November 7th in Rock & Roll History
The late Al Hirt (‘Java’) was born in 1922
The late Dee Clark (born Delecta Clark – ‘Raindrops’) was born in 1938
Nick Gilder (‘Hot Child In The City’) is 63
Joni Mitchell (born Roberta Joan Anderson – ‘Free Man In Paris’) is 71
Johnny Rivers (born John Ramistella – ‘Poor Side Of Town’) is 72
Frank Sinatra married actress Ava Gardner. The wedded bliss lasted six years—1951
Elvis Presley recorded ‘Wild In The Country’ and ‘Lonely Man’—1960
The Beatles traveled to Ireland during their British tour—1963
Rock Factoid: With The Beatles was screenwriter Alun Owen, who had been appointed to write the screenplay for The Beatles’ first (as yet untitled) motion picture. Owen spent three days with the group observing their hectic, chaotic lifestyle. From that experience, Owen was able to write A Hard Day’s Night.
Jim Morrison of The Doors – intent on seeing “Phoenix flip out” – provoked nearly 500 teenagers into rushing the stage, creating a war between the crowd and security. Morrison came close to getting arrested himself for using obscenities and lewd behavior. Charges were filed but later retracted as the city of Phoenix decided to simply ban The Doors from ever playing there again—1968
MCA Records president Mike Curb announced a massive artist purge from the label’s roster—1970
Rock Factoid: Curb claimed the move was to drop acts that “exploit and promote hard drugs through music.” When artists such as Connie Stevens and The Cowsills were among those dropped, observers began to suspect Curb’s real motivation was to remove artists who weren’t selling “enough product.”
Chicago released ‘Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?’—1970
It was a banner day for Ted Nugent. He won the U.S. National Squirrel Shooting Archery Contest, picking off a squirrel from 150 yards and was credited with killing over two dozen other live moving targets—1974
The Rolling Stones released the ‘Undercover’ album—1983
Carter Cornelius (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – ‘Treat Her Like A Lady’) died (heart attack)—1991
Frank Zappa’s children announced he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer (he died two years later)—1991
Singer Bobby Brown was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, speeding, driving without a license and having no proof of insurance after he was stopped by police in Atlanta City—2002
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was made a Commander of the Order of The British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music—2003
Lenny Mayes (The Dramatics – ‘You Could Become The Very Heart Of Me’) died (heart attack)—2004
Genesis announced that they would be reuniting for tours of Europe and North America—2006
Rock Factoid: The original plan called for Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins and Tony Banks to reunite as a five-piece with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett for live performances of ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’. However, as time went on, Gabriel would not commit to a date, and without Gabriel’s participation, Hackett decided to pass on the reunion.
With those two missing, the band recruited longtime tour musicians Darryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson to fill out the project. They dropped the “Lamb” idea and focused on playing old hits dating back to 1973.
Jody Reynolds (‘Endless Sleep’) died (liver cancer)—2008
Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson—2011
Andrea True (adult film star and disco singer – ‘More, More, More’) died (heart failure)—2011
Cleve Duncan (lead singer with The Penguins – ‘Earth Angel’) died (cause unknown)—2012
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