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Music on the 11th of August in history

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11 Aug 1942 birth Mike Hugg, drums, Manfred Mann, (1964 UK & US No.1 single 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy').
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11 Aug 1943 birth Denis Payton, sax, Dave Clark Five, 1964 UK No.1 single 'Glad All Over', 1965 US No.1 single 'Over And Over', plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles). Payton died on 17th December 2006.
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11 Aug 1943 birth Jim Kale, Guess Who, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.19 single 'American Woman').
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11 Aug 1948 birth Bill Hurd, The Rubettes, (1974 UK No.1 single 'Sugar Baby Love').
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11 Aug 1949 birth Eric Carmen, singer, The Raspberries, (1972 US No.5 single 'Go All The Way') solo, (1976 US No.2 single, 'All By Myself').
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11 Aug 1950 birth Erik Braunn, Iron Butterfly, (1968 US No.14 single 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'). He died on 25th July 2003 aged 52.
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11 Aug 1954 birth Bryan Bassett, guitar, vocals, Wild Cherry, (1976 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Play That Funky Music').
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11 Aug 1954 birth Joe Jackson, UK singer, songwriter, (1980 UK No.5 single 'It's Different For Girls' and 1982 US No.6 & UK No.7 single 'Steppin Out').
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11 Aug 1956 Elvis Presley's double sided hit 'Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog was released. The single went to No.1 on the US chart, where it stayed for 11 weeks - a record that would not be broken until 1992's Boyz II Men hit 'End of the Road'.
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11 Aug 1959 birth Alan Frew, Glass Tiger, (1986 UK No.29 single 'Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone').
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11 Aug 1960 birth Paul Gendler, Modern Romance (1982 UK No.4 single 'Best Years Of Our Lives').
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11 Aug 1962 Neil Sedaka started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do', his first US No.1 as an artist. It reached No.7 on the UK chart.
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11 Aug 1964 The Beatles started recording their fourth album ('Beatles For Sale', not yet titled), at EMI studios in London, England.
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11 Aug 1964 The High Numbers, (later to become The Who), played at The Railway Hotel in Harrow, England. Just before the band were due on stage, Roger Daltry's father-in law came into the venue and dragged the singer outside and hit him. The band started their set and Daltry appeared back on stage after the fight.
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11 Aug 1964 birth Hamish Seelochan, The Pasadenas, (1992 UK No.4 single 'I'm Doing Fine Now').
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11 Aug 1966 At a press conference held at The Astor Towers Hotel in Chicago, John Lennon apologised for his remarks that The Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus'. Lennon told reporters "Look, I wasn’t saying The Beatles are better than God or Jesus, I said ‘Beatles’ because it’s easy for me to talk about The Beatles. I could have said ‘TV’ or ‘Cinema’, ‘Motorcars’ or anything popular and would have got away with it’’.
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11 Aug 1967 The Small Faces, The Move, Marmalade, Paul Jones, Pink Floyd, Amen Corner, Donovan, Zoot Money, Cream, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown all appeared at this years UK Reading festival. An advance 3 day ticket cost £2. Arthur Brown's trademark flaming helmet burnt out of control and organiser Harold Pendleton's father-in-law had to douse the flames with a pint of beer.
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11 Aug 1969 350 special guests were invited to see Motown Records new signings The Jackson Five play at The Daisy Club in Beverly Hills, California.
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11 Aug 1970 birth Andy Bell, guitar, vocals, Ride, (1992 UK No.9 single 'Leave Them All Behind'). Also a member of Hurricane No.1, Bell joined Oasis in 1999.
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11 Aug 1976 birth Ben Gibbard, singer with American band Death Cab for Cutie, 2008 US No.1 album ‘Narrow Stairs.’
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11 Aug 1978 birth Chris Kelly, Kris Kross, (1992 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Jump'. The duo of Chris Smith and Chris Kelly were 12 and 13 when they recorded the song. Kelly died on 1st May 2013 in an Atlanta hospital at the age of 34.
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11 Aug 1979 The Knack started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Get The Knack'.
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11 Aug 1979 Led Zeppelin played their last ever UK show when they appeared at Knebworth House, England. The set list included: The Song Remains The Same, Celebration Day, Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Hot Dog, The Rain Song, White Summer/Black Mountainside, Kashmir, Trampled Under Foot, Sick Again, Achilles' Last Stand, In The Evening, Stairway To Heaven, Rock And Roll, Whole Lotta Love and Communication Breakdown.
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11 Aug 1981 birth Sandi Thom, Scottish singer /songwriter, 2006 UK and Australian No.1 single ‘I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)’
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11 Aug 1984 Ray Parker JR. started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the theme from the film 'Ghostbusters'. Parker who had been a session guitarist for Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye was accused of plagiarizing the melody from Huey Lewis and the News song 'I Want a New Drug', resulting in Lewis suing Parker, the pair settled out of court in 1985.
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11 Aug 1989 Three members of L.L. Cool J crew were arrested and charged with raping a 15 year-old girl. The incident took place after a concert when the girl had won a backstage pass on a radio contest.
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11 Aug 1999 Kiss arrived on Hollywood Boulevard to unveil their star on The Walk Of Fame. The band had released over 30 albums and sold over 80 million records world-wide.
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11 Aug 1999 Four music festivals took place in Cornwall, England for the full solar eclipse. James, The Levellers, Van Morrison, Kula Shaker and the Happy Mondays were all appearing at various events.
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11 Aug 2000 Madonna gave birth to a baby boy Rocco Ritchie at The Cedars-Sinai Hospital Beverly Hills.
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11 Aug 2001 Black Sabbath, Linkin Park, Slipknot and Marilyn Manson all appeared at the Ozzfest at PNC Bank Arts Centre, New Jersey.
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11 Aug 2002 Nelly and Kelly Rowland started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dilemma.' Also a No.1 UK hit.
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11 Aug 2002 Bruce Springsteen started a two week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Rising', the singers fifth US No.1. Also No.1 in the UK.
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11 Aug 2008 Karl Wiosna from Graig, near Pontypridd in Wales had his stereo equipment and music collection destroyed after being served with a noise abatement notice, which he later admitted breaching. Environmental health officers were alerted by neighbours who complained about the unacceptable volume Wiosna was playing his Cher and U2 records. Two tape and record decks, a radio and CDs were seized and destroyed by the council, he was also fined £265.
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