This Date in Rock Music History: November 14

1960:  "It's Now Or Never" by Elvis Presley became the fastest-selling single ever in the U.K. at the time, moving 780,000 copies in a week.

1960:  Cozy Cole began a 20-week goodwill tour of Africa that was sponsored by the United States State Department.
1960:  Jerry Butler moved back to the #1 spot on the R&B chart with "He Will Break Your Heart".





1960:  Ray Charles moved to #1 for the first time with his ninth hit--"Georgia On My Mind".  
1961:  The Everly Brothers recorded "Crying In The Rain".
1962:  The Beatles played the final performance of a 14-night run at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany.  It was the second of three stints for the group at the Star.
1964:  The Supremes reigned on the R&B chart for a third week with their first big hit "Baby Love".

1964:  Johnny Rivers moved up from 61 to 33 with "Mountain Of Love".









            "Last Kiss" sounds as good now as ever...

1964:  "Baby Love" was #1 for a third week for the Supremes, temporarily holding off "Leader Of The Pack" from the Shangri-Las.  J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers dropped with "Last Kiss".  Jay & the Americans marched to #4 with "Come A Little Bit Closer" and the Honeycombs were there at #5 with "Have I The Right?".  The rest of the Top 10:  Dean Martin and "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart", Manfred Mann's former #1 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", Betty Everett & Jerry Butler were on their way down with "Let It Be Me", the Zombies had a big hit with "She's Not There", which jumped from 22-9 and Bonanza's Lorne Greene had a surprising hit at #10 with "Ringo".

1967:  Pink Floyd opened for the Jimi Hendrix Experience on a tour of the U.K., with the first show on this day at the famous Royal Albert Hall in London.
1969:  Led Zeppelin began work on their third album, recording "Since I've Been Loving You" at Olympic Studios in London.
1969:  "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies topped the U.K. chart.







1970:  The Osmonds released their first single--"One Bad Apple".











1970:  Gladys Knight & the Pips released "If I Were Your Woman".
1970:  Led Zeppelin III continued to set the bar on the Album chart with Abraxas by Santana #2 and James Taylor remaining in the third position with Sweet Baby James.  The only new entry into the Top 10 surged to get there--Sly & the Family Stone jumped from 48 to 10 in the second week of release for their Greatest Hits package.
1970:  The Jackson 5 remained at #1 on the R&B chart for the sixth consecutive week with their first release--"I'll Be There".
1970:  "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters was the #1 Easy Listening song for the sixth straight week.

          Brian Hyland had grown up since "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini"...

1970:  The Jackson 5 continued to have the #1 song for a fifth week with "I'll Be There".  The Carpenters were runners-up for a third week with "We've Only Just Begun" and James Taylor's first hit "Fire And Rain" was third.  The Partridge Family moved from 7 to 4 with "I Think I Love You", leaping over R. Dean Taylor's "Indiana Wants Me".  The rest of the Top 10:  Sugarloaf with "Green-Eyed Lady", Smokey Robinson & the Miracles grabbed their fifth Top 10 in 37 releases with "The Tears Of A Clown", 100 Proof Aged in Soul had #8 officially with "Somebody's Been Sleeping" although few radio stations played it, Brian Hyland had his first Top 10 in eight years with "Gypsy Woman", moving from 18-9 and Bread inched up with "It Don't Matter To Me".


1971:  The Faces with lead singer Rod Stewart released the single "Stay with Me".
1981:  The Police arrived at #1 on the U.K. chart with "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic".










1983:  Lionel Richie released the single "Running With the Night".

 

 

 

 

1983:  Culture Club released the single "Karma Chameleon".

1984:  Yes released their comeback album 90125.
1987:  Sonny and Cher reunited and sang "I Got You Babe" on Late Night with David Letterman.
1987:  George Michael's Faith topped the U.K. Album chart.








She was no longer a Go-Go but she still was a woman on the move...

1987:  There were two new entries in the Top 10--former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle jumped from 11-5 with "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and Richard Marx was up to #10 with "Should've Known Better".





1987:  The Soundtrack to "Dirty Dancing" took over as the #1 album.








1988:  Bon Jovi released the single "Born To Be My Baby".
1990:  Pete Townshend of the Who announced that he was bisexual in an interview with Newsweek magazine.
1992:  John Cascella, keyboardist with John Mellencamp, was found dead in his car in Indianapolis, Indiana after apparently suffering a heart attack at age 36.
1992:  Bon Jovi owned the #1 album in the U.K. with Keep the Faith.
1992:  The Heights jumped into the #1 position with "How Do You Talk To An Angel".  Boyz II Men had set an existing Rock Era record the week before with a 13th week at #1 for "End Of The Road".  PM Dawn was at #3 with "I'd Die Without You" and Shai moved from 12 to 4 with "If I Ever Fall in Love".


1992:  Michael Bolton took the great Bee Gees song "To Love Somebody" to the top of the Adult Contemporary chart.
1995:  R. Kelly released his self-titled album.
1996:  Michael Jackson married Debbie Rowe in Sydney, Australia.
2000:  Limahl, formerly with Kajagoogoo ("Too Shy") and also a solo artist, escaped death when the tour bus he was traveling on crashed after catching on fire. 
2004:  Paul McCartney, Bono of U2, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Snow Patrol, the Darkness and Keane recorded a new version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
2004:  U2 reached the top of the U.K. chart with "Vertigo".

2004:  Usher won American Music Awards for Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Album (Confessions).  Rapper Kanye West acted like a baby when he didn't win Best New Artist and stormed out of the building.  (Note:  numerous websites erroneously report that the awards were given out on November 15.  November 15 was the date of newspaper reports, which as everyone knows are printed the day after news happens.  The American Music Awards are presented on Sunday, which in 2004 occurred on November 14.)
2004:  Michel Columbier, who co-wrote the score for the movie Purple Rain, died of cancer in Santa Monica, California at the age of 65.

Born This Day:

1938:  Cornell Gunter, originally with the Platters and an original member of the Coasters, was born in Coffeyville, Kansas ; died February 26, 1990 when he was shot while in his car in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Note:  some websites insist on reporting his birth year as 1938, contrary to what his gravestone shows.
1940: Freddie Garrity, the lead singer of Freddie & the Dreamers ("I'm Telling You Now") was born in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, England.
1944:  Scherrie Payne, younger sister of Freda ("Band of Gold") and a member of the Supremes from 1973-1977, was born in Detroit, Michigan.  (Note:  some websites show her birthday as November 4--the book 'Motown Encyclopedia' by Graham Betts says November 14.)



1949:  James "J.Y." Young, guitarist of Styx, was born in Chicago, Illinois.

1951:  Stephen Bishop ("On and On") was born in San Diego, California.
1951:  Frankie Banali, drummer of Quiet Riot, was born in Queens, New York.
1951:  Barry Brandt, drummer of Angel, was born in Washington, D.C.
1952:  Alec John Such, bassist of Bon Jovi, was born in Yonkers, New York.




1954:  Yanni, New Age superstar, was born in Kalamata, Greece.

 

 

 

 

 

1964:  Joseph ("DJ Run") Simmons of Run-DMC was born in Queens, New York.
1964:  Nic Dalton, bass guitarist of the Lemonheads, was born in Canberra, Australia.  (Note:  some websites show Nic was born in Sydney--he was born in Canberra, and later moved to Sydney, according to his official website.)
1968:  Brian Yale, bass guitarist of Matchbox 20

1974:  Adina Howard ("Freak Like Me" from 1995) was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
1975:  Travis Barker, drummer of Blink-182, was born in Fontana, California.

This Date in Rock Music History: November 13

1961:  "Please Mr. Postman" delivered a #1 R&B song for the Marvelettes.

1961:  "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean was #1 for a second week.  The only new Top 10 song was a big one--"Please Mr. Postman" by the Marvelettes.
1964:  The first official biography of the Rolling Stones, Our Own Story, was published.

1965:  After 35 weeks, the Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" reached #1 on the album chart.  That album toppled Help! by the Beatles while the Ramsey Lewis Trio dropped with The In Crowd.  Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass moved back up with Whipped Cream & Other Delights and Bob Dylan was down after peaking at #3 with Highway 61 Revisited.  The rest of the Top 10:  Look At Us from Sonny & Cher, Out of Our Heads by the Rolling Stones, the Soundtrack to "Mary Poppins", Barbra Streisand was emphatic with My Name Is Barbra and Herman's Hermits dropped to #10 with Herman's Hermits On Tour.

1965:  Fontella Bass spent a third week at #1 on the R&B chart with "Rescue Me".
1965:  Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass held on to #1 on the Easy Listening chart for the third week with one of The Top 100 Instrumentals of the Rock Era*--"Taste of Honey".
1965:  The Rolling Stones spent a second week at #1 with "Get Off Of My Cloud".  The Toys could not get any higher with "A Lover's Concerto" but "1-2-3" was making a move (8-3) for Len Barry.  The Vogues had song #4 with "You're The One" and the Supremes saw their 12th hit become their sixth Top 10--"I Hear A Symphony".  The rest of the Top 10:  "Rescue Me" from Fontella Bass, Gary Lewis & the Playboys turned downward with "Everybody Loves A Clown", the 4 Seasons were up to #8 with their 24th hit "Let's Hang On!", Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and "Taste Of Honey" and Marvin Gaye jumped into the party with "Ain't That Peculiar".
1968:  Brian Jones, founder of the Rolling Stones, bought Cotchford Farms in Sussex, England, the place where A.A. Milne wrote Winnie the Pooh.  Months later, Jones was discovered dead at the bottom of his swimming pool.

1968:  The Beatles' animated movie Yellow Submarine opened in theaters.
1969:  After buying the island of Dorinch off the Ireland coast, John Lennon announced that any hippie who wanted to was free to live there.








1971:  Santana III took over as the #1 album as the Soundtrack to "Shaft" slipped to #2.  Rod Stewart was right behind with Every Picture Tells a Story, John Lennon's Imagine remained at 4 and Cat Stevens edged up with Teaser and the Firecat.  The rest of the Top 10:  Stanley, Idaho's Carole King was at #6 after 32 weeks with Tapestry, The Carpenters stood at 7, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour from the Moody Blues remained in the #8 position, Paul & Linda McCartney saw Ram at #9 and Three Dog Night joined the group, moving from 16-10 with Harmony.
1971:  Cat Stevens purred for a third week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "Peace Train".
1973:  Jerry Lee Lewis's son, 19 year-old Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr., who was the drummer in his father's band, was killed in a car accident near Hernando, Mississippi.
1976:  Barry Manilow owned the new #1 Easy Listening song--"This One's For You".
 
Lightfoot's incredible song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"...

1976:  Rod Stewart took one of the biggest jumps to #1 of the Rock Era (8-1) with "Tonight's The Night (Gonna' Be Alright)".  "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees was still floating around and Gordon Lightfoot had a big hit with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald".  The Bee Gees crept closer with "Love So Right" and the Captain & Tennille took their remake of the America song "Muskrat Love" to #5.  The rest of the Top 10:  Steve Miller dropped with "Rock 'N Me", Chicago's former #1 "If You Leave Me Now" was now at #7, the Commodores and "Just To Be Close to You", the Spinners moved from 15-9 with "Rubberband Man" and Peter Frampton found the Top 10 with his epic "Do You Feel Like We Do".

                      The #4 Album of the Rock Era*...


1976:  Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder continued to hold off some great albums at the #1 slot.  The Soundtrack to "The Song Remains the Same" by Led Zeppelin advanced to #2 and Elton John's new album Blue Moves debuted at #3.  Elton's last three albums (Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Rock of the Westies and now Blue Moves) debuted at #1, #1 and #3, respectively.  The incredible Frampton Comes Alive! album by Peter Frampton moved back up to #4 and Spirit from Earth, Wind & Fire was fifth.  The rest of the Top 10:  A Night on the Town from Rod Stewart at #7, the Bee Gees (Children of the World) and Lynyrd Skynyrd (One More from the Road) remained in their slots and the Steve Miller Band fell to #10 with Fly Like An Eagle.

1978:  The Bee Gees released the single "Too Much Heaven".  All proceeds from the song released at the height of their career were given to UNICEF.










1978:  Olivia Newton-John released the single "A Little More Love".









1982:  New Wave was in full steam and Men At Work were positioned nicely with Business As Usual taking over as the #1 album.  Mirage from Fleetwood Mac was stuck at 2 and Bruce Springsteen peaked at #3 with Nebraska.  The previous #1 American Fool from John Cougar was fourth.  Lionel Richie moved from 16-5 with his debut and another New Wave act--the Stray Cats, jumped up from 15 to 6 with Built for Speed.  The rest of the Top 10:  Eye in the Sky from the Alan Parsons Project, It's Hard by the Who, Billy Joel's The Nylon Curtain at #9 and Emotions in Motion from Billy Squier.

1982:  Hall & Oates had a monster hit as "Maneater" moved from 36 to 12.
1982:  For the second straight week, the great Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes song from An Officer and a Gentleman--"Up Where We Belong" topped the chart.  Lionel Richie's first hit "Truly" moved from 10-2.
1982:  Neil Diamond's song inspired by the blockbuster movie E.T.--"Heartlight" held on to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fourth consecutive week.
1985:  An exhibition honoring Bob Dylan's 25 years in music opened at the Whitney Museum in New York City.



1989:  Rod Stewart released the single "Downtown Train".








1989:  Eddie Money released the single "Peace in Our Time".
1990:  Madonna released the album The Immaculate Collection.  (Note:  some websites report the release as November 9, but both 'MTV' and 'Allmusic.com' peg the release as November 13.)

1992:  Elton John performed in concert before 90,000 in Mexico City, Mexico.

1992:  Ronnie Bond of the Troggs died at Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, Hampshire, England at the age of 52.
1995:  MC Hammer played a benefit show for Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin's political party, Our Home Is Russia in Moscow.
1997:  Celine Dion released the single "Be The Man" in Japanese only.  It was the theme to the Japanese television show Eve.
1999:  R.J. Vealey, drummer of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, died from a heart attack at the age of 37 after performing with the group in Orlando, Florida.
2000:  Elton John released the live album One Night Only, recorded at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

2001:  Jewel released her third album This Way.
2001:  Madonna released her compilation GHV2.  (Note:  some websites show the release as November 12, but both 'Billboard' and 'MTV" show it as November 13.)
2005:  Madonna had the top song in the U.K. with "Hung Up".

Born This Day:
1932:  Buddy Killen, producer, music publisher and a song promoter who brought "Heartbreak Hotel" to the attention of Elvis Presley and also began the Dial Records label to distribute the songs of Joe Tex, was born in Florence, Alabama; died November 1, 2006 of pancreatic cancer in Nashville, Tennessee.
1939:  Nathaniel Dove, keyboardist with the Robert Cray Band, was born in Mumford, Texas.  (Note:  some websites report Dove's birthplace as Bryan, Texas, but according to Dove's official website, he was born in Mumford.)
1940:  Justine "Baby" Washington ("That's How Heartaches Are Made") was born in Bamberg, South Carolina. 

1944:  Timmy Thomas ("Why Can't We Live Together") was born in Evansville,Indiana.
1947:  Toy Caldwell, guitarist and founding member of the Marshall Tucker Band ("Heard It In A Love Song), was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina; died February 25, 1993 at his home in Moore, Carolina after cocaine caused his heart to stop beating.  (Note:  a few websites report that Caldwell was killed in an accident with a garbage truck.  That was a different person that had that mishap.  According to Spartanburg County Coroner Jim Burnett, Caldwell died in his sleep after using cocaine.) 
1949:  Roger Steen, singer-songwriter and guitarist of the Tubes ("She's A Beauty"), was born in Pipestone, Minnesota.
1951:  Bill Gibson, drummer of Huey Lewis & the News, was born in Sacramento, California.

This Date in Rock Music History: November 12

1955:  Fats Domino had the top R&B song for a third week with "All By Myself".  

1966:  Lou Rawls reached the pinnacle of the R&B chart with "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing".
1966:  The self-titled debut album The Monkees reached #1.

1966:  Simon & Garfunkel made a healthy move (81 to 47) with "A Hazy Shade Of Winter".










1966:  Johnny Rivers scored the biggest hit of his great career as "Poor Side Of Town" went to #1.  The Monkees slid down with "Last Train To Clarksville", ? & the Mysterians were at #3 with "96 Tears" and the Beach Boys moved from 17-4 with "Good Vibrations".  The rest of the Top 10:  "Dandy" from Herman's Hermits, the New Vaudeville Band jumped from 24-6 with "Winchester Cathedral", the Supremes shot up from 27-7 with "You Keep Me Hangin' On", setting up a big battle for next week, Bobby Darin's "If I Were A Carpenter" remained in the #8 position, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels jumped from 18 to 9 with "Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" and James & Bobby Purify moved into the Top 10 with "I'm Your Puppet".




1973:  ABC Records released the posthumous single "Time In A Bottle".








ABBA released the single "Dancing Queen".

1977:  Blondie and XTC played at Friars in Aylesbury, England.
 1977:  The Boz Scaggs song "We're All Alone" became the new #1 Easy Listening hit for Rita Coolidge.








1977:  Debby Boone made it five weeks at #1 with her classic "You Light Up My Life".  Heatwave was the new #2, as "Boogie Nights" swapped places with Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better".  Barry White turned up the heat with "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" and Crystal Gayle had a big hit on her hands--"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue".  The rest of the Top 10:  Donna Summer and "I Feel Love", Chicago edged up to #7 with "Baby, What A Big Surprise", Paul Nicholas sang of "Heaven On The 7th Floor", the Bee Gees rang up hit #29 with the lead single from the great movie Saturday Night Fever--"How Deep Is Your Love" and Rita Coolidge hit the Top 10 with "We're All Alone".

 

Christine's "Songbird"...

1977:  The Fleetwood Mac album Rumours spent week #27 at #1.  Linda Ronstadt was a solid #2 with Simple Dreams, Steely Dan's great album Aja was third with the self-titled Foreigner in the #4 position.  Love You Live by the Rolling Stones was #5.  The rest of the Top 10:  Chicago XI, Elvis in Concert by Elvis Presley, Barry White Sings for Someone You Love at #8, Rita Coolidge with Anytime...Anywhere and Kansas jumped from 22 to 10 with Point of Know Return.






1979:  Kenny Rogers released the single "Coward of the County".
1979:  Marty Balin, lead singer of Jefferson Starship, saw his rock opera Rock Justice open for a four-day run at the Old Waldorf nightclub in San Francisco, California.










1982:  The Pretenders released the single "Back On The Chain Gang".
1983:  Lionel Richie reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "All Night Long (All Night)".








    Ronstadt changed gears once again...


1983:  The Police album Synchronicity, which had fought off Thriller by Michael Jackson for the past nine weeks, spent a 16th week at #1.  Metal Health by Quiet Riot moved to challenge with Thriller third.  Billy Joel's great album An Innocent Man moved to #4. The rest of the Top 10:  Faster Than the Speed of Night by Bonnie Tyler, Eyes That See in the Dark from Kenny Rogers, Pyromania by Def Leppard was #7, the Greatest Hits album by Air Supply, ZZ Top moved into the Top 10 with Eliminator and Linda Ronstadt was content at #10 with What's New.

1983:  Duran Duran moved from 59 to 42 with "Union Of The Snake".









      Billy Joel was racing up the chart with "Uptown Girl"...

1983:  Lionel Richie's fifth consecutive Top 10 song to open his solo career went all the way to #1--"All Night Long (All Night)".  Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton paddled downhill with "Islands In The Stream" and Billy Joel was up to #3 with his 22nd hit "Uptown Girl".  Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson teamed up with "Say Say Say".  The rest of the Top 10:  Bonnie Tyler's former #1 smash "Total Eclipse Of The Heart", the Fixx and "One Thing Leads To Another", "Cum On Feel The Noize (sic)" from Quiet Riot, Prince remained at #8 with "Delirious", Air Supply's #2 song "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" and the Motels checked in with song #10--"Suddenly Last Summer".
1984:  Madonna released her second album Like a Virgin.



1984:  Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey released the single "Easy Lover".









1986:  Madonna released the single "Open Your Heart".
1987:  Sly Stone was arrested for nonpayment of child support when he arrived an hour late for his "comeback concert" in Los Angeles.








1988:  Anita Baker achieved her 12th R&B hit and this one became a #1 song--"Giving You The Best That I Got".
1988:  Taylor Dayne had another big hit as "Don't Rush Me" was galloping up the chart from #81 to #56.







                       U2's live gem "Desire"...

1988:  The Escape Club had the new #1 song--"Wild, Wild West", taking over from the Beach Boys with "Kokomo".  Kylie Minogue's version of the song written by Stanley, Idaho's Carole King--"The Loco-Motion" took the opportunity to move up to #3 and Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine" was right behind her.  The rest of the Top 10:  Whitney Houston and "One Moment iI Time", U2 and the live "Desire" was at #6, Phil Collins was on the way down with "Groovy Kind Of Love", Will to Power cracked the list with "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley", the fifth consecutive Top 10 song from George Michael's Faith album--"Kissing A Fool" moved from 15 to 9 and Inxs wrapped up the list with "Never Tear Us Apart".

1988:  U2 reached #1 on the Album chart with the Soundtrack to "Rattle and Hum" while Guns N' Roses had the #2 album after 64 weeks of release with Appetite for Destruction.  The previous #1--New Jersey by Bon Jovi was down to #3 and the "Cocktail" Soundtrack and Def Leppard's Hysteria were also bumped down a notch.  The rest of the Top 10:  Don't Be Cruel from Bobby Brown, Anita Baker moved from 22 to 7 in just her second week with the album Giving You the Best That I Got, George Michael was still at #8 with Faith after 52 weeks, Bobby McFerrin had Simple Pleasures and Cinderella jumped into the Top 10 with Long Cold Winter.
1988:  Breathe took their song "How Can I Fall" to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

1990:  Ron Wood, guitarist of the Rolling Stones, broke both legs when his car was struck by a car fifty miles west of London.











1990:  C + C Music Factory released the single "Gonna' Make You Sweat".
1993:  Michael Jackson canceled his world tour, saying he had become dependent on painkillers.












1994:  "I Wanna' Be Down" by Brandy set the pace on the R&B chart.










1994:  The incredible Boyz II Men, who dominated the chart for 13 weeks just two years earlier with "End Of The Road", now held on for a 12th week at #1 with "I'll Make Love To You".  Sheryl Crow spent six of those weeks at #2 with her great song "All I Wanna' Do" and Real McCoy were up to #3 with "Another Night".  Ini Kamoze had song #4--"Here Comes The Hotstepper" and Madonna made it 26 Top 10 songs out of 32 releases with "Secret".






1996:  Jewel released the single "You Were Meant for Me".
1997:  Billy Preston was sent to jail for three years for possession of cocaine.
1999:  Gary Glitter ("Rock and Roll, Part 2" from 1972) was sentenced to four months in jail for possession of child pornography.
2000:  Destiny's Child had the #1 song with "Independent Women, Part 1".
2003:  Phil Collins announced that he had lost 60% of the hearing in his left ear due to a viral infection.

2003:  Tony Thompson, drummer of Chic and The Power Station, who also worked for David Bowie and Madonna, died of renal cell cancer in Encino, California at the age of 48.
2005:  Gary Glitter, who had been convicted of child pornography, vanished from his Ba Ring Vung Tau home after Vietnamese authorities discovered a 15 year-old girl living there.
2008:  Mitch Mitchell, drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead at age 61 in his hotel room in Portland, Oregon.

Born This Day:

1930:  The great Bob Crewe, who wrote and produced many of the 4 Seasons hits and also wrote "Music To Watch Girls By", was born in Newark, New Jersey; died September 11, 2014 in Scarborough, Maine.  (Note:  many websites still show his birth as 1931, but 'The New York Times' and other reputable sites indicate that it was 1930.)
1936:  Mort Shuman, who wrote the music to "Save The Last Dance For Me" for the Drifters, "(Marie's The Name) Of His Latest Flame" and "Little Sister" for Elvis Presley, "Teenager in Love" for Dion & the Belmonts and many others, was born in New York City; died of cancer in London on November 2, 1991.
1936:  Charlotte Davis of the Tune Weavers ("Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" from 1957)
1939:  Ruby Nash Curtis of Ruby & the Romantics ("Our Day Will Come") was born in Akron, Ohio.

1943:  Brian Hyland, who was a sophomore in high school when his "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" became a hit, was born in Queens, New York.
1943:  John Maus of the Walker Brothers ("The Sun Ain't Gonna' Shine (Anymore)"; died of liver cancer at his home in Los Angeles on May 7, 2011 at the age of 67.  (Note:  some websites show his date of death as May 8, but according to the official press announcement of his death, it was May 7.)

1944:  Booker T. Jones of Booker T. & the M.G.'s was born in Memphis, Tennessee.











1945:  Neil Young was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947:  Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, bass guitarist with Blue Oyster Cult, was born in Long Island, New York.









1948:  Errol Brown, lead singer of Hot Chocolate ("You Sexy Thing"), was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1949:  Arthur Tavares of the group Tavares ("Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" from 1977)
1952:  Laurence Juber, lead guitarist with Wings, was born in Stepney, East London.





1955:  Leslie McKeown, lead singer of the Bay City Rollers, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.  
1964:  David Ellefson, founding member and bassist of Megadeth, was born in Jackson, Minnesota.

1976:  Tevin Campbell ("Tell Me What You Want Me To Do" from 1992) was born in Waxahachie, Texas.  (Note:  some websites show he was born in Dallas, but according to the Waxahacie website, he was born there.)
1984:  Omarion of B2K was born in Inglewood, California.