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What happened in history on this day: March 11?
On March 11 in ...
- 1967 - Pink Floyd rock group releases their first song ("Arnold Layne").
- 1968 - Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 12th string quartet.
- 1970 - NBC airs "The Best On Record: The GRAMMY Awards Show", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 12th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In";
Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat And Tears and James William Guercio for "Blood, Sweat And Tears";
Song of the Year: Joe South for "Games People Play";
Best New Artist of the Year: Crosby, Stills And Nash;
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Henry Mancini for "Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet";
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Fred Lipsius for "Spinning Wheel";
Best Engineered Recording - Non-classical: Geoff E. Emerick and Philip McDonald for "Abbey Road";
Best Album Cover: David Stahlberg and Evelyn J. Kelbish for "America The Beautiful";
Best Album Notes: Johnny Cash for "Nashville Skyline";
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female: Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?";
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male: Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'";
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group: 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In";
Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus: Percy Faith Orchestra And Chorus for "Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet";
Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance: Blood, Sweat And Tears for "Variations On A Theme By Eric Satie";
Best Contemporary Song: Joe South for "Games People Play";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Share Your Love With Me";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing";
Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance: King Curtis for "Games People Play";
Best Rhythm and Blues Song: Richard Spencer for "Color Him Father";
Best Soul Gospel Performance: Edwin Hawkins Singers for "Oh Happy Day";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Tammy Wynette for "Stand By Your Man";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Johnny Cash for "A Boy Named Sue";
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Waylon Jennings and The Kimberlys for "MacArthur Park";
Best Country Instrumental Performance: Nashville Brass With Danny Davis for "The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds";
Best Country Song: Shel Silverstein for "A Boy Named Sue";
Best Sacred Performance (non-classical): Jake Hess for "Ain't That Beautiful Singing";
Best Gospel Performance: Porter Wagoner and The Blackwood Brothers for "In Gospel Country";
Best Folk Performance: Joni Mitchell for "Clouds";
Best Instrumental Theme: John Barry for "Midnight Cowboy";
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special: Burt Bacharach for "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid";
Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Henry Jerome, and Phil Ramone for "Promises, Promises";
Best Recording for Children: Peter, Paul And Mary for "Peter, Paul And Mommy";
Best Comedy Recording: Bill Cosby for "Bill Cosby";
Best Spoken Word Recording: Art Linkletter and Diane Linkletter for "We Love You Call Collect";
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group: Wes Montgomery for "Willow Weep For Me";
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group: Quincy Jones for "Walking In Space";
Album of the Year, Classical: Walter Carlos and Rachel Elkind for "Switched-On-Bach";
Best Classical Performance, Orchestra: Pierre Boulez for "Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 'Images Pour Orchestre'";
Best Chamber Music Performance: Philadelphia, Cleveland And Chicago Brass Ensembles for "Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music Of Gabrieli";
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra): Walter Carlos for "Switched-On-Bach";
Best Opera Recording: Herbert von Karajan for "Wagner: Siegfried";
Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera): Luciano Berio and Ward Swingle for "Berio: Sinfonia";
Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical: Leontyne Price for "Barber: Two Scenes From Antony And Cleopatra/Knoxville: Summer Of 1915";
Best Engineered Recording, Classical: Walter Carlos for "Switched-on Bach";
- 2006 - The soundtrack to the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical tops the Billboard album chart. Total sales worldwide: over 7 million copies.
Births on March 11
- 1897 - Birth of Henry Dixon Cowell in Menlo Park, California, USA; composer (New Musical Resources).
- 1903 - Birth of Lawrence Welk in Strasburg, North Dakota, USA; orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show TV show, "Calcutta" (1961)) (dies 1992).
- 1922 - Birth of Thom Kelling; Dutch singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha).
- 1944 - Birth of Ric Rothwell; drummer (Mindbenders - "Games of Love").
- 1945 - Birth of Harvey Mandel; rock guitarist (Drei Amerikanische LP's).
- 1947 - Birth of Mark Stein in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Vanilla Fudge - "You Keep Me Hanging On").
- 1948 - Birth of George Kooymans in The Hague, Netherlands; guitarist/singer (Golden Earring - "Radar Love", "Twilight Zone").
- 1950 - Birth of Bobby McFerrin; singer ("Don't Worry Be Happy" - 1989 Grammy).
- 1955 - Birth of Jimmy Fortune; country singer (Statler Brothers).
- 1955 - Birth of [Kater]Nina Hagen in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic; actress (Blue Angel).
- 1961 - Birth of Bruce Watson in Ontario, Canada; rock guitarist (Big Country - "Wonderland").
- 1961 - Birth of Mike Percy; rocker (Dead or Alive - "Spin Me Round").
- 1969 - Birth of Rami Jaffee; keyboardist (The Wallflowers).
- 1979 - Birth of Benji Madden and Joel Madden; American musicians (Good Charlotte).
- 1981 - Birth of LeToya Luckett; American singer (Destiny's Child).
Deaths on March 11
- 1967 - Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at age 85.
- 1975 - Death of Sammy Spear at age 65 after a heart attack; orchestra leader (The Jackie Gleason Show TV show, The Honeymooners TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Timmy Thomas at age 77 of cancer in Miami, Florida, USA; R&B musician ("Why Can't We Live Together" song (1972)).
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