November 1996 in Music History

Events in Music

Nov 4 British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut album "Spice", goes on to sell 23 million copies

Nov 7 "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
Nov 13 "Three Sisters" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
Nov 14 "Chicago" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC
Nov 15 "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
Nov 16 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
Nov 17 "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
Nov 19 "God Said, Ha!" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 22 performances
Nov 19 "Sex & Longing" closes at Cort Theater NYC
Nov 21 "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
Nov 24 "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC

Nov 1 Lil Peep [Gustav Åhr], American rapper, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)

Nov 7 Lorde [Ella Yelich-O'Connor], New Zealand singer (Royals), born in Auckland, New Zealand

Nov 14 King of Pop Michael Jackson (38) weds Debbie Rowe (38) in Sydney, Australia

Nov 16 "What Part of No" country singer Lorrie Morgan (37) weds singer Jon Randall (29) in Nashville

Nov 2 Eva Cassidy, American singer, dies of cancer at 33
Nov 5 Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62
Nov 5 Paula Hinton, English ballet dancer, dies at 72
Nov 11 Jo Baker, American blues-rock vocalist (Elvin Bishop), dies of liver disease at 48
Nov 12 Gwen Catley, soprano, dies at 90
Nov 13 Bill Doggett [William Ballard Doggett], American jazz and blues musician (Honky Tonk), dies from a heart attack at 80
Nov 16 Jack Popplewell, British composer and playwright (If I Should Fall In Love Again), dies at 87
Nov 18 Douglas Guest, British organist (For the Fallen), dies at 80
Nov 19 Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76
Nov 21 Bernard Rose, British organist, soldier, composer, and academic, dies at 80
Nov 23 Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35
Nov 24 Edison Vasalievich Denisov, Russian avant-garde composer (Sun of the Incas), dies at 67
Nov 26 May Moxon, Scottish dance producer, dies at 91
Nov 26 Joan Hammond, Australian opera singer, dies at 84
Nov 28 Anna Pollak, English mezzo-soprano, dies at 84
Nov 30 Tiny Tim [Herbert Khaury], American musician (Tiptoe Through The Tulips), dies at 71