind is the second studio album by Americanheavy metalbandSkid Row, released by Atlantic Records.The album was certified platinum twice.
1991: Lynyrd Skynyrd returns to recording with Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991. It's their sixth album, followingStreet Surviors, but is their first since the plane wreak take took three band-members lives in 1977. The new lineup initially uses the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991," but eventually has to drop this name after the media and fans essentially ignore it and continue to call them Lynyrd Skynyrd.
1996: Metallica became one of the first bands to ever stream a show online when they broadcast their gig from a small San Francisco club over the Internet.
2002: Dying for the World is the tenth studio album by the American heavy metal band W.A.S.P. The album was written and recorded in less than 12 months.Dying for the World was Blackie Lawless' dedication to all those who perished in the attacks of the9/11events, especially heard on the "Hallowed Ground" track.
2011: Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon, re-entered the Billboard Album chart at No. 47, and reached the milestone of 1,000 weeks on Billboard's charts.
2015: The Kinks' front man and principle song writer Ray Davies was awarded with a London Legend Award at a ceremony held at the Camden Roundhouse.
2019: An 11-judge panel from the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals decided to review its decision on whether Led Zeppelin plagiarized 'Stairway To Heaven' from the opening guitar riff on Spirit’s 1968 track 'Taurus'. In June 2016, a Los Angeles jury ruled that Zeppelin were not guilty of any copyright infringement.
Born This Day
1946: John Lawton , lead vocalist for Uriah Heep from 1976 to 1979, is born in Halifax, England.
1947: Richard Palmer-James, lyricist for Supertramp and King Crimson, was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
1948: Rock drummer Skip Alan (of The Pretty Things,Them) is born in England.
1949: Frank Beard, the only member of ZZ Top who doesn't have a beard, was born in Frankston, Texas.
1950: Graham Russell of Air Supply was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
1952: Donnie Van Zant (guitarist, vocalist for .38 Special, Van Zant) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1963: Joe Holmes is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for his stint with Ozzy Osbournebetween 1995 and 2001. He has also played with Van Halen frontman David Lee Rothand the L.A. band Lizzy Bordenin addition to leading his own bands, Terriff, and currently, Farmikos.
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