Music Almanac: November 14

Rev. Run (Run-DMC)

Birthdays

• 1905 - John Henry Barbee (born William Tucker) (d. 1964)
• 1914 - Ken Carson (Sons of the Pioneers) (d. 1994)
• 1919 - Johnny Desmond (d. 1985)
• 1936 - Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers) (d. 2006)
• 1936 - Cornell Gunter (Platters, Coasters, Flairs) (d. 1990)
• 1939 - Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos) (73)
• 1944 - Scherrie Payne (Supremes) (68)
• 1947 - Buckwheat Zydeco (65)
• 1949 - James Young (Styx) (63)
• 1951 - Stephen Bishop (61)
• 1951 - Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P.) (61)
• 1951 - Barry Brandt (Angel) (61)
• 1952 - Alec John Such (Bon Jovi) (60)
• 1953 - Alexander O'Neill (Time) (59)
• 1954 - Yanni (born Yiannis Hrysomallis) (58)
• 1954 - Kim Clarke (Defunkt) (58)
• 1964 - Rev. Run (born Joseph Simmons) (Run-DMC) (48)
• 1964 - Andrew Banfield (Pasadenas) (48)
• 1967 - Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt) (45)
• 1968 - Brian Yale (Matchbox 20) (44)
• 1969 - Butch Walker (43)
• 1972 - Dougie Payne (Travis) (40)
• 1974 - Adina Howard (38)
• 1975 - Travis Barker (Blink-182) (37)
• 1975 - Faye Tozer (Steps) (37)
• 1977 - Obie Trice (35)
• 1979 - Tobin Esperance (Papa Roach) (33)
• 1982 - Lil Bossie (born Terrence Hatch) (30)

Deaths

• 1992 - John Cascella (John Mellencamp) - Heart attack
• 2000 - Cecil Blackwood (Blackwood Brothers) (66)

On This Day

• 1960 - The term “Nashville Sound” was first used in Time magazine.
• 1961 - Elvis Presley's film Blue Hawaii premiered.
• 1977 - KISS opened their Alive II Tour in Oklahoma City, OK.
• 1981 - On the U.S. Singles chart, four of the the top ten songs were by Australian artists (Olivia Newton-John, Little River Band, Air Supply, Rick Springfield).
• 1990 - Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan were fired from Milli Vanilli by producer Frank Farin after they insisted on singing on their record.
• 1990 - Pete Townshend stated in Newsweek magazine that he is bi-sexual.
• 1991 - A riot at a New Kids on the Block concert in Berlin, Germany injurred over 1,000 people.
• 2000 - The trial of Michael Abram, the man who attacked George and Patti Harrison in their home, began.
• 2000 - The retail chain HMV in the U.K. refused to stock the new single by the Offspring after the group gave it away as a free download on their site.
• 2004 - The Rolling Stones were told they would have to go to arbitration instead of court in a dispute with Decca in the U.K. over unpaid royalties for the early tracks on their Forty Licks CD.
• 2004 - A new version of Do They Know It's Christmas? was recorded by a group of artists including Bono, Paul McCartney, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Robbie Williams, Keane, Snow Patrol, Travis and the Darkness.

Marriages

• 1996 - Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe

Recorded

• 1951 - Marty Robbins' first recording session for Columbia Records.
• 1962 - Mixed-Up Confusion - Bob Dylan
• 1969 - Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin (first day of recording)

Released

• 1970 - Black Magic Woman - Santana (single)
• 1989 - When I Call Your Name - Vince Gill
• 1995 - Stripped - Rolling Stones
• 2000 - Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) - Marilyn Manson
• 2003 - The Black Album - Jay-Z