On this day: January 11, 1963

Music would change forever on January 11, 1963 when the Whiskey A-Go-Go first opened it's doors on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.

The club soon became the place for the would bes and wannabes  to see and be seen, and countless acts got their start on that stage. The club, which is still a rock haven to this day was the first of its kind in California at that time.

Other notable events for January 11:
 -Ring of Fire becomes the first country album to top the U.S. charts on Jan. 11, 1964
-So Emotional becomes Whitney Houston's sixth consecutive number one hit on Jan. 11, 1988
-Vicky Peterson, the Bangles, was born on this day in 1960