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| May 11th: On this Day |
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| 2007, The Game was arrested at his home in connection with an incident at a basketball game in South Los Angeles in February 2007. He was alleged to have threatened a person with a gun. The rapper was released the next day, after posting $50,000 bail.
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2006, George Michael was involved in his second minor car crash in a month after a tabloid photographer found Michael asleep in his parked car in central London. The singer crashed into a bollard after he woke up and was driving away.
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| 2003, R Kelly started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ignition Remix.' The singers second UK No.1.
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2003, Blur went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Think Tank’, the bands fifth UK No.1 album.
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| 2002, over 500 Michael Jackson fans held a demonstration outside the Sony records building in Berlin complaining that the label hadn’t promoted the singers latest album ‘Invincible.’
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2001, The Black Crowes and Oasis kicked off 'The Tour of Brotherly Love' a joint North American tour at The Joint in Las Vegas.
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1991, Roxette scored their fourth US No.1 single with 'Joyride.' The song was inspired by an interview with Paul McCartney who said that writing songs with John Lennon had been 'like a Joyride.'
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| 1990, 31 years after his death, Ritchie Valens was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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| 1987, The UK indie chart had The Smiths at No.1 on with 'Sheila Take A Bow', No.2, The Cult, 'Lil' Devil' No.3, The Pogues, 'The Irish Rover. The CD chart, David Bowie No.1 'Never Let Me Down', 'Raindancing' Alison Moyet at No.2 and Genesis 'Invisible Touch' at No.3.
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1985, Madonna went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Crazy For You', a No.2 hit in the UK.
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| 1985, UK producer and keyboard player Paul Hardcastle was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '19'. The title referred to the average age of American soldiers in the Vietnam war.
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| 1980, Appearing live at The Guildhall, Preston, Thin Lizzy tickets £3.50.
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| 1979, appearing at Cobo Arena, Detroit, Rod Stewart on his 'Blondes Have More Fun' tour, tickets $12.50.
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| 1977, Appearing at The Man In The Moon, Chelsea, London, X-Ray Spex supported by Adam And The Ants.
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1973, Wings kicked off their first official tour at the Bristol Hippodrome, playing 15 UK shows.
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1972, John Lennon appeared on the US television 'Dick Cavett Show', claiming he was under surveillance from the FBI.
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| 1970, The triple soundtrack album 'Woodstock' was released in the US, going gold within two weeks.
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1967, The Bee Gees made their Top Of The Pops debut performing 'New York Mining Disaster' on the UK TV show.
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| 1965, Roger Miller was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'King Of The Road.' The singers only UK No.1. The Proclaimers had a UK No.9 hit with their version of the song in 1990.
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1964, while on a UK tour The Rolling Stones were refused lunch at The Grand Hotel, Bristol, where they were staying because they were not wearing jackets and ties.
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1963, The Beatles started a 30 week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with their debut album 'Please Please Me', making it the longest running No.1 album by a group ever. The bands follow up 'With The Beatles' replaced it at the top of the charts on 7th December 1963 and stayed there for 21 weeks.
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| 1958, Connie Francis was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Who's Sorry Now.'
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| May 11th: Born on this day |
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| 1986, Born on this day in 1986, Kieren Webster, bass guitarist, vocalist, The View, (2007 UK No.1 album ‘Hats Off to the Buskers’).
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| 1983, Born on this day, Holly Valance, singer, actress, (2002 UK and Australian No.1 single 'Kiss Kiss').
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| 1974, Born on this day, Ryan Adams, singer, songwriter, (2001 UK No.53 single 'New York, New York').
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| 1965, Born on this day, Avtar Singh, bass, vocals, Cornershop, (1998 UK No.1 single ‘Brimful Of Asher’).
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| 1955, Born on this day, Gary Langan, Art Of Noise, (1988 UK No.5 single with Tom Jones 'Kiss').
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| 1955, Born on this day, Susan Stenger, bass, vocals, Band Of Susans, (1988 album 'Hope Against Hope').
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| 1947, Born on this day, Butch Trucks, drums, The Allman Brothers Band, (1973 US No.12 single 'Ramblin Man').
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| 1943, Born on this day, Les Chadwick, Gerry And The Pacemakers, (1963 UK No.1 single 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 1965 US No.6 single, 'Ferry Across The Mersey').
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1941, Born on this day, Eric Burdon, vocals, The Animals, (1964 UK & US No.1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun').
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| 1888, Born on this day, Irving Berlin, composer of many pop, stage show and film hits. He emigrated from Siberia to New York as a child. He was the composer of ‘White Christmas’ and ‘Let’s Face The Music and Dance’. He died on September 22nd 1989.
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| May 11th: Three steps to heaven |
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| 2004, US songwriter John Whitehead was killed by a gunman. He co-wrote ‘Back Stabbers’ for the O'Jays and as McFadden & Whitehead wrote and sang ‘Ain't No Stopping Us Now’ which sold more than 8 million copies and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
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| 1996, Bill Graham the Irish journalist credited with discovering U2 died of a heart attack aged 44.
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1981, Bob Marley died of lung cancer and a brain tumour aged 36. 1981 UK No.8 single 'No Woman No Cry', plus over ten other UK Top 40 singles. In 1990, the 6th February was proclaimed a national holiday in Jamaica to commemorate his birth.
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