November 

November 1:

Born:    Bill Anderson country singer (Still) (1937) 

            Marcia Wallace Creston Iowa, actress (Carol-Bob Newhart Show) (1942)

            Keith Emerson, England (Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (1944)

            Rick Grech, Blind Faith (1945)

Events:   The Rolling Stones' first hit, "I Wanna Be Your Man" charts. (1963)

              Wham-O files patent for the Frisbee. (1963)

               First concert at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco (1965)

              "Abbey Road," the final Beatles LP is released. (1969)

               Phil Silvers comedic actor (Sergeant Bilko), dies at 73 (1985)

                Nostalgia Television begins on cable (1985)

                Noah Beery Jr, California, actor (Rockford Files) dies at 81 (1994)

November 2:

Born:     Stefanie Powers Hollywood Ca, actress (Girl From UNCLE, Hart to Hart) (1942)

             Goldie Hawn (1945)

Events:  Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed  (1959)

             JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled (1962)

               The Beatles play for the Queen, John asks the "cheap seats to clap, those in the rich section, just rattle your jewelry." (1963)

November 3:

Born:    Ken Berry actor/dancer/TV personality (F Troop, Mayberry RFD) (1933)

           Brian Poole, (Silence is Golden -The Tremeloes) (1941)

            Doug Simper, Deep Purple (1946)

            LuLu, singer/actress, Glasgow, Scotland [Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie] (To Sir With Love) (1948)

Events: Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan), dies at 76 (1990)

November 4:

Born:   Gig Young. St Cloud MN, actor (They Shoot Horses Don't They) (1913) 

           Walter Cronkite (1916)

           Art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners) (1918)

           Cameron Mitchell Dallastown PA, actor (Buck-High Chaparral) (1918)

           Darla Hood, Leedey OK, singer/actress (Little Rascals) (1931)

           Loretta Swit, Passaic NJ, actress (Hotlips Houlihan-M*A*S*H) (1937)

Events:   Cream gives their last American concert in Providence, Rhode Island. (1968)

            George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (Hall of Fame baseball manager - Cincinnati Reds - Detroit Tigers) dies at 76 (2010)

             Andy Rooney, American radio, TV writer and commentator dies at 92 (2011) 

November 5:

Born:     Roy Rogers, Cincinnati, OH, (1912)

             Vivien Leigh, actress (Gone With Wind) (1913)

             Ike Turner (1931)

             Art Garfunkle (1942)

             Elke Sommer, actress (1942)

             Sam Shepard US, actor/playwright (1943)

             Peter Noone, Herman's Hermits (1947)

Events: Ward Bond actor, (It's A Wonderful Life; Wagon Train) dies at 57 (1960)

             Guy Lombardo orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75 (1977)

             Al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70 (1979)

             Barry Sadler singer (Ballad of the Green Berets), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn (1989)

             Fred MacMurray actor (My Three Sons;The Absentminded Professor; The Shaggy Dog), dies at 84 (1991)

             Bobby Hatfield, The Righteous Brothers dies. (2003) 

             Jill Clayburgh (Academy Award Winner - Best Actress - An Unmarried Woman) dies at 66 (2010)

November 6:

Born:     Ray Coniff, Chorus director, (Ray Coniff Singers) (1916)

             Mike Nichols. stage/film director (Catch 22, Biloxi Blues) (1931)

             Doug Sahm, rocker (1942)

             Sally Field, Pasadena CA, we really like her (Gidget, Flying Nun) (1946)

             Glen Frey, Eagles (1948)

Events:  First entire television lineup broadcasted in color (NBC) (1966)

             First Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Baltimore & Denny McLain, Detroit) (1969)

             Gene Tierney. actress, dies at 70 of emphysema (1991)

November 7:

Born:     Dean Jagger, Lima Ohio, actor (Albert Vane-Mr Novak, Elmer Gantry) (1903)

             Billy Graham,  Charlotte NC, evangelist  (1918)

             Al Hirt, jazz trumpeter (Java) (1922)

             Mary Travers, Peter, Paul and Mary (1937) 

             Dee Clark, singer (1938)

            Johnny Rivers, rocker, (Poor Side of Town)  (1942) 

            Joni Mitchell, singer (1943)

            Nick Gilder, singer (Hot Child in the City) (1951)

Events:  Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady, dies at 78 in NYC (1962)

             Richard Nixon quits politics-"You won't have Nixon to kick around." (1962)

             LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1967)

             Steve McQueen, actor, dies at age 50 (1980)

             Joe Frazier, former heavyweight boxing champion dies at 67 (2011)

November 8:

Born:     Joe Flynn Youngstown Ohio, actor (McHale's Navy) (1924)

             Patti Page, Claremont OK, singer, (Tennessee Waltz)  (1927)

             Minnie Ripperton,  Chicago, singer (Loving You) (1947)

             Bonnie Raitt, singer (1949)

Events: "Days of Our Lives" premiers on TV (1965)

             Edward W Brooke (Rep-R-MA) becomes 1st black elected to Senate (1966)

             Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California (1966)

            John and Cynthia Lennon divorce. (1968)

             Norman Rockwell artist, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at 84 (1978)

November 9:

Born:     Carl Perkins singer (Blue Suede Shoes) (1932)

             Tom Fogerty, Creedence Clearwater Revival (1941)

              Lee Graziano, American Breed (1943)

              Alan Gratzer, REO Speedwagon (1948)

Events:   Brian Epstein sees The Beatles for the first time at the Cavern Club. (1961)

              "Louie, Louie" by The Kingsmen charts. (1963)

               5:16 PM, massive power failure in New England, & Ontario (NY blackout) Where were you when the lights went out? (1965)

              The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the stands with John Lennon on the cover. (1967)

November 10:

Born:     George Fenneman, TV announcer (You Bet Your Life) (1919)

             Richard Burton, South Wales, actor (1925)

             Tim Rice, composer of Jesus Christ Superstar (1944)

             Dave Loggins, singer (Please Come to Boston) (1944)

              Donna Fargo NC, country singer (Happiest Girl in Whole USA) (1945)

             Greg Lake, Emerson, Lake and Palmer (Lucky Man) (1948)

Events:   Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill (1960

              "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV (1969)

              Chuck Conners (The Rifleman) dies (1992) 

November 11:

Born:     LaVern Baker, singer (1928)

             Vince Martell, Vanilla Fudge (1945)

             Chris Dreja, The Yardbirds (1946)

Events:   Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" (1939)

              Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for theBeatles (1963)

              John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album (1968)

              Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in the UK (1969) 

                 Stringbean [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), murdered, dies at 58 (1973)

November 12:

Born:     Kim Hunter Detroit MI, actress (Planet of the Apes) (1922)              

               Grace Kelly, Philadelphia, Monaco princess/actress (Philadelphia Story, Rear Window) (1929)

             Bob Crewe (1931)

             Clyde McPhatter (1933)

             Brian Hyland, singer (1943)

             Booker T. Jones. (Booker T. & The MGs- Green Onions) (1944)

             Neil Young (1945)

Events:  Count Five performed "Psychotic Reaction" on "American Bandstand." (1966)

             Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" was released. (1966)

             Eve Arden, actress (Our Miss Brooks, Grease), dies at 82 (1990)

November 13:

Born:     Jack Elam, Miami AZ, actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo) (1916)

              Jean Seberg, Marshaltown Iowa, actress (Breathless, Paint Your Wagon) (1938)

Events:  Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses (1956) 

                The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was released. (1961)

             "Fever" by The McCoys' was released. (1965)             

             The Beatles' animated movie "Yellow Submarine" premiered in the U.S. (1968)

              "Alvin" Junior Samples, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 56 (1983)             

November 14:

Born:    Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott AZ, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl) (1910)

            Brian Keith Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair; Parent Trap) (1921)

            McLean Stevenson, Normal IL, actor (Henry - M*A*S*H)  (1929)

            Freddie Garrity, Freddie and The Dreamers (I'm Telling You Now)(1940)

            Stephen Bishop, singer (1951)

Events:  The Elvis Presley film "Blue Hawaii" premiered. (1961)

             Apollo 12 launched for 2nd manned Moon landing (1969)

November 15:

Born:    Petula Clark, singer (Downtown) (1932)

            Clyde McPhatter, singer (1933)

            Barry McGuire, singer (Eve of Destruction) (1937)

            Dave Clark, drummer (Dave Clark Five) (1942)

            Janet Lennon Culver City CA, singer (Lennon Sisters) (1946)

Events:  The Rolling Stones made their debut on NBC-TV's "Hullabaloo" television show. The band performed    "Get Off My Cloud."  (1965)

             Janis Joplin is busted for using vulgar and indecent language in Tampa. (1969)

              250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against the Vietnam War (1969) 

November 16:

Born:     Guy Stockwell NYC, actor (Chris-Adventures in Paradise) (1933)

Events:   "Sound of Music" opens on Broadway (1959)

              Clark Gable dies. (1960)

             Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies (1961) 

              Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail (1966)     

             "With A Little Help From My Friends" by Joe Cocker is released. (1968)

   November 17:

Born:   Archie Campbell, Bullsgap TN, comedian (Hee Haw) (1914) 

           Rock Hudson, actor (1925)

            Gordon Lightfoot, folksinger (Sundown) (1938)

            Gene Clark, The Byrds (1941)

            Danny De Vito, Neptune NJ, actor (Taxi) (1944) 

Events:   Heidi Bowl-NBC misses Oakland's rally to beat Jets, 43-32 by switching to the movie Heidi to beat Jets, 43-32 (telephone calls in protest lit up the switchboard)

November 18:

Born:    Johnny Mercer, Savannah GA, lyricist (Moon River, That Old Black Magic) (1909)

            Hank Ballard, singer, wrote "The Twist" (1936)

            Linda Evans Hartford, actress (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo) (1942)

Events:  The Supremes and The Righteous Brothers appeared on the show "Shindig!"  (1964)            

               Joseph P Kennedy dies in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, at 81 (1969)

November 19:

Born:    Alan Young, England, actor (Wilbur Post-Mr Ed) (1919)

            Ray Collins, Mothers of Invention (1937)

            Fred Lipsius, Blood, Sweat and Tears (1944)

Events:  Ford stops producing the Edsel automobile (1959)

               The Supremes performed at a Royal Variety Show with Queen Elizabeth in attendance. (1968)

             Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion (1979)

November 20:

Born:   Dick Clark, Mt Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand) (1929)

           Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud) (1932)

            Dick Smothers (1938)

            Norman Greenbaum, singer (Spirit in the Sky) (1942)

            Dan McBride, Sha Na Na (1945)

            Joe Walsh, Eagles (1947)

            George Grantham, Poco (1947)

Events:  The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" was released. (1962)

             US lifts blockade of Cuba (1962)

             Cabaret opens on Broadway. (1966)

             Alan Sherman,singer, comedian (Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah) dies. (1973)

             Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65

November 21:

Born:    Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley OK, country singer  (1933)

            Marlo Thomas Detroit MI, actress, (That Girl!, Jenny) (1937)

            Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park MD, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin) (1945)

            Lonnie Jordan, War (1948)

November 22:

Born:     Rodney Dangerfield, Babylon NY, comedian (Caddyshack, Back to School) (1921)

             Steve Caldwell, Orleans (1942)

             Rod Price, Foghat (1947)

Events:   President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. (1963)

              Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" was released. (1967)

              BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by the Beatles (1967)

              Beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album (1968)

              Mae West dies at her Hollywood residence at 87 (1980)

              Michael Conrad actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58 (1983)              

November 23:

Events:   The first jukebox is installed in the Paris Royal Hotel in San Francisco by the Pacific Phongraph Company. (1899)

              Shemp Howard [The Three Stooges] dies. (1955)

November 24:

Born:    Howard Duff, Bremerton Wash, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing) (1917)

             Lee Michaels, rocker (You Know What I Mean) (1943)

Events:  Howlin' Wolf arrived in London for his first European tour. (1961)

              Lee Harvey Oswald is assassinated. (1963) 

November 25:

Born:     Tina Turner (1941)

Events:   Bill Hailey's "Rock Around the Clock" becomes the first rock song to hit No. 1 in the United Kingdom. (1955)

               The Everly Brothers were inducted into the  United States Marine Corps Reserves. (1961)

November 26:

Born:     Charles Schultz (1922)

             Robert Goulet (1933)

             John McVie, Fleetwood Mac (1945)

Events:   The Beatles recorded "Please Please Me." (1962)

             Cream plays its farewell concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. (1969)

November 27:

Born:     Al Jackson, Booker T. & The M.G.'s (1935)

             Jimi Hendrix (1942)

Events:  The Lovin' Spoonful's "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" was released. (1965)

             Capitol Records released The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album in the United States. (1967)

November 28:

Born:     Berry Gordy Jr. [founder of Motown Records] (1929)

Events:  Willie Nelson made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. (1964)

             Leslie Nielsen, actor, (Airplane, The Naked Gun movie series) dies at 84 (2010)

November 29:

Born:     Chuck Mangione (1940)

             Dennis Doherty, The Mamas and The Papas (1941)

             Felix Cavaliere, The Rascals (1944)

Events:  The Beatles' fifth single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was released in Britain. (1963)

             George Harrison dies. (2001)

November 30:

Born:     Alan Sherman, singer, comedian (Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah) (1924)

             Paul Stookey, Peter, Paul and Mary (1937)

Events:  The Colorado State government declared this day to beRolling Stones Day. (1965) 

              Sly & The Family Stone's "Everyday People" was released. (1968)