Events in Music
Music Single
Nov 19 George Harrison releases single "This Song", an expression of his frustration at being sued for copyright infringement
- Nov 20 George Harrison appears on "Saturday Night Live": haggling with Lorne Michaels; performing "Here Comes the Sun" and "Homeward Bound" with Paul Simon; and airing two music videos
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Nov 25 The Band's farewell concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California; guest performers include Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, and the Staples Singers; concert film "The Last Waltz" directed by Martin Scorcese
Music Single
Nov 26 British punk rockers Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK"
- Nov 26 East Germany strips singer-songwriter and poet Wolf Biermann of his citizenship while he tours West Germany
Music Single
Nov 26 Ringo Starr releases single "Hey Baby"
Birthdays in Music
- Nov 3 Jake Shimabukuro, Japanese-American ukulele virtuoso ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps"), and composer (Saidoweizu/Sideways), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Nov 6 Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter, born in Ceduna, Australia
- Nov 6 Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx), born in Bremerton, Washington
- Nov 11 Jesse Keeler, Canadian musician (Death From Above; MSTRKRFT), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Nov 12 Judith Holofernes [Holfelder-Roy], German singer (Wir sind Helden), born in Berlin, Germany
- Nov 16 Harry Waters, British progressive rock and jazz piano and Hammond organ player, born in England
- Nov 18 Shagrath [Stian Tomt Thoresen], Norwegian heavy metal singer (Dimmu Borgir), born in Jessheim, Akershus
- Nov 19 Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter, born in Setagaya, Japan
- Nov 22 Son Little [Aaron Livingston], American blues and soul singer-songwriter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 22 Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)
- Nov 23 Joe Sumner, British rock bassist and singer-songwriter (Fiction Plane), born in England
- Nov 26 Jean Grae [Tsidi Ibrahim], South African-American rapper (The Evil Jeanius), born in Capetown, South Africa
- Nov 27 Tyrone Sutton, American pop and R&B singer (Perfect Gentlemen - “Ohh La La (I Can’t Get Over You)”) and Muslim chaplain, born in Massachussetts
- Nov 30 Martin Kasík, Czech concert pianist, born in Frenštát, Czech Republic
Divorces in Music
Donna Summer
Nov 24 American singer-songwriter Donna Summer (27) divorces actor Helmuth Sommer after 5 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
Walter Piston (1894-1976)
Nov 12 Jr, American two-time Pulitzer Prize winning composer (Incredible Flutist), music theorist, and educator (Harvard, 1926-60), dies at 82
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