Timeline Saturday 11 June 1949

Events on Saturday 11 June 1949 3

• 1949 – present Frank Beard ZZ Top Drummer American drummer and co-founding member of ZZ Top, the Texas blues-rock band that became one of the best-selling groups in rock history. Ironically the only member of the famously bearded band without a long beard, Beard anchored ZZ Top's sound for 57 years with a precise, tireless backbeat that drove hits from La Grange to Sharp Dressed Man. The band's 1983 album Eliminator sold over 10 million copies and was certified Diamond. ZZ Top were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
• 1949 Frank Beard born in Frankston, Texas Born Frank Lee Beard in the small town of Frankston, Texas. Raised in Irving, near Dallas, where he took up the drums in high school.
• 1949 Hank Williams debuts at the Grand Ole Opry Six encores Called back for six encores on his first night.