... and more November 24 birthdays –
Kirby Grant (1911) - child prodigy violinist, singer, bandleader.
Teddy Wilson (1912) – Jazz pianist with Louis Armstrong and Billie
Holiday.
Eileen Barton (1924) – singer ("If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked
A Cake").
Al Cohn (1925) – Jazz saxophonist.
Tommy Allsup (1931) – The Crickets.
Claude Johnson (1934) – singer, Don and Juan (“What’s Your Name”).
Jim Yester (1939) – The Association.
Johnny Carver (1940) – Country music artist.
Pete Best (1941) – drummer for The Beatles, 1960-1962.
Billy Connolly (1942) – The Humblebums.
Tony Bourge (1948) – guitarist for Budgie.
Clem Burke (1955) – drummer for Blondie.
Chris Hayes (1957) – guitarist for Huey Lewis and The News.
Gary Stonadge (1962) – bassist for Big Audio Dynamite.
John Squire (1962) – guitarist for The Stone Roses.
Tony Rombola (1964) – guitarist for Godsmack.
Chad Taylor (1970) – guitarist for Live, and The Precious Few.
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Birthday corrections --
Bev Bevan and Lee Michaels were both born in 1945.
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November 24 R.I.P. –
"Big" Joe Turner (1985) – heart attack. Age 74.
Eric Carr (1991) – brain hemorrhage. Age 41. Drummer for KISS.
Freddie Mercury (1991) – AIDS. Age 45. Queen.
Albert Collins (1993) – lung and liver cancer. Age 61. Blues singer/
guitarist.
Teddy Wilburn (2003) – progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Age 71.
The Wilburn Brothers.
Michael Lee (2008) – epileptic seizure. Age 39. Drummer for Robert
Plant and The Cult.
November 24 album releases –
Tim Buckley – Blue Afternoon (1969)
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies (1971) U.S.
George Harrison – Thirty-Three And 1/3 (1976) U.S.
Rod Stewart – Blondes Have More Fun (1978)
Mike Oldfield – Incantations (1978)
Pat Benatar – Tropico (1984)
Eric Clapton – August (1986)
Leonard Cohen – The Future (1992)
Spin Doctors – Homebelly Groove…Live (1992)
Pearl Jam – Live On Two Legs (1998)
Metallica – Garage Inc. (1998)
Jeff Beck – Performing This Week…Live From Ronnie Scott’s (2008)
Bob Seger – Early Seger Vol. 1 (2009)
November 24 events –
1937 – The Andrews Sisters record "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" ("To Me You're
Beautiful"). The song becomes their first hit.
1950 – The musical comedy Guys And Dolls premieres on Broadway at the
46th Street Theatre.
1956 – In a makeshift studio at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh,
The Del Vikings record nine a cappella songs, including "Come Go With
Me." Instruments will be overdubbed later.
1957 – Harry Belafonte's "Mary's Boy Child" becomes the first single
to sell a million copies in the UK. The record stays at #1 for an
unheard-of seven weeks.
1958 – Jackie Wilson’s “Lonely Teardrops” hits the Billboard Hot 100.
1958 – Ritchie Valens releases his second single, “Donna” b/w “La
Bamba.”
1958 – Ricky Nelson records "Never Be Anyone Else But You" at Master
Recorders in Hollywood. The Jordanaires will overdub background vocals
on December 11.
1958 – Brenda Lee releases her Holiday single, “Rockin’ Around The
Christmas Tree” b/w “Papa Noël” on Decca Records.
1959 – Singer Johnnie Ray is arrested and jailed in London for
soliciting an undercover officer in a gay bar. He is later found not
guilty.
1961 – Blues man Howlin’ Wolf begins his first tour of the UK.
1962 – Despite being fired from The Beatles in late August, Pete Best
receives a birthday telegram from Brian Epstein.
1964 – The Who perform for the first time under their new name at
their debut gig at the Marquee Club in London. The date is the start
of a Thursday residency that lasts for seven weeks.
1964 – The UK's first commercial radio station, Radio Manx, begins
broadcasting from the Isle of Man.
1965 – The television special, Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music,
airs on NBC.
1965 – The Elvis Presley movie Harum Scarum opens in theaters.
1966 – Kansas City, Missouri police lock horns with rioting teenagers
at a James Brown concert after officials stop the show due to Brown's
obscene dancing.
1966 – The Beatles begin recording “Strawberry Fields Forever” at
Abbey Road Studios.
1967 – Ed Ames releases his single, “Who Will Answer?” b/w “My Love Is
Gone From Me” on RCA.
1967 – The Beatles release their single, “Hello Goodbye” b/w “I Am The
Walrus.”
1968 – Dusty Springfield appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing
“Son Of A Preacher Man.” Also on the show is Nancy Wilson.
1972 – Don Kirshner’s answer to The Midnight Special, In Concert
debuts on ABC-TV. Artists include Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley, and Seals
& Crofts.
1973 – Frank Sinatra ends two years of retirement with the NBC
television special Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back.
1974 – John Lennon rehearses “Whatever Gets You Through The Night,” “I
Saw Her Standing There” and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” at the
Record Plant recording studio with Elton John for Elton's upcoming
Madison Square Garden concert.
1978 – In a clear prelude to his coming Christian direction, Jewish-
born Bob Dylan plays tonight's gig in Fort Worth, Texas wearing a
large gold cross around his neck.
1983 – The Irish band The Undertones breaks up.
1984 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries his girlfriend, nude
model Candice (aka Elaine Starchuk). The marriage lasts one month.
1991 – Little Richard presides over the marriage of Cyndi Lauper to
David Thornton. He then entertains at the reception.
1992 – Bill Wyman's divorce from Mandy Smith is finalized.
1999 – At a Bonhams of London rock auction, Buddy Holly's first
driver’s license sells for £3,795, and a copy of The Beatles’ White
Album, numbered 00000001, sells for £9,775.
2000 – Spice Girl Mel B’s former husband Jimmy Gulzar is given
unconditional bail after appearing in court charged with attacking the
star's sister, Danielle.
2003 – In a poll for Q magazine, a panel of UK music writers votes
Black Lace’s "Agadoo" the worst song of all time.
2003 – Glen Campbell is arrested for drunk driving and leaving the
scene of an accident in Phoenix.
2005 – Jessica Simpson and husband Nick Lachey separate.
2006 – Roger Daltrey portrays a killer on the “Transformation” episode
of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
2007 – The mansion of Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea burns to the
ground in a wildfire that consumes 53 other properties in the Malibu
area.
2008 – Snaresbrook Crown Court hears how Boy George chained a male
escort to his bedroom wall and beat him with a metal chain after
accusing him of hacking into his laptop.
2008 – The movie about the history of Chess Records, Cadillac Records,
premieres at the Egyptian Theatre in L.A.
2009 – Donny Osmond and his dancing partner, Kym Johnson, win the
mirror ball trophy on Dancing With The Stars.
2011 – The New York memorabilia store, Gotta Have Rock & Roll,
auctions off a John Lennon handwritten to-do list for his personal
assistant Fred Seaman from 1980. Items on the list include waiting for
the cable guy, fixing the lock on the bathroom door, picking up
marmalade and buying books. The list sells to a Massachusetts
collector for an undisclosed amount.
