Music Almanac: November 16

Diana Krall

Birthdays

• 1916 - Herb Abramson (founder Atlantic Records) (d. 1999)
• 1931 - Hubert Sumlin (d. 2011)
• 1931 - Bob Gibson (d. 1996)
• 1935 - Lillian Lopez (Odyssey) (d. 2012)
• 1938 - Toni Brown (Joy of Cooking) (74)
• 1940 - John Ryanes (Monotones) (d. 1972)
• 1943 - Winfred Lovett (Manhattans) (69)
• 1948 - Chi Coltrane (64)
• 1949 - Pattie Santos (It's a Beautiful Day) (63)
• 1949 - Mark Orr (Kentucky Headhunters) (63)
• 1958 - Harry Rushakoff (Concrete Blonde) (54)
• 1962 - Gary Mounfield (Stone Roses, Primal Scream) (50)
• 1962 - Josh Silver (Type O Negative) (50)
• 1963 - Keith Burns (Trick Pony) (49)
• 1964 - Diana Krall (48)
• 1966 - Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver) (46)
• 1966 - Christian Lorenz (Rammstein) (46)
• 1969 - Bryan Abrams (Color Me Badd) (43)
• 1974 - Eric Judy (Modest Mouse) (38)
• 1979 - Trevor Penick (O-Town) (33)
• 1981 - Allison Crowe (31)

Deaths

• 1994 - Dino Valente (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (57)
• 1999 - Grady Owen (Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps)
• 2000 - Russ Conway (75)
• 2000 - Joe C. (born Joseph Calleja, sidekick of Kid Rock) - Celiac disease (26)
• 2002 - Mose Vinson - Diabetes (85)

On This Day

• 1940 - The WSB Barn Dance was broadcast for the first time from Atlanta, GA.
• 1954 - Faron Young was released from the U.S. Army.
• 1978 - The movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band opened starring the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Billy Preston and more.
• 1985 - U2 launched their Mother Records label.
• 1986 - Bob Will's Texas Playboys played their final dates in Ft. Worth, TX.
• 1987 - Topper Headon of the Clash was sentenced to 15 months in prison for giving heroin to a man who later died.
• 1988 - Stephen Love, former manager of the Beach Boys, was sentenced to five years probation for embezzling $1 million from the group.
• 2002 - A Texas billionaire paid the Rolling Stones almost $7 million to play his 60^th birthday party.
• 2005 - Pink Floyd, the Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Joy Division/New Order, the Who, the Kinks, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne were inducted into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame.
• 2006 - Queen's Greatest Hits was declared the best selling album of all-time in the U.K. with sales of 5.4 million copies.
• 2010 - The Beatles' catalog was released on iTunes.

Marriages

• 1987 - Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet
• 1991 - Iris Dement and Elmer McCall
• 1996 - Lorrie Morgan and Jon Randall

Recorded

• 1960 - I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline

Released

• 1923 - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More - Wendell Hall (first hillbilly hit)
• 1974 - Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder (single)
• 1981 - The Elder - KISS

Awards

• 2000 - MTV Europe Music Awards
• Song - Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
• Video - Natural Blues - Moby
• Album - The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
• Female, New Artist - Anastacia
• Male - Ricky Martin
• Group - Backstreet Boys
• Dance - Madonna
• Rock - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• R&B - Jennifer Lopez
• Hip-Hop - Eminem

Broadcasts

• 1971 - Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC 2) - Frank Zappa
• 1973 - Midnight Special (NBC) - David Bowie (The 1980 Floor Show)
• 1976 - Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC 2) - Brian Wilson (first formal interview in eight years), Be Bop Deluxe, Cajun Moon