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1949
ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard was born in Frankston, Texas.
ZZ Top "Cheap Sunglasses" BBC 1980

1952
The legendary Donnie Van Zandt, younger brother of the late Lynyrd Skynyrd founder Ronnie Van Zant, older brother of present Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Johnny Van Zant, and the founder of .38 Special is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
.38 Special "Back Where You Belong"

1958
Jerry Lee Lewis performed one of two scheduled shows at a New York City club. He went home before the second show because the press had been openly hostile towards him and the ticket sales had been poor.

1965
It's announced that The Beatles will receive MBE awards from Queen Elizabeth in October. This sparks controversy and some previous winners turn their medals in. John Lennon returns his in 1969 protesting Britain's support of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1965
The Rolling Stones release the live album, Got Live If You Want It. The screams from the audience nearly drowned out the music.

1966
European radio stations report that The Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey is dead. In actuality, it was guitarist Pete Townshend who was only injured in a car accident a few days earlier.

1966
Janis Joplin performs with Big Brother for the first time at a show in San Francisco.
Janis Joplin "Down On Me" 1967

1968
A fire breaks out in London's Olympic Studios where the Rolling Stones are recording their Beggars Banquet LP. No one is injured.
Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil" 1968

1976
Santana's ninth album, Amigos, goes gold.

1976
Wild Cherry's single "Play That Funky Music" is released.

1978
Rolling Stone Records releases the groups' latest album, Some Girls. Once again controversy comes upon them because of their lyrics. If you've heard the title track, this should come as no surprise. Then there was the controversy over the album's original cover art... the rest of the story at Wikipedia.org.

1993
The Ike and Tina Turner film biography What's Love Got To Do With It, opens nationally.

1995
Courtney Love, former wife of Kurt Cobain and leader of the group Hole, is hospitalized in Seattle after passing out on a flight. She had a reaction to prescription medicine.

June 11 Birthdays

• Ben Johnson 1572
• John Constable 1776
• Jeannette Rankin 1880
• Bartolomeo Vanzetti 1888
• Lawrence Spivak 1900
• Jacques Cousteau 1910
• Rise Stevens 1913
• Vince Lombardi 1913
• Nelson Mandela 1918
• Richard Todd 1919
• Shelly Manne 1920
• William Styron 1925
• Gene Wilder 1935
• Chad Everett 1936
• Johnny Brown 1937
• Wilma Burgess 1939
• Jackie Stewart 1939
• Luciana Paluzzi 1939
• Joey Dee (DiNicola) 1940
• Adrienne Barbeau 1945
• John Lawton 1946
• Henry Cisneros 1947
• George Willig 1949
• Ingrid Newkirk 1949
• Frank Beard (ZZ Top) 1949
• Pancho Carter 1950
• Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1951
• Donnie Van Zandt (.38 Special) 1952
• Peter Bergman 1953
• Joe Montana 1956
• Dan Lavery (Tonic) 1969
• Smilin' Jay McDowell (BR5-49) 1969
• Joshua Jackson 1978

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