Music Almanac: November 17

Gordon Lightfoot

Birthdays

• 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot (74)
• 1940 - Luke Kelly (Dubliners) (d. 1984)
• 1942 - Bob Gaudio (Four Seasons) (70)
• 1943 - Samantha Jones (born Jean Owen) (69)
• 1943 - Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) (69)
• 1944 - Gene Clark (Byrds, McGuinn, Clark & Hillman) (d. 1991)
• 1947 - Robert “Stewkey” Antoni (Nazz) (65)
• 1947 - Rod Clements (Lindisfarne) (65)
• 1948 - Iain Sutherland (Sutherland Brothers) (64)
• 1955 - Peter Cox (Go West) (57)
• 1957 - Jim Babjak (Smithereens) (55)
• 1960 - RuPaul (born RuPaul Charles) (52)
• 1965 - Amanda Brown (Go-Betweens) (47)
• 1966 - Jeff Buckley (d. 1997)
• 1967 - Ronnie DeVoe (New Edition, Bel Biv Devoe) (45)
• 1967 - Ben Wilson (Blues Traveler) (45)
• 1972 - Kimya Dawson (Moldy Peaches) (40)
• 1980 - Isaac Hanson (Hanson) (32)
• 1981 - Sarah Harding (Girls Aloud) (31)

Deaths

• 1979 - John Glascock (Carmen, Jethro Tull) - Congenital heart defect (28)
• 1995 - Alan Hull (Lindisfarne) - Heart thrombosis (50)
• 2003 - Arthur Conley - Intestinal cancer (57)
• 2003 - Don Gibson - Natural causes (75)
• 2006 - Ruth Brown - Complications from heart attack and stroke (78)

Davy Jones in Front of Zilch

On This Day

• 1945 - Opry House Matinee premiered on the Mutual Radio Network with hosts Eddy Arnold and Ernest Tubb.
• 1967 - The Who opened their second North American tour, in support of the Buckinghams, in Kansas City, MO.
• 1967 - Davy Jones of the Monkees opened a boutique, Zilch, in New York.
• 1974 - ABBA opened their first European tour in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1990 - David Crosby crashed his motorcycle, sustaining a broken ankle, leg and shoulder.
• 1990 - Hoyt Axton was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
• 1992 - Over thirty years after the song Why Do Fools Fall in Love? was a hit, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers members Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago received a combined $4 million in royalties for the song.
• 1994 - Bob Dylan entered New York's Sony Studios for two days of shooting for his MTV Unplugged show.
• 1999 - Mariah Carey was forced to halt a concert at Rome's Spanish Steps after tourists swamped her.
• 2003 - Britney Spears received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the youngest singer to ever receive the honor.
• 2003 - George Michael resigned with Sony who he had previously taken to court to negate an earlier contract.
• 2003 - Meat Loaf collapsed during a London concert and was hospitalized for exhaustion caused by a lengthy viral infection.
• 2003 - The Black Keys canceled a European tour after Dan Auerbach broke his foot.
• 2006 - The Sugarcubes played live for the first time in 14 years in Reykjavik, Iceland in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their first single, Birthdays.

Marriages

• 2003 - Blake Shelton and Kaynette Williams

Divorces

• 2006 - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline (filed)

Recorded

• 1970 - 11-17-70 - Elton John
• 1978 - All My Love - Led Zeppelin

Released

• 1967 - Apples and Oranges - Pink Floyd (third single)
• 1971 - A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse - Faces
• 1980 - Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• 1997 - ReLoad - Metallica
• 1998 - Double Live - Garth Brooks
• 1998 - My Love is Your Love - Whitney Houston
• 1998 - #1's - Mariah Carey
• 1998 - Spirit - Jewel
• 2009 - My World (EP) - Justin Bieber