... and more November 10 birthdays – Jane Froman (1907) – singer/actress. Johnny Marks (1909) – Christmas songwriter (“A Holly Jolly Christmas”). Billy May (1916) – composer/arranger/trumpeter/bandleader. Ennio Morricone (1928) – Italian film and television composer (“The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly”). Paul Bley (1932) – Jazz pianist with Sonny Rollins. Kyu Sakamoto (aka Hisashi Oshima, 1941) – Japanese singer (“Sukiyaki”). Donna Fargo (1945) – Country singer/songwriter (“Funny Face”). Dave Loggins (1947) – singer/songwriter (“Please Come To Boston”). Glen Buxton (1947) – guitarist for Alice Cooper. Bram Tchaikovsky (aka Peter Bramall, 1950) – singer/guitarist, The Motors. Ronnie Hammond (1950) – vocalist for Atlanta Rhythm Section. Mario Cipollina (1954) – bassist for Huey Lewis & The News. Scott Columbus (1956) – drummer for Manowar. Frank Maudsley (1959) – bassist for A Flock Of Seagulls. MacKenzie Phillips (1959) – actress/singer, The New Mamas and The Papas.
November 10 R.I.P. – Victor Young (1956) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 56. Violinist/composer/ conductor (“Johnny Guitar”). Jimmie Dodd (1964) – cancer. Age 54. TV show host, songwriter (“The Mickey Mouse Club March”). David “Stringbean” Akeman (1973) – murdered. Age 57. Banjoist with Bill Monroe, Hee-Haw. Ronnie Dyson (1990) – heart failure. Age 40. R&B singer, Broadway actor in "Hair." Carmen McRae (1994) – stroke. Age 74. Jazz singer/composer, pianist with Mercer Ellington. Tommy Tedesco (1997) – lung cancer. Age 67. Session guitarist, the Wrecking Crew. Johnny Griffin (2002) – Age 66. Keyboardist with the Funk Brothers. Gerald Levert (2006) – overdose. Age 40. R&B singer. Miriam Makeba (2008) – heart attack. Age 76. South African singer. Dick Katz (2009) – Age 85. Jazz pianist. November 10 album releases – Elvis Presley – His Hand In Mine (1960) The Grateful Dead – Live/Dead (1969) The Byrds – Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969) Neil Young – Zuma (1975) The Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bullocks Here’s The Sex Pistols (1977) U.S. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Works Volume 2 (1977) Queen – Jazz (1978) The Clash – Give ‘Em Enough Rope (1978) Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer (1980) Billy Idol – Rebel Yell (1983) Bruce Springsteen – Live/1975-1985 (1986) November 10 events – 1939 – Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band records “Dipper Mouth Blues” for Bluebird Records. 1955 – At a DJ convention at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in Nashville, Mae Axton visits Elvis Presley in his hotel room and plays him a demo of her song “Heartbreak Hotel.” 1956 – Billboard magazine publishes its DJ survey which reveals that Elvis Presley is the country's #1 male artist on both the pop and country charts. 1956 – Stonewall Jackson and The Wilburn Brothers join the Grand Ole Opry. 1958 – Billboard magazine reports that Dick Clark's American Bandstand show is the hottest merchandising opportunity on television, noting that sales of Beechnut gum have doubled since the company began buying ad space on the program. 1958 – Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls, then a member of Cooke's backup band, are badly injured in a car crash in Marion, Arkansas, while touring with the gospel group The Pilgrim Travelers. Rawls is so badly hurt that he is pronounced dead at the scene; chauffeur Edward Cunningham, however, is the only actual casualty. 1958 – The Platters release their single, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” b/ w “No Matter What You Are.” 1958 – The Crests release their single, “16 Candles” b/w “Beside You” on Coed Records. 1963 – The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, appear at The Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey. 1965 – The Beatles record “The Word” and “I’m Looking Through You” in a session that lasts until 4 a.m. the next morning. 1965 – Marianne Faithfull gives birth to her first child, Nicholas, with husband John Dunbar. 1966 – British newspapers break the news that The Beatles will refuse all future offers to tour. 1967 – The Moody Blues release their single, “Nights In White Satin” b/ w “Cities.” 1967 – The Beatles film three separate videos for their new single "Hello Goodbye" at London's Saville Theatre. The three are eventually edited together to form one video. The BBC will refuse to air the video due to a ban on lip-synching by the Musician's Union. 1968 – Jefferson Airplane appears on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, performing their latest single "Crown Of Creation," after which singer Grace Slick - already in partial blackface - gives the fist-in- the-air "black power” salute. 1970 – Martha Reeves becomes a single mother when she gives birth to her first and only son, Eric. 1973 – John Lennon meets with producer Phil Spector in New York to discuss recording an album of oldies covers. 1973 – David Essex releases his single, “Rock On” b/w “On And On.” 1974 – José Feliciano appears as Rico Martinez in the “Buried Alive” episode of NBC’s McMillan & Wife. 1980 – Mark David Chapman goes to the Dakota and inquires about John and Yoko, and is told by the doorman that they are out of town. Chapman flies back to Hawaii. 1992 – Axl Rose is found guilty in a St. Louis, Missouri courtroom of property damage and assault after an aborted Guns ‘N Roses concert that turned into a riot in July 1991. Rose is given two years' probation and ordered to pay $50,000 in donations to five local social- service organizations. 1994 – Jimmy Page and Robert Plant perform an acoustic version of "Stairway To Heaven" on a Japanese talk show. 1997 – Hootie & The Blowfish settle a $150 million lawsuit filed by their former manager, Henry Neuman, who claims he was pressured into resigning when they hit it big. 2001 – Author, Merry Prankster and Acid Test host Ken Kesey passes away at age 66 from surgery complications after having a tumor removed from his liver. 2002 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, and Brian Setzer “operate” a rock and roll fantasy camp in the "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" episode of The Simpsons. 2003 – Suffering from laryngitis, David Bowie’s voice goes out completely in the middle his concert in Nice, France, forcing him to cancel the remainder of the show. 2003 – An emotional tribute to Johnny Cash is held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, featuring performances by Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Steve Earle, and others. 2004 – The artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam is awarded the fifth annual "Man of Peace" award by various Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Rome. 2007 – Rapper Kanye West’s mother, Donda, passes away after having abdominoplasty and breast reduction surgery. 2008 – The anti-child-abuse group Kidscape files a complaint against the British exam board and asks for the recall of a high school music test that includes convicted child molester Gary Glitter's 1973 hit "I'm The Leader Of The Gang," saying, "The role model is morally decrepit. It's just inappropriate."
