November 11th Born on this day in History of Music Mose Allison (1927), Ernestine Anderson (1928), Lavern Baker (1929), Opal Courtney Jr - The Spaniels (1936), Roger Lavern - The Tornados (1938), Dennis Coffey (1940), Mac Kissoon (1943), Vince Martell - Vanilla Fudge (1945), Chip Hawkes - Tremeloes (1946), Chris Dreja - The Yardbirds (1945), Pat 'Dirty' Daugherty - Black Oak Arkansas (1946), Robert John Lange (1948), Jim Peterik - Ides of March (1950), Paul Cowsill - The Cowsills (1952), Andy Partridge - XTC (1953), Marshall Crenshaw (1953), Ian Craig Marsh - Heaven 17 (1956), Mike Mesaros - The Smithereens (1957), Tony Gad - Aswad (1957), Robbin Grider of Klymaxx (1960), Mic Michaeli - Europe (1962), Jevetta Steele (1962), Gary Powell - The Libertines (1969), Kenya (1972), Jason White of Green Day (1973), Static Major - Playa (1974), Jon B (1974), Samara Joy (1999) ,
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Chart News
1962 Frank Ifield at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lovesick Blues'
1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Clair'
1978 Donna Summer at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'MacArthur Park'
1985 a-ha at No.1 on the Australian chart with Take On Me
1989 Bad English at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'When I See You Smile'
1989 Chris Rea at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Road To Hell'
1989 Lisa Stansfield at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All Around The World'
1989 Cher at No.1 in Australia with If I Could Turn Back Time
1995 Robson and Jerome at No.1 on the UK chart with 'I Believe/Up On The Roof'
1995 The Smashing Pumpkins at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'
2001 Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Invincible.'
2001 Westlife at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Queen Of My Heart'
2006 Hannah Montana at No.1 on the US album chart
2007 Westlife at No.1 on the UK album chart with Back Home
2023 Taylor Swift at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Is It Over Now?'
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Gig News
1957 Elvis Presley played at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
1976 Linda Ronstadt played at the Birmingham Odeon, UK
1977 Fleetwood Mac appeared at the RAS Sydney Showgrounds
1978 David Bowie played at The Oval in Adelaide
1982 Prince performed at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1986 Big Audio Dynamite appeared at Birmingham's Powerhouse, England
rest in peace George Bohanon