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What happened in history on this day: May 11?
On May 11 in ...
- 1959 - Rodgers and Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in New York City.
- 1981 - Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical Cats premieres in London.
- 1990 - Singer Ritchie Valens ("La Bamba," "Donna") receives a posthumous star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
- 1993 - 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins.
- 2002 - Ray Charles takes part - with other musicians - in a peace concert in Rome, which is the first event to take place inside the city's ancient Colosseum since 404 A.D. The event was organized in partnership with the Glocal Forum and the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation.
Births on May 11
- 1888 - Birth of Irving Berlin AKA Israel Isidor Baline in Temum, Siberia, Russia; songwriter ("There's No Business Like Show Business", "God Bless America", "White Christmas", Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1968)).
- 1902 - Birth of Bidú Sayao in Niteroi, Brazil; soprano (Mimia - La Bohéme).
- 1913 - Birth of Tutti Camarata in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA; trumpet player (Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman), musical arranger (Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington), musical director (Startime TV show, The Vic Damone Show, The Alcoa Hour).
- 1938 - Birth of Carla Bley [Carla Borg] in Oakland, California, USA; musician ("Escalator Over the Hill").
- 1938 - Birth of Harvey Sollberger in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; flutist/composer ("2 Oboes Troping").
- 1941 - Birth of Eric Burdon in Walker-on-Tyne, England; rock vocalist (The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun", War).
- 1943 - Birth of Les Chadwick in Liverpool, England; bassist (Gerry and the Pacemakers - "Ferry Cross the Mersey").
- 1947 - Birth of Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks; drummer (Allman Brothers).
- 1954 - Birth of Edgar Riley Junior; rocker (Axe K).
- 1955 - Birth of Jos Haagmans; Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group).
- 1955 - Birth of Mark Herndon in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; drummer (Alabama - "Take Me Down").
- 1961 - Birth of Cecile Licad in Manila, Philippines; pianist (Leventritt Award-1981).
- 1963 - Birth of Tim Raybon; country singer (Raybon Brothers).
- 1968 - Birth of Keith West; bassist (Heartland).
Deaths on May 11
- 1916 - Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger AKA Max Reger, German composer/pianist/organist (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart), dies at age 43.
- 1979 - Death of Lester Flatt at age 64; country musician (Flatt and Scruggs - "Ballad of Jed Clampett").
- 1981 - Death of Bob Marley at age 36 of brain and lung cancer in Miami, Florida, USA; reggae icon (Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Rastaman Vibration").
- 2003 - Death of Noel Redding at age 57 at his home in Ireland; bassist (Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Are You Experienced", "Axis: Bold as Love", "Electric Ladyland").
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