... and more November 23 birthdays –
Ruth Etting (1897) – singer, “America’s Sweetheart of Song” (“Shine
On, Harvest Moon”).
Jerry Bock (1928) – Broadway composer (Fiddler On The Roof).
Gloria Lynne (1931) – Jazz singer (“I Wish You Love”).
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933) – Polish composer (“Threnody To The
Victims Of Hiroshima”).
Betty Everett (1939) – Soul singer/pianist (“The Shoop Shoop Song
(It’s In His Kiss)”).
Alan Paul (1949) – The Manhattan Transfer.
Sandra Stevens (1949) – Brotherhood Of Man.
Calvin Hayes (1962) – keyboardist and drummer for Johnny Hates Jazz.
Chris Bostock (1962) – bassist for Jo Boxers.
Conny Bloom (1964) – guitarist for Hanoi Rocks and Electric Boys.
Ken Block (1966) – guitarist/vocalist for Sister Hazel.
Destiny Hope “Miley” Cyrus (1992)
November 23 R.I.P. –
Spade Cooley (1969) – heart attack backstage. Age 58. Western swing
musician, bandleader.
Roy Acuff (1992) – congestive heart failure. Age 89. The King of
Country Music.
Tommy Boyce (1994) – suicide. Age 55. Songwriter (“I Wonder What She’s
Doing Tonight”).
Junior Walker (1995) – cancer. Age 64. Junior Walker and The All
Stars.
Bobby Sheen (2000) – pneumonia. Age 57. The Robins, Bob B. Soxx and
The Blue Jeans.
O.C. Smith (2001) – Age 69. Singer ("Little Green Apples").
Anita O’Day (2006) – cardiac arrest. Age 87. Jazz singer with Gene
Krupa and Woody Herman.
Betty Comden (2006) – heart failure. Age 89. Lyricist (“Do Re Mi”).
November 23 album releases –
The Beatles – The Beatles Story (1964) U.S.
Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman (1970)
Ringo Starr – Ringo (1973) UK
The Moody Blues – This Is The Moody Blues (1974)
AC/DC – For Those About To Rock We Salute You (1981)
Bad Religion – Against The Grain (1990)
Guns ‘N Roses – The Spaghetti Incident? (1993)
Metallica – Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993)
Ace Of Base – The Sign (1993)
Mötley Crüe – Live: Entertainment Or Death (1999)
Guns ‘N Roses – Live Era ’87-’93 (1999)
Metallica – S&M (1999)
Guns ‘N Roses – Chinese Democracy (2008)
November 23 events –
1936 – Blues singer/guitarist Robert Johnson hold his first recording
session in San Antonio, Texas, recording eight songs: "Kind Hearted
Woman Blues," "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom," "Sweet Home Chicago,"
"Ramblin' On My Mind," "When You Got A Good Friend," "Come On In My
Kitchen," "Terraplane Blues" and "Phonograph Blues."
1938 – Bob Hope and Shirley Ross record “Thanks For The Memories” for
the film The Big Broadcast Of 1938. The song will become Hope’s theme
song.
1956 – Sheet metal worker Louis Balint is arrested in the morning
after punching Elvis Presley at a hotel in Toledo, Ohio, claiming that
his wife's love for Elvis had caused his marriage to break up. He is
fined $19.60 but ends up being jailed because he is unable to pay the
fine. Unhurt, Elvis travels to Cleveland for his show at the Cleveland
Arena where, due to a labor strike by the three major newspapers in
town, the only photographer to record the event is 17-year old Lew
Allen who is working for his high school newspaper. Allen has complete
access to Presley, before, during and after the show.
1960 – Elvis Presley’s movie, G.I. Blues, opens in theaters in the
U.S.
1962 – The Beatles travel to St. James' Church Hall in London for a
ten-minute audition with BBC Television, which came about when Beatles
fan, David Smith of Preston, Lancashire wrote to the BBC asking for
the group to be featured on BBC television. Assuming that Smith was
their manager, the BBC wrote back to him, offering an audition. Smith
brought his letter to NEMS Enterprises, and Clive Epstein contacted
brother Brian, who arranged for the audition to take place. Four days
later, Brian Epstein receives a polite "thumbs-down" letter from the
BBC.
1964 – The Rolling Stones are banned from the BBC for
“unprofessionalism,” for arriving late twice to perform on the radio
shows Saturday Club and Top Gear.
1964 – The Beatles release their single, “I Feel Fine” b/w “She’s A
Woman” in the U.S. on Capitol Records.
1965 – Marc Bolan appears on the UK television show Five O'Clock
Funfair, performing “The Wizard.”
1967 – In an interview in Rolling Stone magazine, San Francisco KMPX-
FM disc jockey Tom Donahue, inventor of "classic rock" and "deep cut"
radio, slams AM radio claiming, "Top Forty radio, as we know it today
and have known it for the last ten years, is dead, and its rotting
corpse is stinking up the airwaves."
1968 – The Cowsills’ television special, The Cowsills: A Family Thing,
airs on NBC.
1968 – Led Zeppelin signs with Atlantic Records on the advice of Dusty
Springfield.
1969 – The Rolling Stones appear via videotape on The Ed Sullivan
Show. Also on the show are Ella Fitzgerald and Ed Ames.
1970 – George Harrison releases his first single as a solo artist, “My
Sweet Lord” b/w “Isn’t It A Pity” in the U.S.
1972 – Bob Dylan arrives in Durango, Mexico, to begin shooting his
acting debut in the western Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid.
1974 – Spooky Tooth calls it quits and disbands.
1976 – In the early morning hours, a drunk Jerry Lee Lewis visits
Elvis Presley's Memphis home, Graceland, and is told that Elvis is
asleep. Lewis drives off in a huff but returns a short time later.
When Jerry Lee is refused permission to enter again, he brandishes a
gun and claims he's come to kill Presley. Night guard Harold Lloyd
calls the police and Lewis is arrested for carrying a pistol and being
drink in public.
1979 – At the Oslo Airport in Norway, Marianne Faithfull is arrested
for possession of marijuana, but is released after signing a
confession.
1979 – Keith Richards’ girlfriend Anita Pallenberg is cleared by a
court of shooting a man found dead at her home. 17-year old Scott
Cantrell shot himself in the head on July 20th with a gun owned by
Richards while in Pallenberg's bed at the South Salem, New York house
shared by Richards and Pallenberg. Cantrell had been employed as a
part-time groundskeeper at the estate and was involved in a sexual
relationship with Pallenberg.
1979 – NBC-TV airs The Rod Stewart Special.
1988 – The Phil Collins movie, Buster, opens in theaters.
1989 – Singer Jimmy Somerville is given a conditional discharge from
Bow St. Magistrates after being found guilty of obstructing the
highway during an AIDS demonstration outside the Australian commission
in London.
1989 – Paul McCartney begins his first tour of the U.S. in 13 years,
playing the first of five nights at the Great Western Forum in L.A.
1990 – MTV bans Madonna's “Justify My Love” music video for being too
sexually explicit.
1994 – Michael Jackson is cleared in a paternity suit after DNA
results prove that he is not the father.
1996 – Trace Adkins makes his debut appearance at the Grand Ole Opry,
and proposes to his future wife from the stage.
1998 – The world's first portable mp3 player goes on sale, despite
strenuous objections from the RIAA. The Diamond Rio PMP300, which cost
$200, plays about 12 songs.
2000 – Dolly Parton and Vince Gill host the CBS television special,
Grand Ole Opry, A Celebration, celebrating its 75th anniversary.
2002 – Otis Redding's widow and his former manager sue writer Scott
Freeman, author of a 2001 biography of the late soul singer, for
comments in the book stating that Redding's manager caused his plane
to crash in 1967 - with a little help from the mob - in order to
collect on his life insurance.
2005 – Toronto member of Parliament Dan McTeague attempts to have
rapper 50 Cent barred from entering Canada to perform a series of
concerts. McTeague sent a letter to Immigration Minister Joe Volpe
claiming that the controversial rapper shouldn't be permitted to cross
the border because he promotes gun violence.
2007 – Bono and The Edge are unannounced surprise guests at the Little
Noise Sessions acoustic charity concert held at the Union Chapel in
London, where they perform "Stay," "Desire," "Angel Of Harlem," and a
new song, "Wave Of Sorrow."
2009 – Little Richard undergoes hip replacement surgery at a hospital
in Tennessee.
2009 – In an interview, singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot says it's
"not likely" he will ever release another album of new material,
stating that his 2004 album, Harmony, fulfilled his recording contract.
