March 11th

1997: Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. McCartney dedicated his knighthood to his fellow Beatles & the people of Liverpool.

1995: Van Halen kicked off their tour in support of their last album with Sammy Hagar, Balance in Pensacola, FL, later dubbed the “Ambulance” Tour by Eddie Van Halen due to his hip surgery & Alex Van Halen wearing a neck brace most of the tour.

1989: Cheap Trick singer Robin Zander & Heart singer Ann Wilson peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with their duet Surrender To Me from the movie Tequila Sunrise.

1974: Janis Joplin’s manager Albert Grossman was awarded $112,000 on her life insurance policy after the insurance company argued that Joplin’s overdose death in 1970 was a suicide & not an accident.

1972: Neil Young reached the top of the Billboard 200 for the first time as Harvest began a two week run on top of the album chart.

1971: Jim Morrison arrived in Paris & checked into The Hotel George’s before he moved to an apartment at 17 Rue Beautreillis, where he lived until his death.

1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released their first album Déjà Vu which went later went to number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and sell seven million copies in the U.S. alone.

1967: Beatles music publisher Dick James announced that Yesterday had been covered 446 times so far. To date, there are more than 3,000 recorded cover versions.

Birthdays:
Mark Stein-singer & organist for Vanilla Fudge born in 1947
George Kooymans-singer & guitarist for Golden Earring born in 1948
Vinnie Paul-drummer for Pantera born in 1964