March 11

Births

1903: Lawrence Welk (Bandleader)

1947: Mark Stein (Lead Vocals & Keyboardist for Vanilla Fudge)

1948: George Kooymans (Guitar for Golden Earring)

1950: Bobby McFerrin (Jazz Vocalist)

1955: Nina Hagen (New Wave Singer)

1957: Cheryl Lynn (R&B Singer)

1961: Bruce Watson (Guitar for Big Country)

1964: Vinnie Paul (Drummer for Pantera)

1968: Lisa Loeb (Singer / Songwriter)

1969: Rami Jaffee (Keyboards for The Wallflowers)

1979: Joel & Benji Madden (Guitar & Vocals for Good Charlotte)

1981: LeToya Luckett (Singer in Destiny's Child)

1981: Paul Wall (Rapper)

Events

1958: In the wake of his marriage to 13-year-old Myra Gale Brown, his second cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis is divorced by his present (second) wife, Jane Mitcham.

1967: Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)

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: The Jackson 5 sign with Motown.

1969: After 25 years as a successful bluegrass duo, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs split officially.

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.'

1971: The Doors' Jim Morrison, fleeing numerous criminal charges in the US, arrives in Paris, where he will suffer a fatal overdose four months later in the bathtub of his apartment.

1991: Janet Jackson signs $40M 3-album deal with Virgin records.

1993: Oasis recorded their first demos at The Real People's studio in Liverpool. The set included 'Rock 'n' Roll Star', 'Columbia' and 'Fade Away.'

1995: Van Halen kicked off their 131-date ‘Balance World Tour’, at the Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola Civic Center, Florida. (Dubbed the "Ambulance" Tour by Eddie Van Halen due to his hip surgery, and his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen wearing a neck brace for most of the tour).

1996: Pulp singer 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 19th February 1996.

1997: Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen.

1998: Trumpet player Stacey Guess of the Squirrel Nut Zippers dies of a drug overdose.

2000: KISS began their "Farewell Tour."

2002: Pat Green is hospitalized in Brownsville, Texas, with facial fractures after he's attacked on the beach in South Padre Island by two men.

2005: The front door of Ozzy Osbourne's 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 honor 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 couldn't 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.