Music Almanac: November 24

Pete Best

Birthdays

• 1939 - Jim Yester (Association) (73)
• 1940 - Johnny Carver (72)
• 1941 - Donald “Duck” Dunn (d. 2012)
• 1941 - Pete Best (Beatles) (71)
• 1942 - Billy Connolly (70)
• 1943 - Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band) (69)
• 1943 - Richard Tee (Stuff) (69)
• 1944 - Bev Beven (Move, Electric Light Orchestra) (68)
• 1945 - Lee Michaels (67)
• 1947 - Dave Sinclair (Caravan) (65)
• 1948 - Tony Bourge (Budgie) (64)
• 1949 - Anita Louis (Soul Children) (63)
• 1954 - Clem Burke (Blondie) (58)
• 1957 - Chris Hayes (Huey Lewis & the News) (55)
• 1958 - Carmel (born Carmel McCourt) (54)
• 1960 - Edgar Meyer (bassist) (52)
• 1962 - John Squire (Stone Roses) (50)
• 1962 - Gary Stonadge (Big Audio Dynamite) (50)
• 1964 - Tony Rombola (Godsmack) (48)
• 1969 - Rob Nicholson (Rob Zombie, Ozzy Osbourne) (43)
• 1970 - Chad Taylor (Live) (42)

Deaths

• 1985 - Big Joe Turner - Heart attack (74)
• 1991 - Freddie Mercury (Queen) - Bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS (45)
• 1991 - Eric Carr (KISS) - Brain hemorrhage (41)
• 1993 - Albert Collins - Lung/Liver cancer (61)
• 2001 - Melanie Thornton (La Bouche) - Plane crash (34)
• 2003 - Teddy Wilburn (Wilburn Brothers) - Congestive heart failure (71)
• 2008 - Kenny MacLean (Platinum Blonde) - Heart related problem (52)
• 2008 - Michael Lee (Robert Plant and Jimmy Page) - Epileptic seizure (39)

On This Day

• 1959 - Johnnie Ray spent the night in jail, charged with accosting and soliciting.
• 1961 - Howlin' Wolf started his first European tour in London.
• 1964 - The Who played their first show after changing their name from the High Numbers.
• 1993 - Janet Jackson opened her Janet world tour in Cincinnati, OH.
• 2003 - Glen Campbell was arrested for drunk driving and hit-and-run.
• 2003 - The original members of Motley Crue announce they are reforming.
• 2003 - Time-Warner agreed to sell its Warner Music Group to Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
• 2005 - Bob Geldof received the Man of Peace Award in Rome from Mikhail Gorbachev.
• 2007 - The house of the Red Hot Chili Pepper's Flea was destroyed by a wild fire in Malibu, CA.

Marriages

• 1984 - Tommy Lee and Elaine Starchuk (aka Charice)
• 1991 - Cyndi Lauper and David Thornton

Divorces

• 1992 - Billy Wyman and Mandy Smith

Recorded

• 1956 - Come Go With Me - Dell-Vikings
• 1966 - Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles

Awards

• 1994 - MTV Europe Music Awards (first ceremony)
• Song - 7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour & Nenah Cherry
• Director - Mark Pellington for Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - Wale
• Female - Mariah Carey
• Male - Bryan Adams
• Group - Take That
• New Act - Crash Test Dummies
• Dance - Prodigy
• Rock - Aerosmith
• Cover - Word Up! - Gun

Broadcasts

• 1972 - In Concert (ABC) (premier episode) - Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley, Seals & Crofts