... and more November 17 birthdays –
Jack Owens (1904) – Delta blues guitarist/singer.
Marion Montgomery (aka Maud Runnells, 1934) – singer ("That's Life").
Gerry McGee (1937) – guitarist for The Ventures.
Bob Gaudio (1942) – singer/songwriter/producer, The Four Seasons.
Martin Barre (1946) – guitarist for Jethro Tull.
Robert “Stewkey” Antoni (1947) – singer for The Nazz.
Rod Clements (1947) – guitarist for Lindisfarne.
Iain Sutherland (1948) – The Sutherland Brothers.
Dean Paul "Dino" Martin (1951) – bassist for Dino, Desi & Billy.
Jim Babjak (1957) – guitarist for The Smithereens.
Jeff Buckley (1966)
Ben Wilson (1967) – keyboardist for Blues Traveler.
Isaac Hanson (1980) – guitarist for Hanson (“MMMBop”).
November 17 R.I.P. –
John Glascock (1979) – congenital heart defect. Age 28. Jethro Tull.
Bob Eberly (1981) – heart attack. Age 65. Big band singer with Jimmy
Dorsey and Helen O'Connell.
Alan Hull (1995) – heart thrombosis. Age 50. Lindisfarne.
Arthur Conley (2003) – intestinal cancer. Age 57. Singer (“Sweet Soul
Music”).
Don Gibson (2003) – natural causes. Age 75. Country music singer/
songwriter ("Sweet Dreams").
Ruth Brown (2006) – complications from a heart attack and stroke. Age
78.
Gary Garcia (2011) – Age 63. Novelty singer/songwriter (“Pac-Man
Fever”).
November 17 album releases –
The Byrds – Farther Along (1971)
Faces – A Nod Is As Good As A Wink…To A Horse (1971)
Tommy Bolin – Teaser (1975)
The Doors – An American Prayer (1978)
Paul McCartney – Good Evening New York City (2009)
November 17 events –
1938 – Orchestra leader Kay Kyser gives a lecture at the College of
the City of New York on "the inner workings and artistic features of
swing music." Its popularity leads to Kyser being given his own
popular NBC radio show, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge.
1957 – Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps perform “Dance To The Bop” on
The Ed Sullivan Show.
1958 – Alan Freed's trial for allegedly inciting a riot at one of his
Boston package tour shows is postponed for a year while prosecutors
sort out the state's archaic anti-anarchy laws.
1963 – In Guildford, England, Surrey Grammar School headmaster John
Weightman bans the popular Beatle "moptop" haircuts, explaining that,
"this ridiculous style brings out the worst in boys physically. It
makes them look like morons."
1963 – Singer Tommy Sands joins his wife Nancy Sinatra on The Ed
Sullivan Show to perform "Old Straw Hat" and "Hey Good Lookin’.”
1963 – The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards present Gene
Pitney with one of their first songs, "My Only Girl," backstage of the
British ITV music program Thank Your Lucky Stars. Pitney re-titles it
"That Girl Belongs To Yesterday," and has a hit on both sides of the
ocean: the first Jagger/Richards composition to make the U.S. charts,
and the first UK hit for the pair. The Stones will record the song
themselves, but it is never released.
1966 – The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” hits #1 on the UK singles
chart.
1967 – Pink Floyd releases their single, “Apples And Oranges” b/w
“Paint Box.”
1967 – Monkee Davy Jones opens his first boutique in New York's
Greenwich Village, called Zilch I, after the Monkees song.
1967 – The Who begin their second U.S. tour opening for The
Buckinghams at the Shawnee Mission South High School auditorium in
Kansas City, Kansas.
1969 – Conway Twitty records "Hello Darlin’” at Bradley's Barn in
Mount Juliet, Tennessee.
1970 – Elton John gives a live radio concert from A&R Studios in New
York City. Elton will release the show on album as 11-17-70.
1974 – ABBA plays their first gig outside of Sweden, opening at the
Kalkonerteater in Copenhagen on their first European tour.
1976 – Olivia-Newton John's first television special, A Very Special
Olivia Newton-John, airs on ABC-TV.
1978 – During Bob Dylan's show at the San Diego Sports Arena, an
audience member throws a silver Christian cross onstage, which the
singer picks up and pockets. Coincidentally, Dylan enters his
"Christian period" the following year.
1978 – Led Zeppelin records "All My Love" at Polar Studios in
Stockholm, Sweden.
1979 – The Guinness Book of World Records confirms that ABBA is the
biggest-selling recording group in history.
1980 – Aretha Franklin and Sammy Davis, Jr. appear at this year’s
Royal Command Performance in London for Queen Elizabeth II.
1990 – David Crosby breaks his left leg, ankle and shoulder in a
motorcycle accident while speeding near his home in Los Angeles
without a helmet.
1991 – Stone Roses drummer Reni appears in court on a charge of
obstruction and claims that police beat him up after his arrest. He is
fined £50.
1992 – Former members of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, Jimmy
Merchant and Herman Santiago, are awarded $4 million in back royalties
for their 1956 hit "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?"
1994 – Bob Dylan begins taping his MTV Unplugged performance.
1999 – Mariah Carey is forced to abandon a performance on Rome's
historic Spanish Steps after crowds of tourists surround her. She
takes shelter in a local shop before been given a police escort to
safety.
2000 – ABC-TV airs the documentary, The Beatles: Revolution.
2000 – With the release of The Beatles’ 1 greatest hits CD, it is
reported that Andy White, who played drums the included version of
“Love Me Do” will not earn enough from it to buy his own copy, since
he still receives his original 1962 session fee of £7.
2003 – Meatloaf collapses on stage at the Wembley Arena in London and
is rushed to a nearby hospital with an irregular heartbeat that
requires emergency surgery.
2003 – At 21-years old, Britney Spears becomes the youngest singer to
ever get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the evening, ABC-TV
airs the special, Britney Spears: In The Zone.
2003 – George Michael re-signs with Sony Music after a long legal
battle with the company which led to his contract being sold to rival
record companies Virgin Records and DreamWorks Records.
2010 – Singer Patti Smith wins the National Book Award for her memoir
“Just Kids.”
2010 – Joan Baez sustains minor injuries when she falls 20 feet out of
a treehouse in her backyard.
