Here are the Births, Deaths and Events this week in Rock 'n' Roll History |
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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
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