Celebrating 11 March
Birthdays
1944 – Ric Rothwell, drummer, The Mindbenders
1945 – Harvey Mandel, guitarist, Canned Heat
1947 – Mark Stein, keyboardist, Vanilla Fudge
1947 – Blue Weaver, keyboards, Amen Corner
1950 – Bobby McFerrin, jazz singer
1951 – Katie Kissoon, singer, Mac and Katie Kissoon
1953 – Jimmy Iovine, record producer, record company owner
1955 – Nina Hagen, singer, The Nina Hagen Band
1957 – Cheryl Lynn, R&B singer
1961 – Bruce Watson, guitarist, Big Country
1961 – Mike Percy, bassist, Dead or Alive
1964 – Vinnie Paul, drummer, Pantera
1968 – Lisa Loeb, singer/songwriter
1968 – Paul Turner, bassist, Jamiroquai, Annie Lennox
1969 – Rami Jaffee, keyboardist, The Wallflowers
1969 – Pete Droge, alternative folk musician
1979 – Joel Madden, lead vocalist, Good Charlotte
1979 – Benji Madden, guitarist, Good Charlotte
1981 – LeToya Luckett, singer, Destiny's Child
1981 – Paul Wall, rapper
Died on this day
1978 – Claude François, French pop singer (born 1939)
1998 – Stacy Guess, guitarist, Squirrel Nut Zippers (born 1966)
2004 – Edmund Sylvers, disco musician, The Sylvers (born 1957)
2015 – Jimmy Greenspoon, Three Dog Night (born 1948)
2016 – Keith Emerson, keyboardist, ELP; The Nice (born 1944)
2019 – Hal Blaine, drummer, The Wrecking Crew (born 1929)
2019 – Danny Kustow, guitarist, Tom Robinson Band (born 1955)
2021 – Ray Campi, The King of Rockabilly (born 1934)
And on this day in...
1970 – Déja Vu, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's first album, released (it was the second from Crosby, Stills and Nash)
1971 – Jim Morrison arrived in Paris, where he would live until his death in July of that year
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