November 1986 in Music History

Events in Music

Album Release

Nov 3 John Lennon's "Menlove Avenue" album released posthumously

Nov 6 "Just Like the First Time" second studio album by Freddie Jackson is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1987)
Nov 8 "Song & Dance" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 474 performances

Album Release

Nov 10 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band "Live/1975-85", a 5 LP box set of concert recordings

Album Release

Nov 15 Beastie Boys release their debut album "Licensed to Ill" - 1st No. 1 rap album on Billboard charts

Nov 17 "Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances
Nov 24 "Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
Nov 30 "Flamenco Puro" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 40 performances

Birthdays in Music

Nov 2 Erika Jo, American country music singer, born in Angleton, Texas
Nov 4 Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer and actress, born in New Westminster, British Columbia
Nov 5 BoA [Kwon Boa], South Korean singer, born in Gyeonggi-do
Nov 6 Ben Rector, American folk-Americana singer-songwriter (Brand New), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nov 7 Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Manchester Orchestra - "The Gold"), born in Atlanta, Georgia

Jon Batiste (36 years old)

Nov 11 American jazz pianist, singer-songwriter, bandleader (Stay Human; The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 2015-22), and film score composer (Soul), born in Metairie, Louisiana

Nov 12 Evan Yo [Tsai Min-you], Taiwanese Mando-pop singer, born in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Nov 13 Miho Hazama, Japanese jazz keyboardist, composer, and bandleader, born in Tokyo, Japan
Nov 20 Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor, born in Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 20 Jared Followill, American alternative-rock bassist (Kings of Leon -"Use Somebody"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 20 Oliver "Oli" Sykes, British rock vocalist (Bring Me The Horizon - "Drown"; "Medicine"), born in Ashford, England
Nov 26 Diego Urbano, Chilean jazz vibraphonist, composer, and bandleader ("Begs the Question’’), born in Santiago, Chile

Deaths in Music

Nov 1 Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), dies at 57
Nov 1 Sippie Wallace [Beulah Belle Thomas], American blues singer ("Women Be Wise"), dies on her 88th birthday
Nov 3 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz saxophonist (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band), dies of cancer at 65
Nov 4 Zlatan Vauda, Slovene composer and conductor (RTB Children's Choir, 1953-86), dies at 86
Nov 5 (Ulysses) Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Robins; The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"; "Youngblood"), dies of a heart attack at 61
Nov 6 Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)
Nov 7 Tracy Pew, Australian musician (The Birthday Party) (b. 1957)
Nov 8 Beatrice Kay, American singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78
Nov 13 Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, dies at 71
Nov 15 Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer (Dyptique), dies at 89
Nov 18 Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian conductor, composer, musicologist and professor, dies at 87
Nov 22 (Benjamin) "Scatman" Crothers, American singer, musician ("I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird"), and actor (Chico and the Man - "Louie"; The Shining), dies of lung cancerat 76
Nov 22 Robert Whitney, American conductor (Louisville Orchestra, 1937-67), educator (University of Louisville, 1956-71), and composer, dies at 82