November 15 Born –
Mantovani (aka Annunzio Mantovani, 1905) – conductor, orchestra leader. C.W. McCall (aka William Fries, Jr., 1928) – singer/songwriter (“Convoy”). Joe Hinton (1929) – Soul singer (“Funny How Time Slips Away”). Clyde McPhatter (1932) – The Drifters. Petula Clark (1932) – singer. Little Willie John (1937) – R&B singer (“Fever”). Jimmy Ellis (1937) – vocalist for The Trammps. Rick Kemp (1941) – bassist for Steeleye Span. Joe Pennell (1944) – guitarist for The Rivieras. Charlie Webber (1944) – trumpeter for The Swingin’ Medallions. Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945) – ABBA. Steve Fossen (1949) – bassist for Heart. Alexander O’Neal (1953) – R&B singer (“If You Were Here Tonight”). Tony Thompson (1954) – drummer for Chic, and Power Station. Joe Leeway (1955) – multi-instrumentalist for The Thompson Twins. Keith Washington (1960) – R&B singer (“Kissing You”). Jay Bennett (1963) – guitarist/singer/songwriter for Wilco. Ol’ Dirty Bastard (aka Russell Jones, 1968) – rapper for Wu-Tang Clan. Chad Kroeger (1974) – vocalist/guitarist for Nickleback. November 15 R.I.P. – Jacques Morali (1991) – AIDS. Age 44. Creator/producer of The Village People. Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks (1997) – Age 58. Trumpeter/trombonist for The Ohio Players. Wesley “Speedy” West (2003) – Age 79. Pedal steel guitarist. Natalicio Lima (2009) – Age 91. Guitarist with Los Indios Tabajaras. November 15 album releases – Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960 (1960) U.S. Van Morrison – His Band And The Street Choir (1970) Grand Funk Railroad – E Pluribus Funk (1971) America – Homecoming (1972) Ringo Starr – Goodnight Vienna (1974) Roxy Music – Country Life (1974) The Beach Boys – Beach Boys ’69 (1976) U.S. The Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever (1977) The Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street (1978) Thin Lizzy – Renegade (1981) Echo & The Bunnymen – Songs To Learn And Sing (1985) Cocteau Twins – Tiny Dynamite (1985) UK Stevie Ray Vaughan – Live Alive (1986) Frank Zappa – Jazz From Hell (1986) Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits (1988) Journey – Greatest Hits (1988) KISS – Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (1988) KMFDM – Naïve (1990) Ween – Pure Guava (1992) Joan Jett and The Blackhearts – Flashback (1993) Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Volume 3 (1994) Method Man – Tical (1994) Bryan Adams – The Best Of Me (1999) Chris Rea – Road To Hell: Part 2 (1999) Ace Of Base – Singles Of The 90s (1999) Green Day – Bullet In A Bible (2005) Bob Dylan – Live At Carnegie Hall 1963 (2005) Wilco – Kicking Television: Live In Chicago (2005) Jimmy Buffett – Live At Fenway Park (2005) Loggins and Messina – Live: Sittin’ In Again At Santa Barbara Bowl (2005) November 15 events – 1926 – The National Broadcasting Company - soon to become NBC - makes the very first network radio broadcast with a gala four-hour radio program originating from the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. 1946 – Frankie Laine releases his single, “That’s My Desire” b/w "By The River Sainte Marie" on Mercury Records. 1954 – Joan Weber appears on the television<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television> program Studio One <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_One_(TV_series)>, and introduces her brand new song “Let Me Go, Lover.” The idea is to illustrate how efficiently a song can be promoted by introducing it to the public via radio or television. The record sells over 100,000 copies the first week of its release, primarily because Columbia A&R man Mitch Miller<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Miller> stocked national record store shelves with the disc the week before the program. 1956 – Pat Boone records “Don’t Forbid Me” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. 1956 – Elvis Presley’s debut movie, Love Me Tender, premieres at the Paramount Theater in New York City. 1956 – Bobby Helms records “Fraulein” at Music City Recording in Nashville. 1956 – Buddy Holly holds his third recording session under his Decca contract and records "Modern Don Juan," "You Are My One Desire," and a second version of "Rock Around With Ollie Vee," at Owen Bradley’s Quonset Hut studio in Nashville. Featured during the session is saxophonist Dutch McMillin, who is playing on his first rock and roll session. 1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 tour stops at the Boston Gardens in Massachusetts. Artists include Frankie Lymon, Paul Anka, Buddy Knox, The Drifters, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Bowen and The Rhythm Orchids, Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, The Crickets, LaVerne Baker, and The Everly Brothers. During Fats Domino’s performance, a riot breaks out and five people are arrested for fighting. 1959 – Johnny and The Moondogs - John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison - appear at the final competition for Carroll Levis’ Star Search television show at the Hippodrome in Manchester. Voting is based on a “clapometer” that registers audience applause, and since they are from out of town and have little support, John, Paul and George leave early and are on the train back to Liverpool even before the event is over. 1961 – Roy Orbison records “Blue Bayou” at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1964 – Rolling Stone Brian Jones is admitted to Chicago's Passavant Hospital suffering from pneumonia, and will miss the last four dates of the Stones' U.S. tour. 1965 – The Rolling Stones make their Hullabaloo debut, performing "Get Off Of My Cloud." Also on the show are Barry McGuire, Brenda Lee, Barbara McNair and The Kingsmen. 1966 – The Doors sign with Elektra Records. 1966 – Jefferson Airplane records “Somebody To Love” and “D.C.B.A.” at RCA Studios in Los Angeles. 1968 – Janis Joplin plays her last concert with Big Brother and The Holding Company at Hunter College in New York. 1969 – Janis Joplin is arrested in her dressing room after her concert in Tampa, Florida, on charges of publicly using vulgar and indecent language during her show, after a policeman tried to use a bullhorn to control a crowd that had left its seats and had begun to move towards the stage. Joplin posts $504 bail, and the charges are later dropped. 1969 – The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, announces they are closing their doors for good. The club is destroyed by fire in 1987. 1969 – The Beatles appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in a photo taken from their last photo session on August 22. 1970 – Tommy Roe, Joe South, Billy Joe Royal and Abbe Lane all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1971 – The “spaghetti western" Blindman, featuring Ringo Starr as the brother of a notorious bandit, premieres in Rome to terrible reviews. 1971 – Elvis Presley appears at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. 1974 – The Doobie Brothers release their single, “Black Water” b/w “Song To See You Through.” 1975 – The Eagles release their single, “Take It To The Limit” b/w “After The Thrill Is Gone.” 1975 – ABBA lip-synchs to “S.O.S.” and “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” on American Bandstand. 1976 – The Sex Pistols appear at Notre Dame Hall in Leicester Place, London. 1979 – The Bee Gees host their first television special, The Bee Gees Special, on NBC, featuring Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and little brother Andy Gibb. 1984 – KISS begins the North American leg of their Animalize Tour at the Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsyvania, with opening act Queensrÿche, who are on The Warning Tour. 1987 – Dire Straits’ album Brothers In Arms becomes the first album ever to sell over three million copies in the UK. 1988 – Metallica begins the North American leg of their Damaged Justice Tour at the Toledo Sports Arena in Ohio, with opening act Queensrÿche. 1992 – Following his show in Costa Mesa, California, Ozzy Osbourne announces his retirement from touring, saying, “Who wants to be touring at 46?” 1992 – Spencer Davis, Robbie Krieger, Mark Lindsay, Peter Noone, Richie Havens and John Sebastian all appear as themselves on the “Rock Of Ages” episode of Fox’s Married With Children. 1998 – Country artist Wynonna Judd makes her acting debut in the “Psalm 151” episode of CBS’s Touched By An Angel. 2000 – Michael Abram, the Liverpool native who broke into George Harrison's home and stabbed him, is found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity in Oxford Crown Court, and is confined to a mental hospital for an indefinite period of time. 2003 – Officials in Augusta, Georgia, announce plans to construct a statueof R&B legend James Brown and to rename a local music festival in his honor. 2006 – U2 wins their court battle over stolen pieces of Bono memorabilia, including hats, clothing and earrings allegedly taken by his stylist. 2007 – Glasgow, Scotland, native Kenneth Donnell is the highest bidder and pays £83,000 ($122,000) for two tickets for Led Zeppelin's one-off reunion concert at London's O2 Arena. The purchase, which includes attending the band’s rehearsal, was the result of an auction to benefit the BBC's annual Children In Need <http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/> appeal. 2007 – Singer/songwriter Paul Anka is inducted into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. 2009 – Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, begins his first tour in 33 years with a performance at the O2 in Dublin, Ireland. 2010 – The movie Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. 2011 – The “Bed Peace” sign that hung in John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Montreal hotel room during their 1969 bed-in for peace sells at a Christie’s auction for £97,250 ($154,000). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
