12 NOVEMBER
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1966 At Sokol Hall in San Francisco, the Grateful Dead play a show for the Hells Angels biker gang.
1966 Johnny Rivers' "Poor Side Of Town" hits #1.
1964 David Ellefson (bassist for Megadeth) is born in Jackson, Minnesota.
1964 On his 19th birthday, Neil Young writes "Sugar Mountain," where he reflects on his fleeting youth ("You can't be 20 on Sugar Mountain").
1964 Shirley Ellis records "The Name Game."
1964 David Bowie (then known as David Jones) appears on the BBC program Tonight as leader of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long Haired Men.
1960 Stage performer and comic Lord Buckley dies of a stroke in New York City, at age 54.
1955 Fats Domino is named the favorite Rhythm & Blues artist in Billboard's annual DJ's Poll.
1955 Billboard begins its "Top 100" chart, with the first #1 listed as "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" by the Four Aces. The magazine wouldn't combine all its pop charts into one until 1959.
1955 Chuck Berry is named the most promising Rhythm & Blues artist in Billboard's annual DJ's Poll.
1955 Les McKeown (lead singer for Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1951 The musical Paint Your Wagon opens at the Shubert Theater, New York City. In 1969, it's turned into a movie musical starring Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin.
1950 Country, gospel singer Barbara Fairchild, known for the 1973 country hit "The Teddy Bear Song," is born in Knobel, Arkansas.
1947 Blue Öyster Cult guitarist Buck Dharma is born Donald Brian Roeser in Long Island, New York. He writes their hit "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."
1944 Booker T. Jones (frontman for Booker T. & the MG's) is born in Memphis, Tennessee. (The "T" stands for Taliaferro.)
Madonna Releases Like A Virgin
1984With Chic frontman Nile Rodgers producing, Madonna releases her second studio album, Like A Virgin, her first #1 on the US albums chart.
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2016 Kate McKinnon sings "Hallelujah" in character as Hillary Clinton to open Saturday Night Live.More
2004 Gwen Stefani, who has been with her band No Doubt since 1986, issues her first solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., with the #1 hit "Hollaback Girl."
1988 Kylie Minogue's version of "The Loco-Motion" hits #3 in the US, making the song a hit in three different versions - the 1962 Little Eva original and the 1974 Grand Funk Railroad cover are the others.
1983 With some fabricated Swahili ("Tambo liteh sette mo-jah!"), Lionel Richie hits #1 in America with "All Night Long (All Night)."
1973 In Leeds, England, Queen begin their first tour. They're the opening act for Mott the Hoople.
1968 Jimi Hendrix's third album, Electric Ladyland, shows the famous guitarist on the cover along with a collection of naked women. You can only get it in England - the American version is released with an alternate cover.
1966 The Monkees' self-titled debut album hits #1 in America and stays for 13 weeks.
1945 Neil Young is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is raised in the small, rural town of Omemee, Ontario, where the Youngtown Museum will be established in his honor.
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