Music History on July 11

Music History

1967 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition

Space Oddity

1969 David Bowie releases the single "Space Oddity" 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon

  • 1969 Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman"
  • 1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 5 performances
  • 1984 Britain's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
  • 1987 Heart's "Alone" single goes #1 for 3 weeks

Shaggy Releases Bombastic

1995 Shaggy releases his third studio album "Bombastic" (Grammy Award Best Reggae Album)

Branson Flies to the Edge of Space

2021 Billionaire Richard Branson flies to the edge of space on his Virgin Galactic rocket plane in space tourism test