EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY JUNE 11 IN MUSIC HISTORY
On this day June 11 in 1957 – Elvis Presley released ‘(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear’ on RCA Victor. The song went to number one on the US Pop, R&B and Country charts.
1966 – The Rolling Stones went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Paint It Black’. The song became a chart-topper in Canada, the Netherlands and the UK that year as well.
1969 – With ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’, The Beatles started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK Singles chart on this day June 11 in music history. The song topped the charts in several other European countries and was a Top 10 hit in North America.
1976 – Pop music duo Carpenters released their seventh studio album ‘A Kind of Hush’ through A&M Records. The album peaked at No.3 in the UK and Japan, and it features several Top 40 singles.
1976 – KC and the Sunshine Band topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on this day June 11 with their disco hit ‘I’m Your Boogie Man’. The song was a chart-topper in Canada as well.
1988 – A Nelson Mandela tribute concert on his 70th birthday was held on this day at Wembley Stadium in London. Artists such as Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Whitney Houston, Sting, UB40, Joe Cocker, Al Green and many others performed at the event.
1991 – Lynyrd Skynyrd released their sixth studio album ‘Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991’ on this day June 11 through Atlantic Records. It was the band’s first studio album since 1977 when three band members lost their lives in a plane crash.
1991 – Heavy metal band Skid Row released their second studio album ‘Slave to the Grind’ on Atlantic Records. It reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was a Top 5 hit in the UK Australia, Canada, Finland, and Japan.
1995 – The No.1 album in the United Kingdom on this day June 11 in music history was ‘Don’t Believe The Truth’ by the rock band Oasis. Their sixth-consecutive chart-topper on the Albums chart.
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2005 – Rock supergroup Audioslave scored their first and only chart-topper on the US Billboard 200 chart with their second studio album ‘Out of Exile’.
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2011 – Singer and songwriter Lady Gaga started a two-week stint at number one in the US on this day June 11 with her second studio album ‘Born This Way’. The album was a hit internationally as well and it hit No.1 in over twenty countries, including the UK, Canada, and Australia.
2015 – Country music singer and songwriter Jim Ed Brown died at the age of 81. Best remembered for his eminent solo career and as a member of The Browns which he formed with his two sisters Maxine and Bonnie.
2020 – American rappers DaBaby and Roddy Ricch returned for a four-week stint at number one on the UK Singles chart with ‘Rockstar’ on this day June 11.
2020 – With her sixth studio album ‘Chromatica’, singer and songwriter Lady Gaga hit No.1 on the UK Albums chart for the first of two weeks straight. The album was a chart-topper in over 15 countries worldwide that year.
BORN ON THIS DAY JUNE 11 IN MUSIC HISTORY
1864 – German composer, conductor, pianist and violinist Richard Strauss was born in Munich on this day June 11 in music history.
1920 – American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader Sheldon “Shelly” Manne was born on this day in New York City.
1934 – Lead singer of the doo-wop group The Spaniels, Thornton James “Pookie” Hudson was born on this day June 11 in Des Moines, Iowa.
1936 – American singer-songwriter and comedian Justin Strunk was born on this day in Jamestown, New York. Best known for his chart-topping single ‘Daisy a Day’.
1939 – Country music singer Wilma Burgess was born on this day June 11 in Orlando, Florida. Best known for her hit renditions of ‘Baby’, ‘Don’t Touch Me’, and ‘Misty Blue’.
1939 – Influential R&B/soul/funk drummer Bernard Lee “Pretty” Purdie was born today in Elkton, Maryland.
1944 – American singer Judy Craig was born in New York on this day June 11 in music history. She rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the girl group The Chiffons.
1947 – English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Richard Palmer-James was born in Bournemouth. Best known as a founding member of the rock band Supertramp and for his work with King Crimson.
1947 – American R&B and soul music singer Glenn Leonard was born on this day June 11 in Washington, DC. He came to prominence as a member of The Temptations.
1949 – American drummer Frank Beard was born in Frankston, Texas. Best known for playing with ZZ Top since 1969 and previously with American Blues.
1950 – English singer, songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell was born on this day June 11 in Nottingham. Best known as one half of the soft rock duo Air Supply.
1952 – American singer-songwriter and guitarist Donald “Donnie” Van Zant was born in Jacksonville, Florida. Best known as a member of 38 Special. He’s also the brother of Ronnie and Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
1954 – American vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter Johnny Neel was born in Wilmington, Delaware on this day June 11 in music history. Best known as a member of the Dickey Betts Band and the Allman Brothers Band.
1958 – Pop rock musician Barry Adamson was born on this day June 11 in Manchester, England. Best known for playing with Magazine, Visage and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
1956 – American session musician and composer Robert “Bob” Birch was born in Detroit, Michigan. He rose to fame as a member of the post-punk band Magazine.
1969 – Bass guitarist Dan Lavery was born on this day June 11 in New Jersey. He came to prominence as a member of the rock band Tonic.
1997 – American rapper Bill Kahan Kapri better known by his stage name Kodack Black was born in Pompano Beach, Florida.