November 1953 in Music History

Events in Music

Nov 13 Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th String Quartet premieres

Nov 25 "Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,200 performances
Nov 28 "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 performances

Nov 3 Helios Creed [Barry Johnson], American hard rock guitarist (Chrome), born in Long Beach, California
Nov 11 Andy Partridge, English rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter (XTC - "Mayor Of Simpleton"), born in Mtarfa, Malta
Nov 11 Kahil El'Zabar [Clifton Blackburn], American jazz percussionist, born in Chicago, Illinois
Nov 12 Vasilis Karras [Kesoglidis], Greek folk singer (Tilefonise Mou), born in Kokkinohori, Greece
Nov 12 Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer and guitarist (The Traveller), born in Podor, French West Africa (now Senegal)
Nov 13 Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken, English Celtic-punk rock drummer (The Pogues), born in London
Nov 14 James Guthrie, English music producer and sound engineer (Pink Floyd), born in Edmonton, England
Nov 15 Alexander O'Neal, American R&B singer-songwriter ("Criticize"), born in Natchez, Mississippi
Nov 17 Jilly Johnson, British model and pop vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in England
Nov 18 Alan Murphy, British rock session guitarist (Kate Bush), born in Islington, London, England (d. 1989)
Nov 21 Asa Brebner, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers; The Chartbusters), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2019)

Nov 22 Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
Nov 23 Francis Cabrel, French folk and country singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Agen, France
Nov 24 Tod Machover, composer
Nov 27 Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer (Aquarium), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
Nov 30 (Johnny) "Shuggie" Otis [Veliotes], American rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist ("Strawberry Letter 23"; "Inspiration Information"), born in Los Angeles California
Nov 30 David Sancious, American session and touring keyboardist (E Street Band, 1972-74; Peter Gabriel; Stanley Clarke; Zuccchero), born in Asbury Park, New Jersey

Nov 4 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, American pianist and philanthropist, dies at 89
Nov 6 John Parsons Beach, American composer, dies at 76
Nov 18 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American modernist classical and folk music composer (String Quartet, 1931; Rissolty, Rossolty), dies at 52
Nov 21 Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
Nov 24 George Alexander Russell, American organist, composer and the first Frick Professor of Music for Princeton University, dies at 73