Music Almanac: November 3

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Birthdays

• 1915 - Cal Maddox (Maddox Brothers and Rose) (d. 1968)
• 1930 - Mable John (82)
• 1933 - John Berry (d. 2011)
• 1943 - Bert Jansch (d. 2011)
• 1945 - Nick Simper (Deep Purple) (67)
• 1946 - Tommy Dee (John Fred & the Playboy Band) (66)
• 1948 - Lulu (born Marie Lawrie) (64)
• 1954 - Adam Ant (born Stuart Goddard) (58)
• 1960 - Ian McNabb (Icicle Works) (52)
• 1960 - James Prime (Deacon Blue) (52)
• 1962 - Marilyn (born Peter Robinson) (50)
• 1969 - Mark Roberts (Catatonia) (43)
• 1969 - Robert Miles (born Robert Concina) (43)
• 1973 - Mick Thomson (Slipknot) (39)
• 1973 - Sticky Fingaz (born Kirk Jones) (39)
• 1981 - Travis Richter (From First to Last) (34)
• 1989 - Paula DeAnda (23)

Deaths

• 1964 - John Henry Barbee - Heart attack (58)
• 1993 - Leon Theremin (inventor of theremin) (97)
• 2002 - Lonnie Donegan - Heart attack (72)
• 2006 - Paul Mauriat (81)
• 2010 - Jim Clench (April Wine, Bachman-Turner Overdrive) - Lung cancer (61)

On This Day

• 1958 - Elvis Presley went on maneuvers with the U.S. Army.
• 1960 - Arhoolie Records released their first album, Texas Sharecropper & Songster by Mance Lipscombe.
• 1961 - The Country Music Hall of Fame inducted their first class, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and Fred Rose.
• 1964 - After a 17 year-old fan fell from the balcony at a Rolling Stones show in Cleveland, the mayor banned all future rock concerts.
• 1967 - The Beatles completed filming of Magical Mystery Tour.
• 1977 - Elton John announced his retirement from live performing at a show in London.
• 1983 - RCA Records signed Menudo for $30 million.
• 1991 - A free concert was held in San Francisco for the late Bill Graham who had been killed a week earlier in a helicopter crash. Performing were Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Grateful Dead, Journey and Joan Baez.
• 1992 - The Grateful Dead ended their traditional San Francisco New Year's Eve concert.
• 1995 - Hootie & the Blowfish settled with Bob Dylan in their dispute over using Bob's lyrics in the song Only Want to Be With You.
• 2000 - EMI dropped Simple Minds.
• 2000 - Bon Jovi opened the U.S. portion of their Crush tour in Charlotte, NC.
• 2003 - A memorial concert was put on for Elliott Smith. Performing were Beck, Beth Orton and Rilo Kiley.

Marriages

• 1972 - James Taylor and Carly Simon

Recorded

• 1965 - Michelle - Beatles (single)

Released

• 1957 - Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis (single)
• 1957 - At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors (single)
• 1992 - Keep the Faith - Bon Jovi
• 1998 - Mutations - Beck
• 1998 - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie - Alanis Morissette
• 1998 - These Are Special Times - Celine Dion
• 1998 - The Best of 1980-1990 - U2

Awards

• 2005 - MTV Europe Music Awards
• Song - Speed of Sound - Coldplay
• Video - Believe - Chemical Brothers
• Album - American Idiot - Green Day
• Female - Shakira
• Male - Robbie Williams
• Group - Gorillaz
• New Act - James Blunt
• Pop - Black Eyed Peas
• Rock - Green Day
• Alternative - System of a Down
• R&B - Alicia Keys
• Hip-Hop - Snoop Dogg
• Free Your Mind - Bob Geldof