This Day in Music History: February 11

February 11, 2017

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: February 11.

 

1963: In less than 10 hours, The Beatles recorded 10 new songs for their first album plus 4 other tracks which would become the next 2 singles. John Lennon's vocal on The Isley Brothers 'Twist & Shout' was recorded in one take only to finish the album.

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1964: The Beatles made their live US concert debut as they appeared at the Washington Coliseum. More than 350 police surrounded the stage in order to keep the 8,000 plus screaming fans in control. One police officer found the noise so loud and decided to stuck a bullet in each ear as ear plugs. The Beatles had to stop three times, turn Ringo's drum kit around and re-position their microphones so that they would face a different part of the audience. The set list included: ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘Please Please Me’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘From Me to You’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘Twist and Shout’, and ‘Long Tall Sally’.

 

1969: The Monkees set a new record when their second album, 'More Of The Monkees' jumped from 122nd place all the way to the top of the US chart. It stayed at the top of the chart position for 18 weeks.

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1972: Led Zeppelin scored their third US Top 20 hit single with 'Black Dog / Misty Mountain Hop'. It peaked at No.15. The song's title is a reference to a nameless black Labrador retriever that was wandering around the Headley Grange studios during recording. Robert Plant recorded his vocal for the track in two takes.

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1977: David Bowie released 'Sound and Vision' as a single, which was taken from his latest album Low. It was used by the BBC in the UK on trailers at the time, which gabe the single a lot of exposure, which Bowie really needed as he didn't plan to promote the single by himself. This promotion by BBC helped to get the song to the No.3 spot on the UK charts.

 

1987: The Smiths topped the UK indie charts with 'Shoplifters Of The World Unite.' The title alludes to the communist slogan "Workers of the world, unite!", and the 1966 David and Jonathan hit 'Lovers of the World Unite'. The photo on the sleeve is of a young Elvis Presley.

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1989: Paula Abdul started a three week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Straight Up', the first of three No.1 hits in 1989, and also a No.3 hit in the UK.

 

1992: Motley Crue decided to fire their singer Vince Neil, when he turned up for rehearsals and claimed that he had lost his passion for the band and was now more involved with racing cars.

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2012: Whitney Houston was found dead in suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub. Beverly Hills paramedics that arrived at approximately 3:30 p.m. found the singer unresponsive and performed CPR. Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. Local police said there were "no obvious signs of criminal intent." and later, the coroner ruled it was an "accidental drowning".

 

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