November 1 Born –
Don Robey (1903) – songwriter, founder of Peacock and Duke Records.
Lou Donaldson (1926) – Jazz saxophonist with Art Blakely.
Andre Williams (1936) – R&B/blues musician (“Bacon Fat”).
Bill Anderson (1937) – Country singer/songwriter (“World Of Make Believe”).
S Sgt. Barry Sadler (1940) – singer/songwriter (“The Ballad Of The Green
Berets”).
Mike Burney (1944) – saxophonist for Roy Wood’s Wizzard.
Richard “Kinky” Friedman (1944) – singer/songwriter ("They Ain't Makin'
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Rick Grech (1946) – Blind Faith.
Bob Weston (1947) – guitarist for Fleetwood Mac.
Calvin Russell (1948) – American blues/roots guitarist/singer/songwriter.
David Foster (1949) – Canadian singer/songwriter/producer.
Dan Peek (1950) – America.
Ronald Bell (1951) – saxophonist/singer/songwriter for Kool & The Gang.
Chris Morris (1954) – vocalist for Paper Lace.
Lyle Lovett (1957) – Country music singer/songwriter.
Eddie Macdonald (1959) – bassist for The Alarm.
Anthony Kiedis (1962) – singer for Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Magne “Mags” Furuholmen (1962) – guitarist for A-Ha.
Rick Allen (1963) – drummer for Def Leppard.
Willie D (aka William Dennis, 1966) – rapper for Geto Boys.
Sophie B. Hawkins (1967) – singer/songwriter (“Damn I Wish I Was Your
Lover”).
Darren Partington (1969) – keyboardist/percussionist for 808 State.
Harold “Bo” Bice (1975) – singer.
LaTavia Roberson (1981) – Girl’s Tyme and Destiny’s Child.
November 1 R.I.P. –
Ann Cole (1986) – Age 52. R&B/gospel singer (“Got My Mojo Working”).
Terry Knight (2004) – murdered. Age 61. Manager of Grand Funk Railroad and
Bloodrock.
Skitch Henderson (2005) – Age 87. Composer, conductor of The Tonight Show
Orchestra.
Jimmy Carl Black (2008) – lung cancer. Age 70. The Mothers Of Invention.
Shakir Stewart (2008) – suicide. Age 34. Record executive, Island Def Jam
Music Group.
Nathaniel Mayer (2008) – multiple strokes. Age 64. R&B singer (“Village Of
Love”).
Jack Reno (2008) – brain cancer. Age 72. Country singer.
Yma Sumac (2008) – cancer. Age 86. Peruvian exotic singer.
Mitch Lucker (2012) – motorcycle crash. Age 28. Vocalist for Suicide
Silence.
November 1 album releases –
Elvis Presley – Fun In Acapulco (1963)
The Temptations – The Temptin’ Temptations (1965)
The Supremes – Merry Christmas (1965)
The Supremes – The Supremes At The Copa (1965)
Canned Heat – Living The Blues (1968)
George Harrison – Wonderwall Music (1968) UK
The Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970)
Nick Drake – Bryter Layter (1970)
Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales – Hooteroll? (1971)
Elvis Presley – Burning Love And Hits From His Movies, Volume 2 (1972)
James Taylor – One Man Dog (1972)
The Hollies – Romany (1972)
Slade – Slayed? (1972)
Roxy Music – Stranded (1973)
Poco – Cantamos (1974)
Kraftwerk – Autobahn (1974)
Scorpions – Fly To The Rainbow (1974)
The Band – Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975)
James Taylor – Greatest Hits (1976)
Aerosmith – Night In The Ruts (1979)
Jefferson Starship – Freedom At Point Zero (1979)
Hall & Oates – X-Static (1979)
Phil Collins – Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – American Dream (1988)
Ratt – Reach For The Sky (1988)
Harry Connick – 20 (1988)
Big Audio Dynamite II – Kool-Aid (1990)
The Grateful Dead – Infrared Roses (1991)
Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas (1994)
Tom Petty – Wildflowers (1994)
Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
The Black Crowes – Amorica (1994)
Aerosmith – Big Ones (1994)
Huey Lewis and The News – Four Chords And Several Years Ago (1994)
Incubus – Fungus Amongus (1995)
East 17 – Around The World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far (1996)
Kylie Minogue – Impossible Princess (1997)
James Taylor – A Christmas Album (1999)
Carbon Leaf – Ether-Electrified Porch Music (1999)
Westlife – Westlife (1999)
Santana – All That I Am (2005) U.S.
Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas II You (2010)
November 1 events –
1894 – The monthly publication, Billboard Advertising, is founded in
Cincinnati by William H. Donaldson and James Hennegan, focusing on
billboard advertising.
1954 – Billboard magazine ranks Elvis Presley at #8 on their list of the
Most Promising New Hillbilly or Country Singers.
1955 – The Famous Flames, featuring singer James Brown, record a demo of
"Please, Please, Please" at radio station WIBB in Macon, Georgia.
1956 – Elvis Presley buys a new Harley Davidson motorcycle and spends the
day riding round Memphis with actress Natalie Wood.
1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 package tour enters its third
and final month on the road with a show at the Arena Auditorium in Denver,
Colorado. Acts include The Everly Brothers, Frankie Lymon, LaVerne Baker,
Paul Anka, Buddy Knox, Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Bowen and The
Rhythm Orchids, Fats Domino, The Crickets, The Drifters, and Chuck Berry.
1957 – Sam Cooke records "I'll Come Running Back To You" at Master
Recorders in Hollywood.
1957 – The Four Esquires appear on American Bandstand, performing “Love Me
Forever.”
1959 – After seven years with the label, Ray Charles leaves Atlantic Records
and signs with ABC-Paramount.
1959 – Elvis Presley's current stint in the Army means that for the first
time in nearly five years, no Elvis singles reside on the Billboard chart.
1960 – The Everly Brothers record "Temptation" at RCA Studios in Nashville.
1960 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Are You Lonesome Tonight” b/w “I
Gotta Know.”
1962 – The Beatles begin a two week residency at the Star Club in Hamburg,
Germany. It is their second residency at the venue.
1963 – The Rolling Stones release their single, “I Wanna Be Your Man” b/w
“Stoned” on Decca Records.
1963 – Bonanza star Lorne Greene records the song “Ringo” at RCA Studios in
Hollywood.
1963 – The Beatles begin their fourth British tour - their first as
undisputed headliners - at the Odeon Cinema in Cheltenham. Other acts on
the tour include The Rhythm And Blues Quartet, The Vernon Girls, The Brook
Brothers, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, and The Kestrels.
1963 – Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas release their single, “I’ll Keep You
Satisfied” b/w “I Know.”
1964 – During their second U.S. tour, The Dave Clark 5 appears on The Ed
Sullivan Show, performing “Any Way You Want It.”
1964 – The Beach Boys arrive in London for their first British tour.
1965 – A Rolling Stones concert at Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, New
York, ends abruptly after only six songs when 3,000 fans storm the stage.
Three attempts are made to resume the show, but it's soon canceled by
police.
1966 – The Doors play the first night of a month long residency at the
Ondine Discotheque in Midtown Manhattan. It’s the first of three
residencies the group will play at the club.
1969 – The Beatles’ Abbey Road album hits #1 on the Billboard 200 in the
U.S.
1970 – The Folkfest Quartet - soon to become ABBA - makes their stage debut
at a restaurant in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1972 – The Elvis Presley documentary, Elvis On Tour, premieres in theaters.
1975 – Due to Karen Carpenter's battle with anorexia, The Carpenters are
forced to cancel their upcoming European tour.
1975 – Wings begin their 11-date Australian leg of their Wings Over The
World Tour at the Entertainment Centre in Perth.
1979 – Bob Dylan appears at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco, and is
booed when he performs his new Christian songs.
1987 – LL Cool J, Eric B & Rankin and Public Enemy play the first of three
nights at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. Each night is marred by
violence and crime, causing the venue to ban all further Hip Hop shows.
1991 – Former Temptation Eddie Kendricks is released from an Atlanta
hospital after having a cancerous lung removed.
1993 – Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav (aka William Drayton) is arrested in the
Bronx for the attempted murder of his neighbor, illegal possession of a
firearm and reckless endangerment. Flav believed his girlfriend was
sleeping with the neighbor.
1993 – Fats Domino releases the album Christmas Is A Special Day on
EMI/Right Stuff. It is his first major label release in 25 years.
1996 – In Dublin, U2 sets up a video link from their recording studio to an
Internet site enabling fans to watch them record their new album.
2000 – After a desperate appeal from a fan, Robbie Williams offers to
donate his bone marrow to save the life of leukemia suffer Johanna MacVicar.
2002 – P. Diddy hires two jets to fly 300 of his friends to Marrakech for
his 33rd birthday party.
2003 – Organizers of the MTV Europe Awards 2003 audition and recruit 500 “
screamers” to attend this year's event.
2004 – Former manager of Grand Funk Railroad, Terry Knight, is stabbed to
death in his home in Killeen, Texas, while defending his daughter against
her boyfriend, 26-year old Donald Alan Fair, during a domestic disturbance.
2004 – A 44-year old man is arrested for stalking Australian pop star
Natalie Imbruglia when he turns up on her Berkshire doorstep after flying
to London from Australia. At the police station, he is deemed too mentally
ill to be interviewed by police.
2012 – Metal Hammer magazine publishes their list of the top ten Best
Rock/Heavy Metal Mustaches, with Freddy Mercury taking the #1 spot. Motörhead’s
Lemmy Kilmister is second, Metallica’s James Hetfield third, and Black
Sabbath - minus Ozzy - takes fourth place.
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