This Day in Music History March 11

1968, the Otis Redding single “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” went gold in the U.S. three months after the singer was killed in a plane crash.



1971, Jim Morrison arrived in Paris, booking into the Hotel George V. The following week he moved into an apartment at 17 Rue Beautreillis where he lived in until his death on 3 July.

2005, The front door of Ozzy Osbourne’s childhood home in Lodge Road, Aston, Birmingham went up for auction on eBay because the current owner was fed up with fans defacing it. Ali Mubarrat was giving the proceeds to charity.

2008, Madonna was inducted into the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer Justin Timberlake at a star-studded ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York. The 49-year-old thanks her detractors in her acceptance speech, including those “who said I couldn’t sing, that I was a one hit wonder.”



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