Celebrating 11 November
Birthdays
1945 – Vince Martell, guitarist, Vanilla Fudge
1945 – Chris Dreja, bassist, The Yardbirds
1947 – Pat Daugherty, bassist, Black Oak Arkansas
1950 – Jim Peterik, guitarist/keyboardist, Survivor
1952 – Paul Cowsill, The Cowsills
1953 – Andy Partridge, guitarist/founder, XTC
1956 – Ian Craig Marsh, synths, Heaven 17
1957 – Mike Mesaros, bassist, The Smithereens
1957 – Tony "Gad" Robinson, Aswad
1969 – Gary Powell, drummer, The Libertines
1973 – Jason White, guitarist, Green Day
Died on this day
1972 – Berry Oakley, bassist, Allman Brothers Band (born 1948)
1998 – Paddy Clancy, The Clancy Brothers (born 1922)
2007 – John Petersen, drummer, The Beau Brummels (born 1942)
2014 – Henry Lee Jackson, The Sugarhill Gang (born 1956)
2015 – Phil Taylor, drummer, Motörhead (born 1954)
And on this day in...
1954 - Bill Haley enters the us Top 10 for the first time with "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
1986 - Pink Floyd make it official that they have split from Roger Waters
2016 - Day One of the public auction in London of David Bowie's art collection raises more than £24 million