November 2 Born –
Harry Babbitt (1913) – singer with Kay Kyser and His Orchestra.
“Charmin” Kay Armen (aka Armenuhi Manoogian, 1915) – singer on Stop The
Music.
Janette Davis (1917) – singer on Arthur Godfrey Time.
Charlie Walker (1926) – Country musician (“Pick Me Up On Your Way Down”).
Amar Bose (1929) – sound/electrical engineer, founder of Bose speaker
systems.
Earl Carroll (1937) – The Cadillacs (“Speedo”).
Brian Poole (1941) – Brian Poole and The Tremeloes.
Bruce Welch (aka Bruce Cripps, 1941) – guitarist for The Shadows.
Jay Black (aka David Blatt, 1941) – Jay and The Americans.
Keith Emerson (1944) – Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
John David “J.D.” Souther (1945) – singer/songwriter, Souther, Hillman,
Furay Band.
Leonard “Chip” Hawkes (1945) – bassist for Brian Poole and The Tremeloes.
Dave Pegg (1947) – bassist for Fairport Convention.
Maxine Nightingale (1952) – British singer ("Right Back Where We Started
From").
Carter Beauford (1957) – drummer for The Dave Matthews Band.
k.d. lang (aka Kathryn Lang, 1961) – Canadian singer.
Ron McGovney (1962) – original bassist for Metallica.
Bobby Dall (1963) – bassist for Poison.
Andy Barker (1965) – drummer for 808 State.
Alvin Chea (1967) – Take 6.
Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu (1969) – bassist for Korn.
John Hampson (1971) – guitarist for Nine Days.
Nelly (aka Cornell Haynes, Jr., 1974) – rapper.
Chris Walla (1975) – guitarist for Death Cab For Cutie.
November 2 R.I.P. –
Mississippi John Hurt (1966) – heart attack. Age 73. Blues singer/guitarist.
Mort Shuman (1991) – complications from liver surgery. Age 54. Songwriter
(“Viva Las Vegas”).
Florence Greenberg (1995) – heart failure. Age 82. Record executive, Tiara
Records, Wand Records.
Eva Cassidy (1996) – melanoma. Age 33. Jazz/blues/R&B singer/guitarist.
Oby “Buddy” Starcher (2001) – Country singer (“History Repeats Itself”).
November 2 album releases –
Cream – Disraeli Gears (1967)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willie And The Poor Boys (1969)
Yes – Time And A Word (1970) U.S.
John Lennon – Mind Games (1973) U.S.
Ringo Starr – Ringo (1973) U.S.
Miles Davis – Water Babies (1976)
The Police – Outlandos d’Amour (1978)
Wings – Wings Greatest (1978) UK
The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
Rory Gallagher – Stage Struck (1980)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse – re-ac-tor (1981)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Long After Dark (1982)
George Harrison – Cloud Nine (1987)
Paul McCartney – All The Best! (1987)
Bryan Ferry – Bête Noire (1987)
Bad Religion – No Control (1989)
Madness – Madstock! (1992)
k.d. lang – Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993)
Bryan Adams – So Far So Good (1993)
The Band – Jericho (1993)
Kate Bush – The Red Shoes (1993)
Dixie Chicks – Shouldn’t A Told You That (1993)
The Bee Gees – Size Isn’t Everything (1993) U.S.
Bright Eyes – Letting Off The Happiness (1998) U.S.
Genesis – Way We Walk, Vols. 1-2: The Shorts And Longs (1998)
Foo Fighters – There Is Nothing Left To Lose (1999)
Bane – It All Comes Down To This (1999)
Mariah Carey – Rainbow (1999)
Sting – …If On A Winter’s Night (2009) UK
November 2 events –
1920 – The first commercial radio station in the U.S., Pittsburgh’s KDKA,
begins broadcasting the election results of the Warren G Harding/James Cox
presidential race from a shack on the roof of the K Building of the
Westinghouse Electric Company East Pittsburgh Works in Turtle Creek.
1936 – The commercial-driven Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is
created, replacing the state-owned Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
(CRBC). The CBC, like the BBC, will become commercial-free in 1974.
1956 – A riot breaks out at Fats Domino's show in Fayetteville, North
Carolina, with police resorting to tear gas to break up the unruly crowd.
Fats jumps out of a window to avoid the melee, and he and two other band
members are slightly injured.
1956 – Stonewall Jackson joins the Grand Ole Opry: the first artist to do
so without a recording contract.
1962 – The Elvis Presley film Girls! Girls! Girls! premieres in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
1963 – Dion angrily walks off the set of Ready, Steady, Go! in the middle
of performing his hit "Donna The Prima Donna," claiming the go-go dancers
surrounding him during the song are distracting.
1963 – The British paper Daily Mirror uses the term "Beatlemania" for the
first time in its review of the group’s concert the night before in
Cheltenham, effectively inserting the phrase into the popular consciousness.
1963 – The Konrads, featuring 16-year old David Bowie on vocals and
saxophone, appear at Shirley Parish Hall in Shirley, Croydon.
1964 – Brenda Lee, Cliff Richard and Cilla Black appear at the Royal
Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II in London.
1966 – Paul Revere and The Raiders appear on the "Dizzoner The Penguin"
episode of Batman.
1966 – The Temptations release their single, “(I Know) I’m Losing You” b/w
“I Couldn’t Cry If I Wanted To” on the Gordy label.
1967 – Pink Floyd begins their first U.S. tour at the Fillmore Auditorium
in San Francisco. Because of Syd Barrett’s declining mental health, the
tour is a near disaster.
1968 – Cream is presented with a platinum album for Wheels Of Fire at their
show at Madison Square Garden during their farewell tour.
1968 – The Doors play two shows at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Columbus,
Ohio.
1969 – The Rolling Stones quasi-documentary, Sympathy For The Devil,
directed by Jean-Luc Godard, premieres in San Francisco.
1969 – Simon and Garfunkel record "Cecilia" and "El Condor Pasa (If I
Could)."
1969 – The Band appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Up On Cripple
Creek.” Also on the show are Buck Owens, Pearl Bailey and Petula Clark.
1970 – Grand Funk Railroad and Black Sabbath play the San Diego Sports
Arena in California.
1971 – Willie Nelson and his second wife Shirley Collie are divorced after
eight years of marriage. Collie initiated the divorce proceedings after
finding a bill from the maternity ward of a Houston hospital charged to
Nelson and Connie Koepke for the birth of Paula Carlene Nelson.
1973 – CBS airs the Barbra Streisand television special Barbra Streisand
And Other Musical Instruments, featuring special guest Ray Charles.
1973 – Bob Dylan and The Band - minus Levon Helm - record “Never Say
Goodbye,” “Forever Young” and “Nobody ‘Cept You” at Village Recorder in Los
Angeles.
1974 – George Harrison begins the first-ever solo tour by a Beatle when he
performs the first night of his Dark Horse Tour at the Pacific Coliseum in
Vancouver, Canada. The tour, which is plagued by Harrison's laryngitis, is
a disaster.
1978 – David Cassidy's infamous flop cop TV drama, David Cassidy: Man
Undercover, debuts on NBC. The show lasts ten episodes.
1979 – The movie, Quadrophenia, based on The Who’s rock opera album, debuts
in theaters in the U.S.
1979 – AC/DC plays the second of three sold-out nights at the Hammersmith
Odeon in London, with Def Leppard as opening act. The show is recorded by
the BBC for broadcast.
1984 – Reverend Marvin Gay Sr. is found guilty of manslaughter in the
shooting death of his son, but the court rules the action was taken in
self-defense. Gay is given a six-year suspended jail sentence and placed on
five years' probation.
1985 – With his new single "Part-Time Lover" topping the charts, Stevie
Wonder becomes the first artist with the longest period between #1 records:
22 years. The Beach Boys will match that in 1988 with their hit “Kokomo.”
1987 – Eric Clapton plays the first of two nights at the Budokan Hall in
Tokyo, Japan.
1987 – Singer Lola Falana suffers a severe relapse of her multiple
sclerosis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis>symptoms, causing her
left side to be paralyzed, partially blindness, and impairing her voice and
hearing. Her career is put on hold for more than a year as she recuperates.
1990 – Prince’s fourth movie and sequel to Purple Rain, Graffiti Bridge,
opens in theaters in the U.S. and Canada.
1994 – Ruth Tyrangiel files a $5 million palimony suit in Los Angeles
against Bob Dylan - her companion for 20 years - for reneging on his
promise to marry her after she helped with his business affairs and also
with his songwriting.
1994 – David Crosby is hospitalized, suffering from liver failure. He is
put on a transplant waiting list.
1995 – Al Green, Diana Ross, Bill Withers, Patti LaBelle and others appear
on the 25th Anniversary edition of Soul Train.
2002 – British police arrest five men of an international gang who are
planning to kidnap former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her children, and
ransom them for £5 million.
2007 – Led Zeppelin's eagerly-awaited reunion concert in London, slated for
November 26, is postponed for two weeks when guitarist Jimmy Page breaks
his pinky finger. The tribute concert in honor of late Atlantic Records
founder Ahmet Ertegun will now take place on December 10.
2007 – Ozzy Osbourne claims his reputation was tarnished, and says that
using his name was “insulting” after U.S. police officers send invitations
to over 500 people in North Dakota with outstanding arrest warrants to an
“Ozzy party.” More than 30 suspects turned up to what police argue was a
"creative" way to fight crime. Ozzy had been selected because he was due to
play a gig in Fargo.
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