November 14 Born –
Aaron Copeland (1900) – American composer ("Fanfare For The Common Man").
Morton Downey, Sr. (1901) – singer, “The Irish Nightingale.”
Johnny Desmond (aka Giovanni De Simone, 1914) – singer.
Martha Tilton (1915) – Swing singer (“And The Angels Sing”).
Jay Migliori (1930) – session saxophonist with the Wrecking Crew, Supersax.
Cornell Gunter (1936) – The Platters, and The Coasters.
Freddie Garrity (1936) – Freddie and The Dreamers.
Sherrie Payne (1944) – The Supremes, and Glass House.
Buckwheat Zydeco (aka Stanley Dural, Jr., 1947) – accordionist/zydeco
musician.
James “J.Y.” Young (1949) – guitarist for Styx.
Frankie Banali (1951) – drummer for Quiet Riot.
Stephen Bishop (1951) – singer/songwriter (“On And On”).
Alec Jon Such (1951) – bassist for Bon Jovi.
Yanni (aka Yiannis Hryssomallis, 1954) – keyboardist, Chameleon.
Andrew Banfield (1964) – vocalist for The Pasadenas.
Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons (1964) – Run DMC.
Nic Dalton (1964) – bassist for The Lemonheads.
Stuart Staples (1965) – vocalist for Tindersticks.
Brian Yale (1968) – bassist for Matchbox Twenty.
Dougie Payne (1972) – bassist for Travis.
Travis Barker (1975) – drummer for Blink-182.
November 14 R.I.P. –
John Cascella (1992) – heart attack. Age 45. Keyboardist/accordionist for
John Mellencamp.
Eddy Snyder (2000) – cancer. Age 63. Guitarist for The Cascades (“Rhythm Of
The Rain”).
Lee Pockriss (2011) – Age 87. Songwriter (“Catch A Falling Star”).
Martin Fay (2012) – Age 76. Fiddler for The Chieftans.
November 14 album releases –
Syd Barrett – Barrett (1970)
Syd Barrett – Syd Barrett (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra – Face The Music (1975) UK
John Cale – Helen Of Troy (1975)
Wet Willie – Manorisms (1977)
Tubeway Army – Tubeway Army (1978)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Raise! (1981)
Chic – Believer (1983)
Yes – 90125 (1983)
Milli Vanilli – All Or Nothing (1988)
Vince Gill – When I Call Your Name (1989)
Melissa Etheridge – Your Little Secret (1995)
Guster – Parachute (1995)
At The Gates – Slaughter Of The Soul (1995)
AC/DC – Live From The Atlantic Studios (1997)
Mötley Crüe – Greatest Hits (1998)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – The Collection Volume Two (2000)
Badfinger – Head First (2000)
Paul Revere and The Raiders – Mojo Workout! (2000)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Live At The Fillmore East (2006)
November 14 events –
1921 – Chicago's first radio station, KYW, broadcasts the first professional
opera.
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company, BBC, takes to the airwaves on
channel 2LO.
1944 – Frank Sinatra records “Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The
Week)” for Columbia Records.
1944 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra record “Opus No. 1,” featuring Buddy
Rich on drums and Nelson Riddle on trombone.
1951 – Marty Robbins holds his first session under his new Columbia Records
contract and records “Love Me Or Leave Me Alone” and three other songs at
Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
1952 – The first British singles chart is published in the New Musical
Express newspaper, with Al Martino at #1 with “Here In My Heart.”
1953 – Eddie Fisher, along with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra and Chorus,
records “Oh My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)” at RCA Studios in New York City.
1956 – Jerry Lee Lewis records both sides of his first Sun Records single, "End
Of The Road" and "Crazy Arms." The record will be credited to Jerry Lee Lewis
and His Pumping Piano.
1957 – Jim Lowe, and The Wilburn Brothers appear on American Bandstand.
1958 – Cliff Richard and The Drifters - soon to become The Shadows - record
“Livin’ Lovin’ Doll.”
1960 – The term "Nashville Sound" is used for the first time in an article
published in TIME magazine.
1960 – Jazz drummer Cozy Cole begins a 20-week goodwill tour of Africa,
sponsored by the U.S. State Department.
1960 – Elvis Presley's new record, "It's Now Or Never," sells 780,000
copies in the first week of release in England, becoming the fastest
selling single in UK history.
1960 – Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My Mind” hits #1 on the Billboard singles
chart.
1961 – The Everly Brothers record “Crying In The Rain” and “That's Old
Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be)” at RCA Studios in Nashville.
1962 – Bob Dylan records “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and “Mixed Up
Confusion” at Columbia Studios in New York City.
1962 – The Beatles play their final show of their two-week residency at the
Star Club in Hamburg.
1964 – On her first UK tour, Dusty Springfield causes a furor when she
tells a local magazine: "I wish I'd been born colored. When it comes to
singing and feeling, I want to be one of them and not me. Then I see how
some of them are treated and I thank God I'm white."
1965 – The Dave Clark 5 performs “Over And Over” and “Catch Us If You Can”
on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show are The Barry Sisters and Jerry
Vale.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience begin their second UK tour at the Royal
Albert Hall in London, with opening acts Amen Corner, The Move, The Nice,
and Pink Floyd, who are on their first ever tour of the UK.
1970 – Santana releases their single, “Black Magic Woman” b/w “Hope You’re
Feeling Better.”
1970 – Elvis Presley performs two shows at the Forum in Los Angeles.
1971 – Elvis Presley appears at Memorial Coliseum on the campus of the
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
1972 – Elvis Presley plays the first of two nights at the Long Beach Arena
in southern California.
1973 – Bob Dylan holds his final session for his Planet Waves album,
re-recording “Forever Young” with The Band, and recording “Dirge,” with
himself on piano and Robbie Robertson on acoustic guitar.
1975 – Queen begins their A Night At The Opera Tour, playing the first of
two nights at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool.
1977 – KISS plays the first night of their Alive II Tour at the Myriad
Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
1981 – Four of the top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart are
by Australian artists: Olivia Newton-John, The Little River Band, Air
Supply and Rick Springfield.
1990 – In an interview in Newsweek magazine, The Who’s Pete Townshend
admits to being bisexual.
1990 – After Milli Vanilli’s Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan insist on
singing on their next album, producer Frank Farin publicly humiliates them
by holding a press conference to announce that the two didn’t sing a single
note on their Grammy award-winning album, and that all the vocals were sung
by Charles Shaw, John Davis and Brad Howe. Pilatus and Morvan lose their
Grammys.
1991 – Over 1,000 New Kids On The Block fans are given medical treatment
after a riot during their concert in Berlin.
1995 – Over 3,000 fans turn up for a book signing by the rock group Blur at
Book's Etc in Charring Cross Road in central London, causing massive
traffic problems in the area.
1996 – Michael Jackson marries Debbie Rowe in Sydney, Australia. They stay
married three years.
1997 – The Bee Gees perform at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, and film
and record the show for release.
2000 – The UK music store HMV refuses to carry The Offspring’s new single
“Original Prankster” when the band decides to give the track away as a free
download on their official website.
2000 – On his way to perform at High Wycombe's Swan Theatre, former
Kajagoogoo singer Limahl (aka Chris Hamil) narrowly escapes death when the
bus he’s travelling on explodes and catches fire.
2000 – Michael Abram’s attempted murder trial begins at Oxford Combined
Court for the repeated stabbing attack on George Harrison at his home on
December 30, 1999. Abram will be acquitted due to insanity.
2004 – A Los Angeles jury orders Rod Stewart to repay $780,000 he accepted
as a deposit for a 2002 tour of Latin America that was later cancelled.
2004 – On its 20th anniversary, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is
re-recorded by Band Aid 20, which includes Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams,
Bono, Chris Martin and others. This time the song is slated to benefit
Sudan's troubled Darfur region.
2004 – The Rolling Stones are refused permission to pursue a claim against
their former record company, Decca Records, for unpaid royalties through
the courts, with a London High Court judge deciding that the dispute go to
arbitration and not be decided in court. The dispute is over the Stones’
Forty Licks compilation CD - released in 2002 - and the first collection to
span their entire career.
2005 – Robbie Williams snubs a Take That reunion and stays at his Los
Angeles home after a behind-the-scenes TV documentary company arranges for
all five members to reunite to coincide with the release of their greatest
hits CD and DVD.
2006 – The mother of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of child abuse,
Janet Arvizo, pleads no contest to welfare fraud, and is ordered to perform
150 of community service and repay $8,600.
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