This Day in Music History: January 11

January 11, 2017

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

 

Today: January 11.

 

1962: Cliff Richard topped the UK singles chart with 'The Young Ones'. It stayed there the for six weeks and made Cliff Richard the first UK artist that entered the chart at No.1.

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1964: 'Ring Of Fire The Best of Johnny Cash', became the first No.1 album when Billboard debuted their Country Album Chart. It was Cash's sixteenth album in total and the first compilations album by Cash.

 

1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded 'Purple Haze' at De Lane Lea studios in London. Jimi Hendrix later stated 'The Purple Haze,' was about a dream he had and that he was walking under the sea." In concert, Hendrix sometimes used to substitute lyrics for comic effect, "'scuse me while I kiss the sky" was rendered "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" (while gesturing towards his drummer Mitch Mitchell).

 

1975: The Alan Freeman BBC Radio 1 show broadcast a concert by Pink Floyd that was recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England on 16th Nov 1974. Pink Floyd had played four nights at Wembley on their 'The Dark Side of The Moon' tour and tapes from these shows have been remixed.

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1975: Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 18 months when they appeared at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland. They played one of two warm-up shows for their forthcoming North American tour. The set list included some new songs then: 'Sick Again', 'The Rain Song', 'Kashmir', 'No Quarter' and 'Trampled Under Foot'.

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1986: The Pet Shop Boys scored their first UK No.1 single with 'West End Girls.' The first version of the song was released in the month of April 1984, and became a club hit in the United States, after the duo signed with EMI, the song was re-recorded with producer Stephen Hague.

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