... and more November 15 birthdays – C.W. McCall (aka William Fries, Jr., 1928) – singer/songwriter (“Convoy”). Joe Hinton (1929) – Soul singer (“Funny How Time Slips Away”). Little Willie John (1937) – R&B singer (“Fever”). Rick Kemp (1941) – bassist for Steeleye Span. Joe Pennell (1944) – guitarist for The Rivieras. Frida Lyngstad (1945) – ABBA. Steve Fossen (1949) – bassist for Heart. Alexander O’Neal (1953) – R&B singer (“If You Were Here Tonight”). Tony Thompson (1954) – drummer for Chic, and Power Station. Joe Leeway (1955) – multi-instrumentalist for The Thompson Twins. Jay Bennett (1963) – guitarist/singer/songwriter for Wilco. Ol’ Dirty Bastard (aka Russell Jones, 1968) – rapper for Wu-Tang Clan. Chad Kroeger (1974) – vocalist/guitarist for Nickleback. ____________________
Birthday correction -- Clyde McPhatter was born in 1932. ____________________ November 15 R.I.P. – Jacques Morali (1991) – AIDS. Age 44. Creator/producer of The Village People. Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks (1997) – Age 58. Trumpeter/trombonist for The Ohio Players. Wesley “Speedy” West (2003) – Age 79. Pedal steel guitarist. Natalicio Lima (2009) – Age 91. Guitarist with Los Indios Tabajaras. November 15 album releases – Van Morrison – His Band And The Street Choir (1970) America – Homecoming (1972) Ringo Starr – Goodnight Vienna (1974) Roxy Music – Country Life (1974) The Beach Boys – Beach Boys ’69 (1976) U.S. The Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever (1977) The Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street (1978) Thin Lizzy – Renegade (1981) Stevie Ray Vaughan – Live Alive (1986) Frank Zappa – Jazz From Hell (1986) Joan Jett and The Blackhearts – Flashback (1993) Green Day – Bullet In A Bible (2005) Bob Dylan – Live At Carnegie Hall 1963 (2005) November 15 events – 1926 – The National Broadcasting Company - soon to become NBC - makes the very first network radio broadcast with a gala four-hour radio program originating from the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. 1946 – Frankie Laine releases his single, “That’s My Desire” b/w "By The River Sainte Marie" on Mercury Records. 1952 – Hank Snow releases his single “(Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I.” 1954 – Joan Weber appears on the television program Studio One and introduces her brand new song “Let Me Go, Lover.” The idea is to illustrate how efficiently a song can be promoted by introducing it to the public via radio or TV show, so after Mitch Miller stocks national record stores the week before the program, the record sells over 100,000 copies the first week of its release. 1956 – Pat Boone records “Don’t Forbid Me” at Radio Recorders in L.A. 1956 – Elvis Presley’s debut movie, Love Me Tender, premieres at the Paramount Theater in New York City. 1956 – Bobby Helms records “Fraulein” in Nashville. 1956 – Buddy Holly holds his third recording session under his Decca contract and records "Modern Don Juan," "You Are My One Desire," and a second version of "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" in Nashville, featuring saxophonist Dutch McMillin playing on his first rock and roll session. 1959 – Johnny and The Moondogs appear at the final competition for Carroll Levis’ Star Search television show at the Hippodrome in Manchester. Voting is based on a “clapometer” that registers audience applause, and since they are from out of town and have little support, John, Paul and George leave early and are on the train back to Liverpool even before the event is over. 1961 – Roy Orbison records “Blue Bayou” at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1964 – Rolling Stone Brian Jones is admitted to Chicago's Passavant Hospital suffering from pneumonia, and will miss the last four dates of the Stones' U.S. tour. 1965 – The Rolling Stones make their Hullabaloo debut performing "Get Off of My Cloud." Also on the show are Barry McGuire, Brenda Lee, Barbara McNair and The Kingsmen. 1966 – The Doors sign with Elektra Records. 1966 – Jefferson Airplane records “Somebody To Love” and “D.C.B.A.” at RCA Studios in L.A. 1968 – Janis Joplin plays her last concert with Big Brother and The Holding Company at New York's Hunter College. 1969 – Janis Joplin is arrested in her dressing room after her concert in Tampa, Florida, on charges of publicly using vulgar and indecent language during the show after a policeman tries to use a bullhorn to control a crowd that had left its seats and begun to move towards the stage. Joplin posts $504 bail, and the charges are later dropped. 1969 – The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, announces they are closing their doors for good. The club is destroyed by fire in 1987. 1969 – The Beatles appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in a photo taken from their last photo session on August 22. 1970 – Tommy Roe, Joe South, Billy Joe Royal and Abbe Lane all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1971 – The “spaghetti western" Blindman, featuring Ringo Starr as the brother of a notorious bandit, premieres in Rome to terrible reviews. 1974 – The Doobie Brothers release their single, “Black Water” b/w “Song To See You Through.” 1975 – The Eagles release their single, “Take It To The Limit” b/w “After The Thrill Is Gone.” 1975 – ABBA appears on American Bandstand. 1976 – The Sex Pistols appear at Notre Dame Hall in Leicester Place, London. 1979 – The Bee Gees host their first television special, The Bee Gees Special, on NBC, featuring Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and little brother Andy Gibb. 1987 – Dire Straits’ album Brothers In Arms becomes the first album ever to sell over three million copies in the UK. 1992 – Following his show in Costa Mesa, California, Ozzy Osbourne announces his retirement from touring, saying, “Who wants to be touring at 46?” 1992 – Spencer Davis, Robbie Krieger, Mark Lindsay, Peter Noone, Richie Havens and John Sebastian all appear as themselves on the “Rock Of Ages” episode of Fox’s Married With Children. 1998 – Country artist Wynonna Judd makes her acting debut in the “Psalm 151” episode of CBS’s Touched By An Angel. 2000 – Michael Abram, the Liverpool native who broke into George Harrison's home and stabbed him, is found not guilty by reason of insanity in Oxford Crown Court, and is confined to a mental hospital for an indefinite period of time. 2006 – U2 wins their court battle over stolen Bono memorabilia, including hats, clothing and earrings allegedly taken by his stylist. 2007 – Glasgow, Scotland native Kenneth Donnell is the highest bidder and pays £83,000 (approximately $122,000) for two tickets for Led Zeppelin's one-off reunion concert at London's O2 Arena. The purchase, which includes attending the band’s rehearsal, was the result of an auction to benefit the BBC's annual Children In Need appeal. 2007 – Singer/songwriter Paul Anka is inducted into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. 2009 – Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, begins his first tour in 33 years with a performance at the O2 in Dublin, Ireland. 2010 – The movie Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. 2011 – The “Bed Peace” sign that hung in John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Montreal hotel room during their 1969 bed-in for peace sells at a Christie’s auction for £97,250 ($154,000).
