... and more November 13 birthdays –
Justine “Baby” Washington (1940) – Soul singer (“Only Those In Love”).
Odia Coates (1941) – singer with Paul Anka "(You're) Having My Baby").
Timmy Thomas (1944) – singer/keyboardist (“Why Can’t We Live
Together”).
Ray Wylie Hubbard (1946) – Country singer/songwriter ("Up Against The
Wall, Redneck Mother").
Toy Caldwell (1947) – lead guitarist for The Marshall Tucker Band.
Roger Steen (1949) – guitarist for The Tubes.
Bill Gibson (1951) – drummer for Huey Lewis and The News.
Andrew Ranken (1953) – drummer for The Pogues.
Wayne Parker (1960) – bassist for Glass Tiger.November 13 R.I.P. – Don Addrisi (1984) – pancreatic cancer. Age 45. Singer/songwriter (“Never My Love”). Ronnie Bond (1992) – Age 52. Drummer for The Troggs. Bill Doggett (1996) – heart attack. Age 80. R&B and jazz organist. Donald Mills (1999) – pneumonia. Age 84. The Mills Brothers. R.J. Vealey (1999) – heart attack. Age 37. Drummer for Atlanta Rhythm Section. Michael Stewart (2002) – suicide. Age 57. Guitarist for We Five. Ol’ Dirty Bastard (2004) – overdose. Age 35. Rapper. November 13 album releases – Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous (1958) Elvis Presley – 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records - Volume 2 (1959) The Four Tops – Four Tops’ Second Album (1965) Diana Ross and The Supremes – Love Child (1968) Neil Diamond – Stones (1971) Kate Bush – Lionheart (1978) Siouxsie and The Banshees – The Scream (1978) Hall & Oates – Change Of Season (1990) The Beatles – 1 (2000) November 13 events – 1937 – The NBC Orchestra is formed for radio broadcasting. 1953 – Del Wood joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1956 – Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman appear in a New York City court to begin dealing with the many lawsuits brought against them by their hit "Flying Saucer," which utilizes many "drop-ins" of other artists' hit records for comedic effect. 1957 – Lou Monte records "Lazy Mary (Luna Mezza Mare)" in New York. 1960 – Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt in one of the first celebrity interracial marriages. 1961 – Hank Ballard appears on the television quiz show To Tell The Truth as the “inventor” of The Twist dance. 1961 – The Tokens release their single, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” b/w “Dry Your Eyes.” 1962 – Cliff Richard appears on American Bandstand. 1963 – The Beatles appear at the ABC Cinema in Plymouth. During the day they record a television interview at Westward Television Studios for the local teen program Move Over, Dad. 1964 – The Rolling Stones release their single, “Little Red Rooster” b/ w “Off The Hook.” 1965 – The Castiles, featuring 16-year old singer Bruce Springsteen, appear at the Fire House in Hazlet, New Jersey. 1965 – The McCoys’ single “Fever” hits the Billboard Hot 100. 1965 – The Righteous Brothers, Rick Nelson, Barbara Lewis, Roy Head, and The Turtles all appear on Shindig! 1966 – The Four Tops appear at the Savile Theatre in London. 1968 – The Beatles’ animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, opens in theaters. 1969 – John Lennon purchases the island of Dorinch off the Ireland coast and invites any hippie who wishes to live there. 1969 – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young play the first of four nights at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. 1970 – Elvis Presley appears at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. 1971 – Three Dog Night releases their single, “An Old Fashioned Love Song” b/w “Jam.” 1973 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr. is killed in a highway accident near Hernando, Mississippi, just days after appearing on The Midnight Special drumming in his father’s band. 1974 – An imposter posing as Deep Purple guitar player Ritchie Blackmore crashes a borrowed Porsche in Iowa City after having already conned food and shelter from several Deep Purple fans. 1976 – Melody Maker announces UK dates for the first major punk tour with The Sex Pistols and The Ramones co-headlining, along with Talking Heads, The Vibrators and Chris Spedding. The 14-date tour never happens. 1985 – An exhibition celebrating Bob Dylan's 25 years in the music industry opens at New York's Whitney Museum. 1987 – Sonny and Cher appear on Late Night With David Letterman, and in a spontaneous move, sing “I Got You Babe.” By the end of the song, both are in tears. 1988 – Michael Jackson appears at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on his Bad Tour as part of Michael Jackson Month in L.A. 1990 – Patricia Boughton files a lawsuit against Rod Stewart claiming that a football he kicked into the crowd during a concert at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Michigan had ruptured a tendon in her middle finger, which, as a result, makes sex between her and her husband difficult. 1992 – Elton John plays his first ever concert in Mexico at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. 1997 – Ray Charles conducts his first online Web chat at rhino.com. 2000 – The Beatles launch their first official website thebeatles.com to coincide with the release of their retrospective 1 CD. 2002 – The surviving members of Led Zeppelin announce plans to tour the U.S. Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl applies for the drumming job. The tour never happens. 2003 – Country artist Wynonna Judd is arrested for drunk driving in Nashville. 2005 – Paul McCartney’s concert in Anaheim, California is broadcast live to the astronauts on the International Space Station orbiting the Earth. 2007 – Boy George is arrested and charged with false imprisonment of 28-year old male model Auden Carlsen, who went to the singer’s home for a photo shoot. Carlsen was chained to a wall while George teased and belittled him.
