November 19 Born –
Tommy Dorsey (1905) – trombonist/trumpeter, band leader.
John Daniel “J.D.” Sumner (1924) – gospel singer, The Stamps.
Joe Hunter (1927) – keyboardist for Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, the
Funk Brothers.
Robert White (1936) – guitarist with the Funk Brothers.
Ray Collins (1936) – vocalist for The Mothers Of Invention.
Geoff Goddard (1937) – British songwriter ("Johnny Remember Me").
Hank Medress (1938) – singer/producer, The Tokens.
Warren “Pete” Moore (1939) – The Miracles.
Fred Lipsius (1943) – saxophonist for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Joe Correro, Jr. (1946) – drummer for Paul Revere and The Raiders.
Eddie Rayner (1952) – keyboardist for Split Enz.
Annette Guest (1954) – The Debonettes, and First Choice.
Matt Sorum (1960) – drummer for Guns ‘N Roses and Velvet Revolver.
Jason “J. Spaceman” Pierce (1965) – Spaceman 3, and Spiritualized.
Peter “Sonic Boom” Kember (1965) – Spaceman 3.
Travis McNabb (1969) – drummer for Better Than Ezra and Sugarland.
Michael Lee (1969) – drummer for Robert Plant and The Cult.
Justin Chancellor (1970) – bassist for Peach and Tool.
November 19 R.I.P. –
Tom Evans (1983) – suicide. Age 36. Badfinger.
Bobby Russell (1992) – coronary artery disease. Age 52. Songwriter
("Honey").
Sonny Criss (1977) – suicide. Age 50. Jazz saxophonist.
Greg Ridley (2003) – pneumonia. Age 56. Bassist for Spooky Tooth and Humble
Pie.
Terry Melcher (2004) – melanoma. Age 62. Singer/producer, The Rip Chords.
Russ Garcia (2011) – Age 95. Film/television composer ("Laredo").
November 19 album releases –
B.B. King – B.B. King In London (1971) UK
The Beach Boys – Beach Boys In Concert (1973)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
Bob Dylan – Dylan (1973)
George Harrison – Thirty-Three And 1/3 (1976) UK
Neil Young – Live Rust (1979)
Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage Acts II & III (1979)
Barry Manilow – Barry (1980)
Led Zeppelin – Coda (1982)
Don Henley – Building The Perfect Beast (1984)
The Kinks – Word Of Mouth (1984)
Triumph – Thunder Seven (1984) UK
U2 – Achtung Baby (1991)
Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque (1991)
Jeff Beck – Beckology (1991) (box set)
Talk Talk – Laughing Stock (1991)
Luis Miguel – Romance (1991)
Prince – Emancipation (1996)
Boz Scaggs – Fade Into Light (1996)
Bush – Razorblade Suitcase (1996)
Mick Jagger – Goddess In The Doorway (2001)
Matchbox Twenty – More Than You Think You Are (2002)
Toni Braxton – More Than A Woman (2002) U.S.
Joni Mitchell – Travelogue (2002)
Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day (2012)
November 19 events –
1943 – Stan Kenton and His Orchestra records “Artistry In Rhythm” at
Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
1954 – Sammy Davis, Jr. is nearly killed when he crashes into another car
on Route 66 in San Bernardino, while driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles
for a recording session. Three days later, while still in the hospital due
to the severity of his injuries, he permanently loses the use of his left
eye.
1957 – Chicago radio station WCFL bans all of Elvis Presley's records, and
the station is picketed by the local chapter of the Elvis Presley Fan Club.
Nevertheless, the station doesn't budge.
1957 – Marty Robbins appears on American Bandstand.
1957 – The Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 tour stops at the Municipal Auditorium
in Buffalo, New York, featuring The Crickets, The Drifters, Chuck Berry,
Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, LaVerne
Baker, Buddy Knox, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Bowen and The Rhythm Orchids, and
Paul Anka.
1959 – An unnamed RCA executive tells reporters that when Elvis Presley
returns from the Army, his music will be very different from the rock and
roll he performed previously. Manager Colonel Tom Parker rushes to issue an
official denial to fans.
1959 – Andy Williams records “The Village Of St. Bernadette.”
1960 – While in Los Angeles filming his seventh movie, Wild In The Country,
Elvis Presley suffers a bit of road rage and pulls a gun on a group of
people in another car who had supposedly insulted him.
1962 – The Beatles perform three separate gigs - the first a lunchtime show
at the Cavern, the second an 8pm show at the Smethwick Baths Ballroom in
Bearwood, and lastly a 10pm concert at the Adelphi Ballroom in West
Bromwich.
1964 – Bobby Goldsboro records “Little Things” in Nashville.
1965 – The Kinks, The Who, Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames, The Hollies
and Wilson Pickett all perform at the Glad Rags Ball in London. During The
Who's set, lead singer Roger Daltrey storms off stage due to constant PA
problems.
1965 – The Doors perform at a Hughes Aircraft Union dance in Los Angeles.
1965 – David Bowie and The Lower Third appear at the Marquee Club in London.
1967 – The Supremes and The Temptations perform on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Other musical guests include The Kessler Twins and Fernando Pasqualone.
1968 – The Supremes perform at the Royal Command Variety Performance in
London, and during their set, Diana Ross interrupts the show with a plea
for greater interracial understanding. She receives a two-minute ovation
from the audience, which includes members of the royal family. Queen
Elizabeth II herself stands after Ross' moving performance of West Side
Story's "Somewhere."
1970 – James Brown marries his second wife, Deidre Jenkins, on the front
porch of her house in Barnwell, South Carolina.
1973 – Led Zeppelin begins recording demos for their next album, Physical
Graffiti, at Headley Grange in East Hampshire, England.
1974 – Linda Ronstadt releases her single, “You’re No Good” b/w "I Can't
Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)."
1975 – The J. Geils Band appears at Cobo Hall in Detroit, and record the
show for a live album release.
1977 – The Frank Sinatra made-for-TV movie, Contract On Cherry Street,
debuts on NBC.
1977 – Joey Ramone receives second-degree burns when a humidifier explodes
in The Ramones' dressing room at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New
Jersey. Ramone performs the show, but spends the next week in a New York
hospital burn center.
1983 – Tina Turner makes her first UK chart appearance in over ten years
with her version of the Al Green hit “Let's Stay Together,” thus beginning
her comeback.
1983 – David Bowie plays the first of two nights at the RAS Showgrounds in
Sydney, during his 10-date Serious Moonlight Tour of Australia and New
Zealand.
1990 – Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan of Milli Vanilli are stripped of
their Grammy Awards for not singing on their records.
1991 – Paul McCartney's first classical piece, Liverpool Oratorio, is
performed in America for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1992 – R.E.M. plays a Greenpeace Benefit show at the 40 Watt Club in
Athens, Georgia, for 500 people, and the show is recorded on a
solar-powered mobile recording studio.
1992 – Linda Ronstadt “appears” as herself on the “Mr. Plow” episode of The
Simpsons.
1994 – David Crosby undergoes a successful liver transplant at Dumont-UCLA
Liver Cancer Center in Los Angeles.
1995 – Frank Sinatra's all-star 80th birthday tribute is held at the Shrine
Auditorium in Los Angeles, featuring Bob Dylan performing "Restless
Farewell" at the request of Sinatra.
1995 – The first installment of The Beatles Anthology airs on ABC-TV.
1997 – Johnny Cash is admitted to Nashville's Baptist Hospital with double
pneumonia.
2001 – Mick Jagger’s new album, Goddess In The Doorway, sells only 954
copies on the first day of release.
2001 – Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is arrested after fighting
with his wife at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, and is booked on one
count of domestic battery.
2002 – While greeting fans from a fifth-floor hotel balcony in Berlin,
Germany, Michael Jackson dangles his newborn son, Prince Michael II, over
the side of the railing.
2003 – Stone Temple Pilots announce they are breaking up.
2003 – Following the raid on his Neverland Ranch the previous day, an
arrest warrant for Michael Jackson is issued in Los Angeles, charging him
with multiple counts of child molestation.
2004 – Rapper Young Buck (aka David Brown) is arrested and charged with
attempted murder after a stabbing at the Vibe hip-hop awards. Buck
allegedly stabbed the man after he allegedly punched rap star Dr Dre in the
face.
2005 – Gary Glitter is arrested for committing lewd acts with two girls in
Vietnam after being detained at Ho Chi Minh airport as he tried to board a
plane to Bangkok.
2005 – Singer Christina Aguilera marries music executive Jordan Bratman in
Napa, California. They stay married six years.
2005 – KISS’ Paul Stanley marries his second wife, long-time girlfriend
Erin Sutton, at the Huntington Ritz-Carlton in Pasadena, California. They
are still married.
2006 – The ill-fated Dylan musical tribute, The Times They Are A-Changin',
closes
on Broadway after a paltry 28 showings.
2007 – Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer and convicted sex offender Artimus
Pyle is arrested for failing to properly register as a sex offender at a
new address in Florida.
2007 – Performing at Caroline Kennedy's 50th birthday party, Neil Diamond
reveals that his 1970 hit "Sweet Caroline" was actually written about her.
2007 – The Red Hot Chili Peppers sue the Showtime cable network for their
program Californication, saying the title was "immediately associated in
the mind of the consumer" with their 1999 album and single release.
2012 – Two English farmers are found not guilty of health and safety
offenses stemming from an accident where a giant hay bale crushed former
ELO cellist Mike Edwards to death. Edwards was killed instantly on
September 3, 2010, when a 600kg bale rolled down a field and landed on his
van near Totnes in Devon. In March 2011, an inquest jury returned a verdict
of accidental death in regards to Edwards.
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