Music Almanac: November 2
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- 1926 - Charlie Walker (d. 2008)
- 1937 - Earl Carroll (Cadillacs) (75)
- 1938 - Jay Black (Jay & the Americans) (74)
- 1941 - Brian Poole (Tremeloes) (71)
- 1941 - Bruce Welch (born Bruce Cripps) (Shadows) (71)
- 1944 - Keith Emerson (Emerson Lake & Palmer, Nice) (68)
- 1945 - J.D. Souther (67)
- 1945 - Chip Hawkes (Tremeloes) (67)
- 1947 - Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull) (65)
- 1948 - Rich Gooch (Quarterflash) (64)
- 1951 - Lindy Morrison (Go-Betweens) (61)
- 1952 - Maxine Nightengale (60)
- 1957 - Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band) (55)
- 1961 - k.d. Lang (51)
- 1963 - Bobby Dall (born Robert Kukyendall) (Poison) (49)
- 1969 - Reginald Arvizu (Korn) (43)
- 1971 - John Hampson (Nine Days) (41)
- 1974 - Nelly (born Cornell Haynes, Jr.) (38)
- 1974 - Prodigy (born Lance Banks) (Mobb Depp) (38)
- 1975 - Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) (37)
- 1986 - Erika Jo (26)
Deaths
- 1966 - Mississippi John Hurt - Heart attack (73 or 74)
- 1991 - Mort Schuman (songwriter, Save the Last Dance For Me, A Teenager in Love) - Cancer (52)
- 1995 - Florence Greenberg
- 1996 - Eva Cassidy - Cancer (33)
- 1956 - A Fats Domino show in Fayetteville, NC ends in a riot where police use tear gas to disperse the crowd.
- 1956 - Stonewall Jackson debuted at the Grand Ole Opry.
- 1962 - The Elvis Presley film Girls! Girls! Girls! premieried.
- 1974 - George Harrison opened a world tour in Vancouver, Canada, a first for any former Beatle.
- 1984 - The Reverend Marvin Gaye, Sr. received a sentence of five years for the killing of his son.
- 1986 - Billy Bragg was arrested for breaking into a U.S. Air Base in Norfolk, England.
- 1990 - The Prince film Graffiti Bridge opened.
- 1994 - Bob Dylan was sued for palimony by Ruth Tyrangiel who appeared with him in the movie Renaldo and Clara.
- 2000 - Whitney Houston avoids prosecution for marijuana possession in Kona, Hawaii if she can stay out of trouble for three months.
- 2002 - An international gang was arrested for a plot to kidnap Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her two children.
- 2004 - Eric Clapton received his CBE at Buckingham Palace.
- 2007 - The Led Zeppelin reunion concert was postponed for two weeks due to Jimmy Page's broken finger.
- 2007 - Ozzy Osbourne took exception to North Dakota police using a fictitious party that he was supposedly attending in a sting to round up people with warrants.
Divorces
- 1971 - Willie Nelson and Shirley Collie
- 1979 - Mick Jagger and Bianca Jagger
Recorded
- 1967 - Hello Goodbye - Beatles (completed recording)
- 1973 - Planet Waves - Bob Dylan (beginning of recording)
- 1963 - Be True to Your School - Beach Boys (single)
- 1968 - For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder (single)
- 1971 - Greatest Hits, Volume 2 - Bob Dylan
- 1973 - Ringo - Ringo Starr
- 2010 - Soulville - Huey Lewis & the News
Awards
- 2006 - MTV Europe Music Awards
- Song - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
- Video - We Are Your Friends - Justice vs. Simian
- Album - Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Female - Christina Aguilera
- Male, Pop - Justin Timberlake
- Group - Depeche Mode
- Future Sounds - Gnarls Barkley
- Rock - Killers
- Alternative - Muse
- R&B - Rihanna
- Hip-Hop - Kanye West
Broadcasts
- 1964 - Ready Steady Go! (U.K.) - Dion (walked off because crowd kept dancing around him)
