... and more November 30 birthdays – Walter “Brownie” McGhee (1915) – Blues singer/guitarist. Teddy Wilburn (1931) – The Wilburn Brothers. Bob Moore (1932) – Nashville session bassist, Moby Grape. Jack Reno (1935) – Country singer. Frank Ifield (1937) – Australian singer. Jimmy Bowen (1937) – producer. Luther Ingram (1937) – R&B singer (“(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right"). Rob Grill (1943) – singer for The Grass Roots. Roger Glover (1945) – bassist for Deep Purple. David Sancious (1953) – session keyboardist, The E Street Band. June Pointer (1953) – The Pointer Sisters. George McArdle (1954) – bassist for Little River Band. John Ashton (1957) – guitarist for The Psychedelic Furs. Richard Barbieri (1957) – keyboardist for Japan. Stacey Q (aka Stacey Swain, 1958) – singer (“Two Of Hearts”). Paul Wheeler (1965) – drummer for Icehouse. John Moyer (1973) – bassist for Disturbed. Malinda “Mindy” McCready (1975) – Country singer. Clay Aicken (1978) – singer. Dougie Poynter (1987) – bassist/vocalist for McFly.
November 30 R.I.P. – David Houston (1993) – brain aneurysm. Age 57. Country artist (“Livin’ In A House Full Of Love”). Tiny Tim (1996) – heart attack. Age 64. Don "Sugarcane" Harris (1999) – Age 61. Violinist/guitarist. Munetaka Higuchi (2008) – hepatocellular carcinoma. Age 49. Drummer for Loudness. Monty Sunshine (2010) – Age 82. Clarinetist for The Chris Barber Jazz Band. November 30 album releases – Jefferson Airplane – After Bathing At Baxter’s (1967) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Solar Fire (1973) Cat Stevens – Numbers (1975) Pink Floyd – The Wall (1979) Yes – Classic Yes (1981) Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982) Sammy Hagar – Three Lock Box (1982) Pete Townshend – White City: A Novel (1985) The Who – Who’s Missing (1985) Freddie King – Live At The Texas Opry House (1992) November 30 events – 1940 – Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz marries actress Lucille Ball. 1940 – Minnie Pearl makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. 1943 – The Nat “King” Cole Trio records “Straighten Up And Fly Right.” 1954 – Nat “King” Cole plays the first of six nights at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. 1955 – Ray Charles records “Hallelujah, I Love Her So” and “Drown In My Own Tears” at Atlantic Studios in New York City. 1956 – The “anti-rock and roll” movie, Shake, Rattle And Rock! premieres in theaters. 1958 – The Crests release their single, “16 Candles” b/w “Beside You” on Coed Records. 1959 – Billboard magazine reports that the payola scandal "will substantially damage the careers of at least twenty-five DJs." Alan Freed is quoted as saying, “My career has gone down the drain.” 1960 – Paul McCartney and Pete Best are deported from Germany after being released from jail on an attempted arson charge. 1962 – For the first time, The Beatles make the "favorite group" list in the New Musical Express readers’ poll. 1968 – Sly and The Family Stone release their single, “Everyday People” b/w “Sing A Simple Song.” 1969 – Neil Diamond makes his debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Sweet Caroline.” 1969 – NBC airs the Simon and Garfunkel television special Songs Of America, even after sponsor AT&T backs out over the show's plan to show footage of the Bobby Kennedy funeral and the Vietnam war. 1969 – The Monkees make what will be their last live appearance for 15 years when they play the Oakland Coliseum in California. 1969 – The Rolling Stones play the final night of their 17-date North American tour at the International Raceway Festival in West Palm Beach, Florida. Also appearing are The Moody Blues, Ten Years After, King Crimson, Janis Joplin, The Band, Steppenwolf and Iron Butterfly. 1972 – Wings release their single “Hi, Hi, Hi” b/w “C Moon.” The BBC immediately bans the song for its drug and sexual references. 1977 – Bing Crosby’s 42nd and final Christmas special airs on CBS, featuring a duet with David Bowie on “Little Drummer Boy.” 1989 – The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses both make their debut appearance on Top Of The Pops. 1991 – Milli Vanilli’s Rob Pilatus attempts suicide by slitting his wrists and taking an overdose of sleeping pills. He doesn’t succeed. 1994 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot five times and robbed by two men in army fatigues after entering the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan. He is treated in a local hospital, and Shakur checks himself out after three hours. 1995 – Martina McBride becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry. 1996 – Rapper Ice Cube obtains a restraining order to keep an obsessed fan away from him and his family. Cynthia Renee Collins is told to stop harassing the 26 year-old rapper and stay at least 100 feet away from him. 1997 – Chumbawamba's Danbert Nobacon is arrested in Florence, Italy for wearing a skirt and is jailed overnight. 1999 – Elton John is blasted by the Boy Scouts Association after appearing on stage at London's Albert Hall performing “It's A Sin” with six male dancers dressed as Boy Scouts who peeled of their uniforms during the performance. 2000 – Loverboy bassist Scott Smith is washed overboard by a 26 foot wave in shark-infested waters off the coast of San Francisco. His body is never recovered. 2001 – The first Top Of The Pops Awards are held in Manchester, with categories voted on by viewers of the BBC show. Winners include Westlife for Best Pop Act, Destiny’s Child for Best R&B Act, U2 for Best Rock Act, and Fatboy Slim for Best Dance Act. Best Newcomer goes to Nelly Furtado, Best Single to Kylie Minogue’s “Can't Get You Out Of My Head,” Best Album to Travis for The Invisible Band, Artist on Top of the World goes to Jennifer Lopez, and the Hall of Fame Award is taken by Paul McCartney. 2002 – High Court probate records reveal that George Harrison left his fortune of £99 million in a trust to his wife Olivia and his son Dhani, depriving the taxman of £40 million. His English mansion near Henley-on-Thames is said to be worth £15 million. 2003 – A block of East 2nd Street in New York City is officially renamed Joey Ramone Place. By 2010, the "Joey Ramone Place" sign will be New York City's most stolen sign. 2005 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty is arrested for drug possession after being stopped by police while driving his car in Ealing, west London. Police stopped the vehicle because it was being driven "in an erratic manner." 2005 – Police begin investigating claims that Michael Jackson is trafficking drugs to feed his 40 pills-a-day habit from the U.S. to his current home in Bahrain. 2006 – Syd Barrett's final belongings are sold by Cheffins auctioneers in Cambridge, England. The sale of the 77 items, including paintings, two bicycles, his armchair, his home-made bread bin, tools, notebooks and binders and books, raises £119,890. 2007 – A Christies Rock and Roll auction held at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City sells a collection of 276 ticket stubs compiled by a rock journalist who covered many of the greatest rock concerts at New York City venues between the late 1960s to the 1990s. The ticket stubs, which include concerts by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Traffic, The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, The Grateful Dead and Bruce Springsteen, sell for $2,000.
