Today In Rock History Nov 11
 

Jesse Colin Young, vocalist for the Youngbloods, is born. (1944)

Chris Dreja, guitarist for the Yarbirds, is born. (1944)

Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue" is released. (1957)

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters record the original "The Twist" in King Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio." (1958)

The Supremes' "In And Out Of Love" is released. (1967)

Jim Morrison of the Doors is jailed for "interfering with the flight of an intercontinental aircraft and public drunkenness." Morrison and friend Tom Baker were en route from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Arizona to see the Rolling Stones, when Morrison pestered a flight attendant, drawing a charge which carries a $10,000 fine and a possible ten year jail sentence. Eventually the attendant withdraws her accusation and all charges were dropped. (1969)

Two very different albums entitled "Plastic Ono Band", one by John Lennon and the other by Yoko Ono, are released at the same time on Apple in the U.S. and U.K. Also today, Bob Dylan's book "Tarantula" is published by Bantam Books. The book is warmly received. (1970)

Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley is killed in a mortorcycle accident just three blocks from the site where Duane Allman was killed. He was thrown twenty yards from the crash. At first, he seemed all right, but died, apprently of a brain tumor, twenty minutes after being brought to the hospital. He was 24 years old. (1972)

Thirty stations across the land broadcast what it billed as a "live" Mott the Hoople show. The reality is that it's nothing more than Hoople's studio tracks with dubbed-in applause. (1973)

KISS, the heavy-metal/glitter rock band the critics love to hate, earns another gold record for their album, "Rock and Roll Over." It contains the hit "Calling Dr. Love." (1976)

On the same day that ex-Rufus lead singer Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" hits Number One on the soul chart, the album from which it came, "Chaka," enters the soul LP chart where it peaks at #2. (1978)

Rod Stewart kicks off his first North American tour in three years in Greensboro, North Carolina. Billed "Le Grand Tour of America and Canada -- Worth Leaving Home For," the tour promotes his latest album, "Tonight I'm Yours." (1981)

Melissa Etheridge and Joe ****er entertain Germans celebrating the newly tumbled Berlin Wall. (1989)

(BOBBYORR)


Chart Toppers On This Day:

1961
Lyrics~Runaround Sue-Dion - YouTube

1970
Fire And Rain - James Taylor with lyrics - YouTube

1979
Eagles - 'Heartache Tonight' (lyrics in description) - YouTube