Events in Music
- 1921 Danish composer Rued Langgaard's "Music of the Spheres" (Sfærernes Musik) premieres at Konzerthaus in Karlsruhe, Germany; it is not performed in Denmark until 1969
- 1945 Charlie "Bird" Parker leads recording session for the Savoy label marketed as the "greatest Jazz session ever" with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis
- 1962 The Beatles re-record "Please Please Me" at a faster tempo, based on producer George Martin's suggestion
- 1966 Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn musical "Walking Happy", based on the 1916 novel "Hobson's Choice", opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 161 performances
- 1968 Rock band Cream gives "final" concert at Royal Albert Hall, London, England - but re-unites briefly for a short tour in 2005
- 1976 British punk rockers Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK"
- 1976 East Germany strips singer-songwriter and poet Wolf Biermann of his citizenship while he tours West Germany
- 2007 "Like You'll Never See Me Again" single released by Alicia Keys (NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Music Video, Outstanding Song 2008, Billboard Song of the Year 2008)
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Robert Goulet
Tina Turner
DJ Khaled
Rita OraWeddings in Music
- 1962 American singer Anna Mae Bullock (aka Tina Turner) (23) weds American musician Ike Turner (31) on her birthday, in Tijuana, Mexico; divorce in 1978
- 1981 Legendary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (55) weds American "Sounder" actress Cicely Tyson (47) at the home of actor Bill Cosby; divorce in 1989
- 2011 "Sugarland" singer Jennifer Nettles (37) weds entrepreneur Justin Miller at a chapel nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee
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Tommy Dorsey
Stephen SondheimNovember in Music History
All Eyes on Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll
Tommy Steele, Britain's first rock 'n' roll star, was discovered on this day at a coffee bar in central London, appearing live on the BBC's first pop music show.
November 16, 1957
Thomas Edison's Phonograph
Thomas Edison with his second phonograph, photographed in 1878
November 21, 1877
The Ultimate Beatles Quiz
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