... and more November 14 birthdays –
Aaron Copeland (1900) – American composer ("Fanfare For The Common
Man").
Morton Downey (1901) – singer, “The Irish Nightingale.”
Johnny Desmond (aka Giovanni De Simone, 1914) – singer.
Martha Tilton (1915) – Swing singer (“And The Angels Sing”).
Jay Migliori (1930) – session saxophonist with the Wrecking Crew,
Supersax.
Cornell Gunter (1936) – The Platters, and The Coasters.
Sherrie Payne (1944) – The Supremes, and Glass House.
Buckwheat Zydeco (aka Stanley Dural, Jr., 1947) – accordionist/zydeco
musician.
James “J.Y.” Young (1949) – guitarist for Styx.
Frankie Banali (1951) – drummer for Quiet Riot.
Alec Jon Such (1951) – bassist for Bon Jovi.
Yanni (aka Yiannis Hryssomallis, 1954) – keyboardist, Chameleon.
Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons (1964) – Run DMC.
Nic Dalton (1964) – bassist for The Lemonheads.
Brian Yale (1968) – bassist for Matchbox Twenty.
Travis Barker (1975) – drummer for Blink-182.November 14 R.I.P. – John Cascella (1992) – heart attack. Age 45. Keyboardist/accordionist for John Cougar Mellencamp. Eddy Snyder (2000) – cancer. Age 63. Guitarist for The Cascades (“Rhythm Of The Rain”). Lee Pockriss (2011) – Age 87. Songwriter (“Catch A Falling Star”). November 14 album releases – Syd Barrett – Syd Barrett (1974) Electric Light Orchestra – Face The Music (1975) UK Tubeway Army – Tubeway Army (1978) Earth, Wind & Fire – Raise! (1981) Chic – Believer (1983) Yes – 90125 (1983) Melissa Etheridge – Your Little Secret (1995) AC/DC – Live From The Atlantic Studios (1997) Badfinger – Head First (2000) Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Live At The Fillmore East (2006) November 14 events – 1921 – Chicago's first radio station, KYW, broadcasts the first professional opera. 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company, BBC, takes to the airwaves on channel 2LO. 1944 – Frank Sinatra records “Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)” for Columbia Records. 1944 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra record “Opus No. 1,” featuring Buddy Rich on drums and Nelson Riddle on trombone. 1951 – Marty Robbins hold his first session under his new Columbia Records contract and records “Love Me Or Leave Me Alone” and three other songs at Radio Recorders in L.A. 1952 – The first British singles chart is published in the New Musical Express newspaper, with Al Martino at #1 with “Here In My Heart.” 1956 – Jerry Lee Lewis records both sides of his first Sun Records single, "End Of The Road" b/w "Crazy Arms." The record will be credited to Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano. 1957 – During Fats Domino’s performance, a riot breaks out and five people are arrested for fighting at the Boston concert stop of Alan Freed's Biggest Show Of Stars. 1958 – Cliff Richards and The Drifters record “Livin’ Lovin’ Doll.” 1960 – The term "Nashville Sound" is used for the first time in an article published in Time magazine. 1960 – Jazz drummer Cozy Cole begins a 20 week goodwill tour of Africa, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. 1960 – Elvis Presley's new record "It's Now Or Never" sells 780,000 copies in the first week of release in England, becoming the fastest selling single in UK history. 1960 – Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My Mind” hits #1 on the Billboard singles chart. 1961 – The Everly Brothers record “Crying In The Rain.” 1962 – Bob Dylan records “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” at Columbia Studios in New York City. 1962 – The Beatles play their final show of their two week residency at the Star Club in Hamburg. 1964 – On her first UK tour, Dusty Springfield causes a furor when she tells a local magazine: "I wish I'd been born colored. When it comes to singing and feeling, I want to be one of them and not me. Then I see how some of them are treated and I thank God I'm white." 1965 – The Dave Clark 5 performs “Over And Over” and “Catch Us If You Can” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show are The Barry Sisters and Jerry Vale. 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience begin their second UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall, with opening acts Amen Corner, The Move, The Nice, and Pink Floyd, who are on their first ever tour of the UK. 1970 – Santana releases their single, “Black Magic Woman” b/w “Hope You’re Feeling Better.” 1975 – Queen begins their A Night At The Opera Tour, playing the first of two nights at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool. 1977 – KISS plays the first night of their Alive II Tour at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City. 1981 – Four of the top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart are by Australian artists: Olivia Newton-John, The Little River Band, Air Supply and Rick Springfield. 1990 – In an interview in Newsweek magazine, The Who’s Pete Townshend admits to being bisexual. 1990 – After Milli Vanilli’s Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan insist on singing on their next album, producer Frank Farin publicly humiliates them by holding a press conference to announce that the two didn’t sing a single note on their Grammy award-winning album, and that all the vocals were sung by Charles Shaw, John Davis and Brad Howe. Pilatus and Morvan lose their Grammys. 1991 – Over 1,000 New Kids On The Block fans are given medical treatment after a riot during their concert in Berlin 1996 – Michael Jackson marries Debbie Rowe. 2000 – The UK music store HMV refuses to carry The Offspring’s new single “Original Prankster” when the band decides to give the track away as a free download on their official website. 2000 – Former Kajagoogoo singer Limahl (aka Chris Hamil), on his way to perform at High Wycombe's Swan Theatre, narrowly escapes death when the bus he’s travelling on explodes and catches fire. 2000 – The attempted murder trial begins against Michael Abram for the repeated stabbing attack on George Harrison at his home on December 30, 1999. Abram will be acquitted due to insanity. 2004 – A Los Angeles jury orders Rod Stewart to repay $780,000 he accepted as a deposit for a 2002 tour of Latin America that was later cancelled. 2004 – On its 20th anniversary, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is re- recorded by Band Aid 20, which includes Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Bono, Chris Martin and others. This time the song is slated to benefit Sudan's troubled Darfur region. 2006 – The mother of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of child abuse, Janet Arvizo, pleads no contest to welfare fraud, and is ordered to perform 150 of community service and repay $8,600.
