Sunday November 2
* Jay Black of Jay & the Americans ("Come A Little Bit Closer") is 70
* Maxine Nightengale ("Right Back Where We Started From") is 55
* J.D. Souther ("You're Only Lonely" and member of the Eagles) is 63
* Earl "Speedoo" Carroll of the Cadillacs ("Speedoo") and the Coasters ("Little Egypt") is 71
* Buddy Starcher ("History Repeats Itself") dies in 2001
* David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash is hospitalized in Los Angeles for liver failure (he eventually receives a transplant), 1994
* Dion walks off the "Ready, Steady, Go" TV show in London, complaining that the go-go dancers are too distracting, 1963
* George Harrison becomes the first Beatle to tour solo when he performs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1974
* Brenda Lee, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard and the Bachelors do a royal command performance for Britain's Queen Elizabeth in London, 1964
* The Elvis Presley movie "Girls! Girls! Girls!" has its world premiere in Honolulu, where it was filmed, 1962
* "David Cassidy: Man Undercover" debuts on NBC-TV (all told, ten episodes air), 1978
* Paul Revere & the Raiders appear on ABC-TV's "Batman", 1966
* The TV special, "Barbra Streisand And Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS, 1973
* The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" film debuts in San Francisco, 1969
* The Who's "Quadrophenia" movie opens in 1979
* The Beatles record "Hello, Goodbye", 1967
Monday November 3
* Lulu ("To Sir With Love") is 60
* Brian Poole of the Tremeloes is 67
* John Barry ("Goldfinger") is 75
* Paul Mauriat ("Love Is Blue") dies in 2006
* Lonnie Donegan ("Rock Island Line") dies in 2002
* James Taylor marries Carly Simon (it lasts eleven years), 1972
* Elton John retires (for 15 months), 1977
* Eric Clapton is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Princess Anne, 2005
* John Lennon flies from London to New York (he dies there in 1980, having never set foot on British soil again), 1971
* Billy Preston is sentenced in Santa Monica, California to three years in prison for cocaine possession while on parole, 1997
* Hootie & the Blowfish settle out-of-court with Bob Dylan after he sues them for using his lyrics in their song, "I Only Want To Be With You", 1995
* Little Richard guest-stars on CBS-TV's "Hearts Afire", 1993
* Donny Osmond appears on the ABC-TV soap opera "All My Children", 2006
* The Beatles record "Michelle", 1965
* Gale Garnett records "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" in 1963
Tuesday November 4
* Ronnie Goodson of Ronnie & the Hi-Lites ("I Wish That We Were Married") dies from a brain tumor, 1980
* The Beatles play a royal command performance for Queen Elizabeth in London (John Lennon asks those in the expensive seats to "rattle their jewelry" while the others applaud), 1963
* Bob Dylan performs before 50 people at Carnegie Hall in New York, 1963
* Jerry Butler is elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners from Chicago, 1986
* The Band documentary, "The Last Waltz" opens in 1977
* Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are sued for one million dollars by a former bass player over royalties he claims he was due, 1978
* The musical "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" opens on Broadway (it runs for 225 performances), 1990
Wednesday November 5
* Art Garfunkel ("All I Know") is 67
* Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits ("I'm Into Something Good") is 61
* The late Ike Turner ("It's Gonna Work Out Fine") is born in 1931
* Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers ("Unchained Melody") dies of a heart attack brought on by cocaine use, 2003
* Bobby Nunn of the Coasters ("Young Blood") dies of a heart attack, 1986
* Barry Sadler ("Ballad Of The Green Berets") dies of complications from a shooting the previous year, 1989
* Johnny Horton ("Battle Of New Orleans") dies in a car crash in Milano, Texas, 1960
* Diana Ross gives birth to daughter Chudney, 1975
* Bee Gee Robin Gibb is on a train that derails near London, killing 49 people (Robin survives), 1967
* Announcer Al Dvorin first says "Elvis has left the building" at the end of a Minneapolis concert by the King, 1971
* The Jackson 5's second TV special, "The Jackson 5 Show" airs on CBS, 1972
* Tom Jones is a guest-voice on Fox-TV's "The Simpsons", 1992
* The Who lend their voices to Fox-TV's "The Simpsons" in 2000
* Kenny Rogers & the First Edition make their national TV debut on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" on CBS, 1967
* Jerry Reed records "Amos Moses", 1969
Thursday November 6
* The late Doug Sahm of the Sir Douglas Quintet ("Mendocino") is born in 1941
* Glenn Frey ("Smuggler's Blues" and member of the Eagles) is 60
* Mike Clifford ("Close To Cathy") is 65
* Stonewall Jackson ("Waterloo") is 76
* P.J. Proby ("Niki Hoeky") is 70
* The late Ray Conniff ("Love Me Wth All Of Your Heart") is born in 1916
* Dickie Goodman ("Flying Saucer") dies of a self-inflicted gunshot, 1989
* Marvin Gay, Sr. is given five years probation for shooting his son, Marvin Gaye (they spelled their names differently), 1984
* Ringo Starr (along with his wife, Barbara Bach) enters an alcohol rehabilitation center, 1988
* Elvis Presley does his only commercial, for Southern-Made Doughnuts, on the "Louisiana Hayride" radio program (he also signs a year-long contract with the "Hayride"), 1954
* The musical "Jersey Boys" (the story of the Four Seasons) opens on Broadway, 2005
* The TV mini-series "Princess Daisy" (with Ringo Starr) begins in 1983
* Joe Tex records "Hold What You've Got", 1964
* Connie Francis records "My Happiness", 1958
Friday November 7
* Johnny Rivers ("Memphis") is 66
* The late Dee Clark ("Raindrops") is born in 1938
* Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary ("If I Had A Hammer") is 71
* Joni Mitchell ("Free Man In Paris") is 65
* The late Al Hirt ("Java") is born in 1922
* Nick Gilder ("Hot Child In The City") is 567
* Carter Cornelius of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose ("Treat Her Like A Lady") dies of a heart attack in 1991
* The Phillipine actress wife of Rod Lauren ("If I Had A Girl") is stabbed to death in Manila (Rod is accused of ordering her death but flees the country and never stands trial), 2001
* Smokey Robinson marries fellow Miracles member Claudette (it lasts 26 years), 1959
* Frank Sinatra marries actress Ava Gardner (they divorce six years later), 1951
* Pat Boone marries Shirley Foley (daughter of country star Red Foley), 1963
* Frank Zappa announces that he has prostate cancer (he dies from it two years later), 1991
* John Hall, lead singer of Orleans ("Dance With Me") is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from New York, 2006
* The Kingston Trio reunite at Magic Mountain in California (the reunion airs as a PBS-TV special three months later), 1981
* John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is cleared in court of charges he plagiarized himself (his former record label thought "The Old Man Down The Road" sounded too much like "Run Through The Jungle"), 1988
* Elvis Presley begins filming the movie "Wild In The Country", 1960
* Ferlin Husky records "Gone", 1956
Saturday November 8
* The late Minnie Riperton ("Lovin' You") is born in 1948
* Bonnie Bramlett of Delaney and Bonnie ("Never Ending Love For You") is 64
* Michael Johnson ("Bluer Than Blue") is 64
* Leif Garrett ("I Was Made For Dancin'") is 47
* Rickie Lee Jones ("Chuck E's In Love") is 54
* Patti Page ("Old Cape Cod") is 81
* Ivory Joe Hunter ("Since I Met You Baby") dies of lung cancer in 1974
* Beach Boy Carl Wilson marries Dean Martin's daughter, Gina, 1987
* Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John, 1968
* Connie Francis is sexually assaulted in a Long Island, New York motel, 1974
* Jerry Lee Lewis declares bankruptcy, 1988
* The Dave Clark Five perform for Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Variety Show in London, 1965
* A bullet hits a Motown tour bus in Savannah, Georgia (no one is hurt), 1962
* Sonny Bono is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from California, 1994
* Jean Terrell is named to replace Diana Ross in the Supremes, 1968
* Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" movie is released nationwide, 1957
* Suzi Quatro begins her role as Leather Tuscadero on ABC-TV's "Happy Days", 1977
* Buddy Holly's radio show debuts on KDAV-AM in Lubbock, Texas, 1953
* Harry Nilsson begins recording "Everybody's Talkin'", 1967 |
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