Today in rock history 11th February

1935 – Gene Vincent (Eugene Vincent Craddock) is born on This Day In Rock in Norfolk, Va.

1962 – Sheryl Crow, one-time back-up singer for both Michael Jackson and Don Henley, is born in Kennett, Mo.

1963 – Beatles record all tracks for their first LP with George Martin at Abbey Road between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m.

1964 – The Beatles perform their first American concert at Washington, D.C.’s Washington Coliseum. Also on the bill are Tommy Roe, the Chiffons, and the Caravelles.

1965 – Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox. They have a son, Zak Starkey, seven months later. They also have a daughter, Lee. The couple divorce in 1975.

1970 – Film The Magic Christian starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr and featuring Badfingers' Come And Get It premieres in New York.

1972 – David Bowie performs his first gig as his Ziggy Stardust persona in Tollworth, England.

1983 – The Rolling Stones documentary Let’s Spend the Night Together opens in New York.

1992 – Megadeth guitarist Dave Mustaine and wife Pam have a baby in Burbank, Calif. They name the child Justis David.

1992 - Motley Crue fires singer Vince Neil, claiming Neil didn’t have a passion for music. Neil claimed he was fired for taking a stand against the group’s new musical direction. Neil later re-joined Motley Crue in 1997.

2003 – Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst tells Access Hollywood he broke off his relationship with Britney Spears because “she has a life like Michael Jackson.”

2004 – A bench warrant is issued for Courtney Love after she fails to appear at a hearing on felony drug possession charges in Los Angeles.

2008 – Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney appeared at the High Court in London for a hearing to reach a financial settlement for their divorce.

2011 – Jeff Beck’s “Emotion & Commotion” will compete in four categories at the Grammy's, and he also picked up a nod for his work on a Herbie Hancock project.

2016 - The Royal Oak school board announced that the road that runs adjacent to Royal Oak Middle School would be renamed Glenn Frey Drive. Frey was a student at the school when it was called Dondero High.

2016 - The Rolling Stones were put under 24-hour armed guard after a worker at one of their shows in Argentina was shot dead in a botched robbery after a show at the La Plata stadium.