Events in Music
Birthdays in Music
- Nov 1 Chris Morris, Britsh rock guitarist and singer (Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died"), born in Nottingham, England)
- Nov 3 Adam Ant [Stuart Goddard], British punk rocker ("Goody Two Shoes"; "Antmusic"), born in London, Engalnd
- Nov 4 Chris Difford, British lyricist, guitarist and vocalist (Squeeze - "Black Coffee In Bed"; "Tempted"), born in Greenwich, London
- Nov 7 Pat Lupo, American rock bassist (Beaver Brown Band, 1972-94 - "On The Dark Side"; "Tough All Over"), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2021)
- Nov 8 Jeanette McGruder, American singer (P-Funk; Brides of Funkenstein), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Nov 8 Rickie Lee Jones, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Chuck E's In Love"; "We Belong Together"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 8 Ricky Lawson, American musician, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
- Nov 9 Dennis Stratton, British rock guitarist (Iron Maiden), born in London
- Nov 9 Sue Upton, English actress (The Benny Hill Show) and dancer, born in Chadwell Heath, Essex, England
- Nov 10 Mario Cipollina, American rock bassist (Huey Lewis & The News), born in San Rafael, California
- Nov 12 Levine Andrade, Indian-British violinist (Arditti Quartet, 1974-90), film score composer and conductor, born in Bombay, India (d. 2018)
- Nov 14 Tawatha Agee, American singer-songwriter ("Juicy Fruit"), session and touring vocalist (James Mtume; Dave Matthews Band), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Nov 14 Yanni [Chryssomallis], Greek new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance), born in Kalamata, Greece
- Nov 15 Ab Bryant, Canadian rock bassist (Chilliwack, 1978-81 - "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)"), born in Canada
- Nov 15 Mitch Easter, American record producer (REM), and rock musician, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Nov 15 Tony Thompson, American session and touring drummer (Chic; LaBelle; The Power Station), born in New York City (d. 2003)
- Nov 16 Luis Conte, Cuban session and touring percussionist (Madonna; Jackson Browne; James Taylor; Shakira), and bandleader, born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Nov 18 Carter Burwell, American film composer (Coen Brothers films, Twilight Saga), born in New York City
- Nov 19 Annette Guest, American pop singer (First Choice - "Smarty Pants"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 19 Tom Scheckel, American rock drummer (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 20 Frank Marino, Canadian rock guitarist (Mahogany Rush), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Nov 23 Bruce Hornsby, American pop, rock, and bluegrass, singer-songwriter, and piano player ("The Way It Is"), born in Williamsburg, Virginia
- Nov 24 Emir Kusturica, Serbian-French filmmaker (When Father Was Away on Business; Black Cat, White Cat), and punk rock bassist (No Smoking), born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Nov 30 George McArdle, Australian rock bassist (Little River Band), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Nov 30 June Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters -"Fire"; "He's So Shy"; "Jump (For My Love)'; "Slow Hand"), born in Oakland, California (d. 2006)
Weddings in Music
Sonny Bono
Nov 3 American aspiring songwriter Sonny Bono (19) weds American Donna Rankin; divorce in 1962
Deaths in Music
- Nov 11 J. Rosamund Johnson, American composer ("Lift Every Voice And Sing"), dies at 81
- Nov 21 Karol Rathaus, German-Austrian composer, dies at 59
- Nov 29 George Robey, English musical theatre actor and comedian, dies at 85
- Nov 29 Ollie "Dink" Johnson, American Dixieland jazz clarinetist, pianist, and drummer, dies at 62
- Nov 30 Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer, dies at 68