November 22 Born –
Howard “Hoagy” Carmichael (1899) – composer/pianist/bandleader.
Benjamin Britten (1913) – British classical composer.
Jimmy Knepper (1927) – Jazz trombonist with Charles Mingus.
Opal Courtney (1936) – The Spaniels.
Steve Wahrer (1941) – drummer for The Trashmen (“Surfin’ Bird”).
Terry Stafford (1941) – American singer/songwriter ("Suspicion").
Jesse Colin Young (aka Perry Miller, 1941) – The Youngbloods.
Stephen Caldwell (1942) – The Orlons.
Floyd Sneed (1942) – drummer for Three Dog Night.
Aston “Family Man” Barrett (1946) – bassist for The Wailers.
Rod Price (1947) – guitarist for Foghat.
Sonny Geraci (1947) – vocalist for The Outsiders and Climax.
Dennis Larden (1948) – Every Mother’s Son.
“Miami” Steve Van Zandt (1950) – guitarist for The E Street Band.
Tina Weymouth (1950) – bassist for Talking Heads.
Craig Huxley (1954) – actor, musician/producer.
Sharon Bailey (1957) – percussionist for Amazulu.
Jason Ringenberg (1958) – Jason & The Scorchers.
Dan Schmid (1962) – bassist for The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies.
Neil Fraser (1962) – guitarist/vibraphonist for Tindersticks.
November 22 R.I.P. –
Lorenz Hart (1943) – pneumonia. Age 48. Lyricist for Richard Rogers (“With
A Song In My Heart").
Cathy Carr (1988) – Age 63. Singer ("Ivory Tower").
Janet Ertel (1988) – Age 75. The Chordettes (“Mr. Sandman”).
Michael Hutchence (1997) – suicide. Age 37. INXS.
Paul Motian (2011) – myelodysplasic
syndrome<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelodysplastic_syndrome>.
Age 80. Jazz drummer for Bill Evans.
November 22 album releases –
Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift To You From Philles Records (1963)
The Beatles – With The Beatles (1963)
The Beatles – The Beatles (1968) UK
Elvis Presley – Elvis (NBC TV Special) (1968)
Dusty Springfield – Dusty…Definitely (1968)
The Kinks – The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
Miles Davis – Get Up With It (1974)
Chic – Chic (1977)
Motörhead <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead> – Beer Drinkers And
Hell Raisers (1980) (EP)
Split Enz – See Ya ‘Round (1984)
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions – Easy Pieces (1985)
Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound Of Thunder (1988)
Chaka Khan – CK (1988)
Candlemass – Ancient Dreams (1988)
Bette Midler – Beaches (1988) (soundtrack)
Jethro Tull – Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991 (1993) UK
Prince – The Black Album (1994)
Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (1994)
Aerosmith – Box Of Fire (1994) (box set)
ZZ Top – One Foot In The Blues (1994)
U2 – How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004)
Rush – R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005) (DVD/CD set) U.S./Canada
November 22 events –
1899 – The world's first radio company, the Marconi Wireless Company of
America, is incorporated in New Jersey.
1938 – In New York City, Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra - featuring Ray
Conniff on trombone, Georgie Auld on sax, and Buddy Rich on drums - records
“Jelly Roll Blues” and “I Cried For You,” after which they add vocalist
Kathleen Lane to record “Sobbin’ Blues” and “’Deed I Do.”
1952 – The first Disc Jockey Convention takes place in Nashville, Tennessee.
1955 – After his recent signing with RCA Records, Elvis Presley sends a
telegram to his new manager, Colonel Tom Parker, which reads: "Dear
Colonel, Words can never tell you how my folks and I appreciate what you
did for me. I've always known and now my folks are assured that you are the
best, most wonderful person I could ever hope to work with. Believe me when
I say I will stick with you through thick and thin and do everything I can
to uphold your faith in me. Again, I say thanks and I love you like a
father."
1957 – Tom and Jerry, who will use their real last names of Simon and
Garfunkel in the ‘60s, appear on American Bandstand, performing their hit,
“Hey Schoolgirl.”
1957 – The Miles Davis Quintet makes their stage debut at Carnegie Hall.
1961 – Bob Dylan holds his second and final recording session for his debut
album at Columbia Studios in New York City.
1961 – Frank Sinatra records “Pocketful Of Miracles” at United Recorders in
Hollywood.
1961 – Elvis Presley’s movie, Blue Hawaii, premieres in theaters in the
U.S. and Canada.
1964 – Tony Bennett, Leslie Uggams, Victor Borge, The Womenfolk, and The
Pan Am North Stars steel band all perform on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1965 – Bob Dylan marries his first wife, Sara Lowndes. They stay married
for 12 years.
1965 – Stevie Wonder releases his single, “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”
b/w “Purple Rain Drops” on Tamla.
1965 – The Man Of La Mancha musical opens at the ANTA Washington Square
Theatre in Greenwich Village<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village>.
The production will move to Broadway in 1968.
1967 – Otis Redding records “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” at the Stax
Studio in Memphis.
1968 – Iron Butterfly, Canned Heat and The Youngbloods play the first of
two nights at Fillmore East.
1968 – In Ireland, Marianne Faithfull, heavily addicted to cocaine,
miscarries what was to be her second child with boyfriend Mick Jagger.
1969 – Johnny Cash appears on the cover of Life magazine.
1969 – Iron Butterfly appears at the Randolph-Macon College in Ashland,
Virginia, in the school's 3,500- seat Crenshaw Gymnasium. The opening act
is Steel Mill, featuring 20-year old Bruce Springsteen.
1976 – Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested for drunk driving in Memphis after
driving his Rolls Royce into a ditch.
1977 – In San Carlos, California, Tony Orlando returns to the concert stage
after a self-imposed 10-month hiatus following the death of his sister and
the suicide death of his friend Freddie Prinze.
1981 – Muddy Waters appears at the Checkerboard Lounge in Chicago, and is
joined onstage by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood who are
currently touring through the Midwest.
1986 – Country music singers Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan are married.
It is the second marriage for both. They stay married until Whitley’s
untimely death from alcohol poisoning in 1989.
1986 – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble begin their 149-date Live
Alive Tour at the Towson Center Arena in Maryland.
1987 – The Jesus And Mary Chain singer Jim Reid is arrested in Canada after
assaulting members of the audience with his microphone stand. He is
released on $2,000 bail.
1990 – Rolling Stone Bill Wyman announces the dissolution of his 18-month
long marriage to model Mandy Smith.
1991 – Alice Cooper comes to the rescue of two fans, Patrick and Dee Ann
Kelly, whose California home is about to be re-possessed, after Patrick
paints Cooper’s face on the house to help sell the property. Alice signs
autographs to help raise money for the couple.
1992 – Paul Simon begins his first tour of South America in Brazil.
2000 – A woman’s body is found in a shallow grave in the Santa Clarita
Valley near Los Angeles. Dental records identify the woman on November 28
as Sandra Rosas, wife of Los Lobos bassist Cesar Rosas, who disappeared
from her home on October 23, 1999.
2002 – Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger announce they will reform The Doors
for the first time in 27 years, replacing original drummer John Densmore
(suffering from hearing loss) with The Police's Stuart Copeland, and
replacing original frontman Jim Morrison with sound-alike Ian Astbury of
The Cult.
2003 – ZZ Top plays the final night of their Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers
Tour at the Compaq Center in Houston. This is also the final concert at the
Compaq Center, which will be renovated into a mega church.
2003 – Country singer Wynonna marries her second husband and former
bodyguard, D.R. Roach. She will divorce him in 2007 when he is arrested for
sexual assault on a child under 13 years old.
2004 – Ozzy Osbourne struggles with a burglar who escapes with jewelry
worth £2 million from his Buckinghamshire mansion. Ozzy has the masked
raider in a headlock before the burglar breaks free and jumps 30 feet from
a first floor window.
2004 – U2 shoots their video for “All Because Of You” from a moving flat
bed truck on the streets of Brooklyn in New York City. Later in the day,
they perform a brief concert under the Brooklyn Bridge, which is taped by
MTV for a later showing.
2005 – Sixteen pages of poetry written by University of Minnesota student
Robert Zimmerman in 1960 are auctioned off for $78,000 in New York.
2005 – A gig by former Stone Roses front man Ian Brown is halted after 20
minutes when the floor at the venue begins to sag. 2,000 people are told to
leave Newcastle's Carling Academy, which has only been open for a month.
Organizers claim it was simply a safety precaution after joists under the
main dance floor came out of their springs.
2006 – Mick Fleetwood becomes a naturalized citizen of the United States.
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