... and more November 6 birthdays –
Antoine-Joseph “Adolphe” Sax (1814) – inventor of the saxophone.
Stonewall Jackson (1932) – Country music artist.
Joseph Pope (1933) – The Tams.
Jim Pike (1936) – The Lettermen.
Eugene Pitt (1937) – The Jive Five.
Guy Clark (1941) – Country/folk singer/songwriter.
John Wilson (1947) – drummer for Them.
Rushton Moreve (aka John Morgan, 1948) – bassist for Steppenwolf.
Chris Glen (1950) – bassist for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
Craig Goldy (1961) – guitarist for Dio.
Corey Glover (1964) – singer for Living Colour.
Paul Gilbert (1966) – guitarist for Mr. Big, and Racer X.
November 6 R.I.P. –
Dickie Goodman (1989) – suicide. Age 55. Record producer ("Ben
Crazy").
Don Julian (1998) – pneumonia. Age 61. The Larks (“The Jerk”).
Pete Jolly (2004) – multiple myeloma. Age 72. Jazz pianist with Ray
Conniff, TV theme musician.
Jance Garfat (2006) – motorcycle accident. Age 62. Dr. Hook & The
Medicine Show.
Hank Thompson (2007) – lung cancer. Age 82. Country singer (“The Wild
Side Of Life”).
November 6 album releases –
The Monkees – Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. (1967)
The Cars – Shake It Up (1981)
Rod Stewart – Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
Rod Stewart – Absolutely Live (1982)
Stevie Wonder – Characters (1987)
Queen – Made In Heaven (1995)
November 6 events –
1935 – Edwin H. Armstrong publishes his findings on the development of
FM broadcasting after conducting months of large-scale field tests of
his new radio technology at RCA’s facilities on the 85th floor of the
Empire State Building in New York from May 1934 to October 1935.
1936 – Bandleader Woody Herman holds his first recording session with
his orchestra, and records “Wintertime Dreams” for Decca Records.
1940 – Guy Lombardo records “The Moon Fell In The River” in New York
City for Decca.
1947 – Hank Williams records “Honky Tonkin’,” “I Can’t Get You Off My
Mind,” and “I’m A Long Gone Daddy” for Sterling Records.
1953 – BBC radio bans both Frankie Laine's "Answer Me" and Lee
Lawrence's "Crying In The Chapel" after religious groups protest the
lyrics.
1954 – Elvis Presley signs a year-long contract with the Shreveport
concert radio show Louisiana Hayride. Later in the day, Elvis records
his first and only commercial, a radio spot for the city's Southern
Maid Doughnuts outlets, singing the company jingle: "You can get them
piping hot after 4 p.m. You can get them piping hot. Southern Maid
Donuts hit the spot. You can get them piping hot after 4 p.m."
1958 – Connie Francis records “My Happiness” at the Radio Recorders in
Hollywood.
1961 – Fats Domino records “Jambalaya (On The Bayou)” at Cosimo Studio
in New Orleans.
1963 – Tony Bennett records “I’ll Be Around” at CBS Studios in New
York City.
1964 – The Beach Boys make their UK television debut on Ready, Steady,
Go!, performing “I Get Around,” “When I Grow Up (To Be A Man),” and
“Dance, Dance, Dance.”
1964 – Joe Tex records "Hold What You've Got" at Fame Studios in
Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
1965 – The Rolling Stones, Fontella Bass, Jackie Wilson, Billy Joe
Royal, and The Strangeloves all appear on Shindig!
1965 – Bob Dylan, Rolling Stone Brian Jones, and Robbie Robertson are
visiting in Dylan’s Hilton hotel room when New York City is hit with
its infamous total blackout. The three light candles and jam through
the night.
1965 – Promoter Bill Graham puts on his first show, a Jefferson
Airplane concert benefit for the radical San Francisco Mime Troupe at
the Calliope Ballroom in San Francisco.
1966 – Beatles manager Brian Epstein turns down a request for the
group to appear on a television special to aid the victims of a mining
disaster in South Wales that killed 144 people.
1966 – Lou Rawls appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Love Is
A Hurtin’ Thing.”
1967 – Bob Dylan holds his second session at Columbia Studios in
Nashville for his up-coming John Wesley Harding album, recording five
songs: “All Along The Watchtower," "John Wesley Harding," "As I Went
Out One Morning," "I Pity The Poor Immigrant," and "I Am A Lonesome
Hobo.”
1968 – The Monkees’ movie Head premieres in New York City.
1970 – Aerosmith plays their first ever gig at Nipmuc Regional High
School in Mendon, Massachusetts.
1973 – Michael Martin and Phil Kaufman, manager of the recently-
deceased country-rock singer Gram Parsons, are fined $300 each for
stealing the singer's coffin and body from the Los Angeles
International Airport; both men claiming that it was Parson’s last
wish that his body be cremated and his ashes scattered near the Joshua
Tree National Monument, a favorite spot of the singer.
1975 – The Sex Pistols make their live debut at St. Martin's School of
Art in central London, with opening act Bazooka Joe.
1979 – Paul Simon kicks off his latest British tour at London's
Hammersmith Odeon, and buys everyone in the audience a drink from the
bar. The tab comes to almost $2,000.
1980 – The remaining members of Led Zeppelin meet on the island of
Jersey in the Channel Islands, along with manager Peter Grant, to
decide what to do next. All four agree the band would simply not be
the same without Bonham, and decide to split up.
1983 – The ABC-TV miniseries Princess Daisy debuts, featuring Ringo
Starr as a gay fashion designer.
2005 – The Four Seasons’ stage musical, Jersey Boys, begins its
official Broadway run at the August Wilson Theatre.
2006 – Singer Marianne Faithfull announces that she has conquered her
battle with breast cancer.
2007 – Meat Loaf cancels his entire European tour after being
diagnosed with a cyst on his vocal cords.
2010 – In Los Angeles, singer Scott McKenzie is hospitalized after
being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, which affects the
peripheral nervous system.
