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April 11

1956 Neville Staples of the UK groups the Specials and Fun Boy Three, born in Christiana, Jamaica.
1958 Stuart Adamson, lead singer/guitarist of the UK bands the Skids and Big Country, born in Manchester.
1961 19-year-old folksinger Bob Dylan opens for John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City and makes his New York City debut.
1981 Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen marries TV sitcom (One Day At A Time) actress Valerie Bertinelli in Los Angeles.
1986 The song "Stars" by Hear'N'Aid, an all-star group of heavy metal stars banded together to raise money for USA For Africa, is released. Among those contributing to the track were Ronnie James Dio, Ted Nugent, and Rob Halford of Judas Priest.
1913 Country artist Millie Laverne born in Muleshoe, TX.
1994 Seattle registers it's first copy-cat suicide, when 28 year old Daniel Kaspar shoots himself alá Kurt Cobain.
1988 David Byrne (former Talking Heads), Cong Su and Ryuichi Sakamoto (former YMO) win the Academy Award for Best Musical Score composed for Bernardo Bertolucci's film, The Last Emperor.
1954 Chris Difford of Squeeze born.