Here are the Births, Deaths and Events this week in Rock 'n' Roll History Sunday November 15 Petula Clark ("Downtown") is 77 The late Clyde McPhatter ("Lover Please") is born in 1932 Anni-Frid Lyngstadt of ABBA ("SOS") is 64 The late Little Willie John ("Sleep") is born in 1937 C.W. McCall ("Convoy") is 81 The late Joe Hinton ("Funny") is born in 1929 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is hospitalized in Chicago with a 104-degree fever, missing three days of the Stones' American tour, 1964 Paul Anka is inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2007 "The Bee Gees Special" airs on NBC-TV, 1979 ABC airs a British TV special, "Around The Beatles", 1964 Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" film premieres in New York City, 1956 Its use on a "Studio One" drama on CBS-TV on this date makes "Let Me Go Lover" a #1 hit for Joan Weber, 1954 Ringo Starr's spaghetti western movie, "Blindman" debuts in Rome, 1971 Spencer Davis, Richie Havens, Mark Lindsay, Peter Noone, John Sebastian and Robby Krieger of the Doors all guest on Fox-TV's "Married With Children", 1992 The Jefferson Airplane record "Somebody To Love" in 1966 Monday November 16 Chi Coltrane ("Thunder And Lightning") is 61 Garnet Mimms ("Cry Baby") is 75 Frankie Ford is struck by a car after a performance in Jackson, Tennessee, but recovers, 2006 Mike Love's brother, Stan is sentenced to five years probation for embezzeling $300,000 from the Beach Boys, 1988 A life-sized statue of Sonny Bono is unveiled in downtown Palm Springs, California, where he once was mayor, 2001 "Sinatra: An American Original", with Walter Cronkite, airs on CBS-TV, 1965 Jay & the Americans record "Let's Lock The Door", 1964 The Animals record "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", 1964 The Four Lads record "No, Not Much", 1955 Tuesday November 17 Gordon Lightfoot ("Sundown") is 71 The late Gene Clark of the Byrds ("Eight Miles High") is born in 1941 Bob Gaudio of the Royal Teens ("Short Shorts") and the Four Seasons ("Big Girls Don't Cry") is 67 The late Dean Martin, Jr. of Dino, Desi and Billy ("I'm A Fool") is born in 1952 Arthur Conley ("Sweet Soul Music") dies of intestinal cancer in 2003 Ruth Brown ("This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'") dies of a stroke and heart attack, 2006 David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash breaks his ankle, leg and shoulder in a motorcycle crash, 1990 Aretha Franklin and Sammy Davis, Jr. give a royal command performance for England's Queen Elizabeth in London, 1980 Meat Loaf collapses onstage in London and undergoes heart surgery to cure an irregular heartbeat, 2003 The Monkees' Davy Jones opens a boutique in New York's Greenwich Village, 1967 "A Very Special Olivia Newton-John" airs on ABC-TV, 1976 Cher guests on NBC-TV's "Will And Grace" (the first time), 2000 "The Beatles Revolution" documentary airs on ABC-TV, 2000 Husband and wife Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra appear together on CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show", 1963 Elton John records a live performance at a New York City radio station that's later released as his "17-11-70" album, 1970 Wednesday November 18 The late Hank Ballard ("Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go") is born in 1927 Doug Sahm of the Sir Douglas Quintet ("She's About A Mover") dies of a heart attack in 1999 Bill Haley marries his pregnant girlfriend, four days after he divorces his first wife, 1952 Cousin Myra files for divorce from Jerry Lee Lewis after 13 years of marriage, 1970 Mick Jagger and then-wife Jerri Hall legally separate, 1998 A German Bee Gees concert is cancelled when Barry and Robin Gibb come down with tonsillitis, 1968 Johnny Cash is hospitalized with acute appendicitis in Ottumwa, Iowa, while on tour there, 1958 The Beatles release "Let It Be...Naked" (minus the Phil Spector embellishments on the original album), 2003 The first live rock concert is streamed on the Internet (twenty minutes of the Rolling Stones from Dallas, Texas), 1994 Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen guest star on NBC-TV's "Police Woman", 1975 The Johnny Cash biographical movie "Walk The Line" opens, 2005 Ricky Nelson records "Stood Up" and "Waitin' In School", 1957 The Spiral Starecase begin recording "More Today Than Yesterday", 1968 Thursday November 19 The late Hank Medress of the Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight") is born in 1938 Bobby Russell ("Saturday Morning Confusion" and writer of songs like "Honey" and "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia") dies of a heart attack in 1992 Songwriter and producer Terry Melcher (Doris Day's son, who worked with such groups as the Byrds, Beach Boys and Raiders) dies from melanoma in 2004 Sammy Davis, Jr. loses an eye in an auto accident while driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, 1954 Neil Diamond confesses at her 50th birthday party that "Sweet Caroline" was inspired by young Caroline Kennedy, 2007 Chuck Berry is released from a Lompoc, California prison after serving four months for tax evasion, 1979 Brian May of Queen is named chancellor of John Moores University in Liverpool, 2007 WCFL radio in Chicago bans all Elvis Presley records (and are promptly picketed by the local Elvis Fan Club), 1957 The Supremes appear before Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Variety Show in London (the Queen gives their performance of "Somewhere" a standing ovation), 1968 The Bob Dylan musical "The Times, They Are A-Changin'" closes on Broadway after only 28 performances, 2006 "The Beatles Anthology" documentary begins its three-day run on ABC-TV, 1995 Linda Ronstadt guests on Fox-TV's "The Simpsons", 1992 The Frank Sinatra TV movie "Contract On Cherry Street" airs on NBC, 1977 Gary Lewis records "This Diamond Ring" in 1964 Bobby Goldsboro records "Little Things", 1964 Friday November 20 Norman Greenbaum ("Spirit In The Sky") is 67 Joe Walsh ("Life's Been Good" and Eagles member) is 62 The late Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band ("Ramblin Man") is born in 1946 David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash receives a liver transplant in Los Angeles, 1994 Charlie Daniels undergoes prostate cancer surgery in Nashville, 2001 A 19 year-old audience member fills-in at a San Francisco Who concert when drummer Keith Moon collapses, 1973 Augusta, Georgia dedicates "James Brown Boulevard" to their native son, 1993 Bo Diddley sings "Bo Diddley" on Ed Sullivan's CBS-TV show, after agreeing to sing "Sixteen Tons" (sparking Ed's ire), 1955 Bob Dylan begins recording his first, self-titled, album, 1961 Saturday November 21 Dr. John (real name Mac Rebbenack-- "Right Place, Wrong Time") is 68 Livingston Taylor ("I Will Be In Love With You") is 59 Allan Sherman ("Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah") dies of emphysema in 1973 Alvin Cash ("Twine Time") dies in 1999 Bob Relf of Bob & Earl ("Harlem Shuffle") dies, 2007 Mick Jagger marries model Jerri Hall (it lasts eight years), 1990 Joni Mitchell marries her bass player, 1982 John Lennon is by her side as Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage, 1968 Police arrest Don Henley after discovering drugs and a nude, overdosed 16 year-old girl at his home, 1980 Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" movie is released nationwide in 1956 while his "Girls! Girls! Girls!" film opens in 1962 The Beatles release the "Love" album (re-mixes and medleys from the Cirque Du Soleil stage show of that name), 2006 © 1995-2009, Ronald P. Smith. All rights reserved.